EXHIBIT 4.7
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TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.
[EURO]125,000,000
11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 18, 2003
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.01. Definitions................................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.........................................................................31
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.........................................32
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction.....................................................................33
ARTICLE 2
The Securities
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series..................................................33
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating...........................................................................34
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication..............................................................35
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent................................................................35
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.......................................................36
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists..............................................................................36
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.....................................................................36
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities....................................................................37
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities....................................................................38
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities......................................................................38
SECTION 2.11. Cancelation...............................................................................38
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest........................................................................39
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs...................................................................39
ARTICLE 3
Redemption
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee........................................................................39
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed....................................................39
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Optional Redemption and Special Redemption......................................40
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption............................................................41
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price...............................................................41
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part...............................................................41
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption; Special Redemption...................................................41
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ARTICLE 4
Covenants
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities.....................................................................42
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports...............................................................................43
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock............................................44
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments.........................................................49
SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries............................56
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales...............................................................................58
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates..............................................................61
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control.........................................................................63
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate....................................................................65
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts..............................................................65
SECTION 4.11. Guarantors on Acquisition Date; Future Guarantors.........................................65
SECTION 4.12. Liens.....................................................................................66
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness......................................67
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Ability of Company to Release Funds from Escrow.............................67
ARTICLE 5
Successor Company
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.................................................67
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and Remedies
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.........................................................................69
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration..............................................................................71
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies............................................................................72
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................................................72
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.......................................................................72
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.......................................................................73
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment......................................................73
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee................................................................73
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................................................73
SECTION 6.10. Priorities................................................................................74
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.....................................................................74
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..........................................................74
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ARTICLE 7
Trustee
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.........................................................................75
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.........................................................................76
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..............................................................77
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer......................................................................77
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults........................................................................77
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.............................................................77
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity................................................................78
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee....................................................................78
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger...............................................................79
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.............................................................80
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.........................................80
ARTICLE 8
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance..........................................80
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance..................................................................81
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money................................................................82
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company......................................................................82
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations......................................................83
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement.............................................................................83
ARTICLE 9
Amendments and Waivers
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders................................................................83
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders...................................................................84
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.......................................................85
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.............................................85
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.....................................................86
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments................................................................86
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent.......................................................................86
ARTICLE 10
Subordination
SECTION 10.01. Agreement To Subordinate.................................................................87
SECTION 10.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.....................................................87
SECTION 10.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness................................................87
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SECTION 10.04. Acceleration of Payment of Securities....................................................88
SECTION 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over......................................................89
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation..............................................................................89
SECTION 10.07. Relative Rights..........................................................................89
SECTION 10.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.............................................89
SECTION 10.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.......................................................89
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.................................................90
SECTION 10.11. Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate........................................................................90
SECTION 10.12. Trust Monies Not Subordinated............................................................90
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely.................................................................90
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination......................................................91
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.................................91
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination
Provisions........................................................................91
ARTICLE 11
Senior Subordinated Guarantees
SECTION 11.01. Senior Subordinated Guarantees...........................................................91
SECTION 11.02. Limitation on Liability..................................................................94
SECTION 11.03. Successors and Assigns...................................................................94
SECTION 11.04. No Waiver................................................................................95
SECTION 11.05. Modification.............................................................................95
SECTION 11.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors................................95
SECTION 11.07. Non-Impairment...........................................................................95
ARTICLE 12
Subordination of the Senior Subordinated Guarantees
SECTION 12.01. Agreement To Subordinate.................................................................95
SECTION 12.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.....................................................96
SECTION 12.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.................................96
SECTION 12.04. Demand for Payment.......................................................................97
SECTION 12.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over......................................................98
SECTION 12.06. Subrogation..............................................................................98
SECTION 12.07. Relative Rights..........................................................................98
SECTION 12.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor.........................................98
SECTION 12.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.......................................................98
SECTION 12.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.................................................99
SECTION 12.11. Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate......................................................................99
SECTION 12.12. Trustee Entitled To Rely.................................................................99
SECTION 12.13. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination......................................................99
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SECTION 12.14. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor......................................................................100
SECTION 12.15. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on
Subordination Provisions.......................................................100
SECTION 12.16. Defeasance..............................................................................100
ARTICLE 13
Miscellaneous
SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls............................................................100
SECTION 13.02. Notices.................................................................................100
SECTION 13.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.............................................101
SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent......................................101
SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...........................................102
SECTION 13.06. When Securities Disregarded.............................................................102
SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar............................................102
SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays..........................................................................102
SECTION 13.09. GOVERNING LAW...........................................................................103
SECTION 13.10. No Recourse Against Others..............................................................103
SECTION 13.11. Successors..............................................................................103
SECTION 13.12. Multiple Originals......................................................................103
SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings.............................................................103
SECTION 13.14. Indenture Controls......................................................................103
Appendix A - Provisions Relating to Initial Securities, Additional
Securities and Exchange Securities
Exhibit A - Form of Initial Security
Exhibit B - Form of Exchange Security
Exhibit C - Form of Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit D - Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310 (a)(1)................................................ 7.10
(a)(2)................................................ 7.10
(a)(3)................................................ N.A.
(a)(4)................................................ N.A.
(b) ................................................ 7.08;
7.10..................................................
(c) ................................................ N.A.
311 (a) ................................................ 7.11
(b) ................................................ 7.11
(c) ................................................ N.A.
312 (a) ................................................ 2.06
(b) ................................................ 13.03
(c) ................................................ 13.03
313 (a) ................................................ 7.06
(b)(1)................................................ N.A.
(b)(2)................................................ 7.06
(c) ................................................ 7.06
(d) ................................................ 7.06
314 (a) ................................................ 4.02;
4.09..................................................
(b) ................................................ N.A.
(c)(1)................................................ 13.04
(c)(2)................................................ 13.04
(c)(3)................................................ N.A.
(d) ................................................ N.A.
(e) ................................................ 13.05
(f) ................................................ 4.10
315 (a) ................................................ 7.01
(b) ................................................ 7.05
(c) ................................................ 7.01
(d) ................................................ 7.01
(e) ................................................ 6.11
316 (a)...................................................
(last sentence).......................................
(a)(1)(A)............................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B)............................................. 6.04
(a)(2)................................................ N.A.
(b) ................................................ 6.07
317 (a)(1)................................................ 6.08
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(a)(2)................................................ 6.09
(b) ................................................ 2.05
318 (a) ................................................ 13.01
N.A. Means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be
part of this Indenture.
INDENTURE dated as of February 18, 2003 between TRW AUTOMOTIVE
ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) the
Company's 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 15, 2013 issued on the
date hereof (the "Original Securities"), (b) any Additional Securities (as
defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof (all such securities in
clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the "Initial Securities")
and (c) if and when issued as provided in the Registration Agreement (as defined
in Appendix A hereto (the "Appendix")), the Company's 11 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 15, 2013 issued in the Registered Exchange Offer
(as defined in the Appendix) in exchange for any Initial Securities (the
"Exchange Securities") (together with the Initial Securities, the "Securities").
On the date hereof, [EURO}125,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
Securities will be initially issued. Subject to the conditions and compliance
with the covenants set forth herein, the Company may issue an unlimited
aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities.
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Accelerated Monitoring Fee Payment" means a cash payment
equal to the then-present value of all then-current and future monitoring fees
payable under the Transaction and Monitoring Fee Agreement referred to in the
definition of the term "Acquisition Documents".
"Acquired Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified
Person:
(a) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such
other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary
of such specified Person, and
(b) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person,
in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in
contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit
support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by such Person, or such asset was acquired
by such Person, as applicable.
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"Acquisition" means the acquisition by the Company of
substantially all of the assets and assumption of certain liabilities associated
with the automotive business of TRW Inc. (now known as Northrop Grumman Space &
Mission Systems Corp.) from Northrop Grumman Corporation.
"Acquisition Date" means the date on which the Acquisition is
consummated.
"Acquisition Documents" means the Master Purchase Agreement
and any other document entered into in connection therewith, including (i) the
Intellectual Property License Agreements entered into in connection with, and on
or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, (ii) the Transition Services
Agreement entered into in connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation
of the Acquisition, (iii) the Employee Matters Agreement entered into in
connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, (iv)
the Insurance Allocation Agreement entered into in connection with, and on or
prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, (v) the Stockholders' Agreement
entered into in connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the
Acquisition and (vi) the Transaction and Monitoring Fee Agreement entered into
in connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, in
each case as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
"Additional Securities" means euro-denominated 11 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent
to the Issue Date.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling,"
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
"Asset Sale" means:
(a) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
(whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions)
of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback
Transaction) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred
to in this definition as a "disposition") or
(b) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary)
(whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),
in each case other than:
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(i) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment
Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out equipment in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii) the disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to
Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of
Control;
(iii) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment
that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
(iv) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of
Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary with an
aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $15.0 million;
(v) any disposition of property or assets by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) any exchange of assets for assets related to a
Similar Business of comparable market value, as determined in
good faith by the Company, which in the event of an exchange
of assets with a Fair Market Value in excess of (1) $15.0
million shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate, and
(2) $30.0 million shall be set forth in a resolution approved
in good faith by at least a majority of the Board of Directors
of the Company;
(vii) sales of assets received by the Company upon
the foreclosure on a Lien;
(viii) any sale of Equity Interests in, or
Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
(ix) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(x) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or
personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) a sale of accounts receivable and related assets
of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables
Financing" to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified
Receivables Financing; and
(xii) a transfer of accounts receivable and related
assets of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables
Financing" (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a
Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing.
"Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or
in respect of the Credit Agreement, the other Senior Credit Documents and any
Refinancing
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Indebtedness with respect thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim
for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges,
expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable
thereunder or in respect thereof. It is understood and agreed that Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Agreement may be Incurred from time to
time after termination of the Credit Agreement.
"Blackstone" means Blackstone Capital Partners IV Merchant
Banking Fund L.P. and its Affiliates.
"Board of Directors" means as to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of
directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any
duly authorized committee thereof.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to
close in New York State, Amsterdam, London or Luxembourg.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and
reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in
accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means:
(a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
(however designated) of corporate stock;
(c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(d) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Contribution Amount" means the aggregate amount of cash
contributions made to the capital of the Company described in the
definition of "Contribution Indebtedness."
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"Cash Equivalents" means:
(a) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, or, in the case of
any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local
currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof;
(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding one
year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank
having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and whose
long-term debt is rated "A" or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx'x or
S&P;
(d) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the
types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(c) above;
(e) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) rated at least "A-2" or the equivalent
thereof by Xxxxx'x or S&P and in each case maturing within one year
after the date of acquisition;
(f) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above;
(g) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof
having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either
Xxxxx'x or S&P; and
(h) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons (other
than Blackstone or its Affiliates) with a rating of "A" or higher from
S&P or "A-2" or higher from Xxxxx'x.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(a) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than the
Permitted Holders; or
(b) (i) the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any
other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy,
vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or
group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group
acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other
than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a
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related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or
other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor
provision), of 35% or more of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company or TRW Automotive Holdings and (ii) the Permitted
Holders beneficially own (as defined above), directly or indirectly, in
the aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company or TRW Automotive Holdings, as applicable,
than such other Person or group and do not have the right or ability by
voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election
a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or TRW Automotive
Holdings, as applicable.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means the party named as such in the Preamble to
this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the
successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by
the TIA, each other obligor on the Securities.
"consolidated" means, with respect to any Person, such Person
consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be accounted for as an Investment.
"Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense" means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and
amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization
of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of
deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other financing
fees);
(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;
(c) one-third of the obligations of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for rental payments made during such period
under operating leases as part of Sale/Leaseback Transactions; and
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(d) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable
to Persons other than the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis;
provided, however, that:
(a) any net after-tax extraordinary gains or losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto) shall be excluded;
(b) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any
one-time non-cash charges (such as purchased in-process research and
development or capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory) resulting
from purchase accounting or any one-time cash or non-cash charges
resulting from the financing, in each case relating to the Transactions
or any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date and any
non-recurring cash or non-cash fees, expenses or charges related to or
arising from the acquisition by Northrop Grumman Corporation of TRW
Inc., net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(c) the Net Income for such period shall not include the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such
period;
(d) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued
operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of
discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(e) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other
than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be excluded;
(f) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a
Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included
only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other
payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such
period; and
(g) the Net Income for such period of any Restricted
Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination
permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the 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, unless such restrictions with respect
to the payment of dividends or
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similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the net
loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of the covenant set forth in
Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any
dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from
Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted
Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(3)(D) or
4.04(a)(3)(E).
"Contingent Obligations" means, with respect to any Person,
any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness ("primary obligations") of any
other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(b) to advance or supply funds:
(i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation; or
(ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor; or
(c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for
the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof.
"Contribution Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company
in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of
cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of
the Company, provided that:
(a) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution
Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contributions to the
capital of the Company, the amount in excess shall be Pari Passu
Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity later
than the Stated Maturity of the Securities, and
(b) such Contribution Indebtedness (i) is Incurred within 180
days after the making of such cash contributions and (ii) is so
designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate on the Incurrence date thereof.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement entered into in
connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, as
amended, restated,
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supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether
with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded,
refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement
extending the maturity thereof or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of
the Indebtedness under such agreement or increasing the amount loaned thereunder
or altering the maturity thereof, among the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings,
TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the
financial institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage
of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" means the Fair Market
Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as
Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received
in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock of the
Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings (other
than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to the Company, a
Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust
established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as
Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, on the
issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in Section 4.04(a)(3).
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the
Company or a Guarantor (a) the Bank Indebtedness and (b) any other Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor which, at the date of
determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which,
at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to,
at least $25.0 million and is specifically designated by the Company or such
Guarantor in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any
Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a
change of control or asset sale, provided that the relevant asset sale
or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more
favorable in any material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than
the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the
Securities and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not
become operative until compliance with the asset sale and change of
control provisions
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applicable to the Securities (including the purchase of any Securities
tendered pursuant thereto),
(b) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock, or
(c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part, in each case prior to 91 days after the maturity date
of the Securities;
provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be
Disqualified Stock; provided further, however, that if such Capital Stock is
issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital
Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required
to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or
regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death or
disability.
"Dollar Securities" means the $300,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, issued by the Company
concurrently with the issuance of the Securities issued hereunder.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Foreign Subsidiary.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without
duplication:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person (including the Michigan Single Business Tax and similar taxes)
for such period deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense plus amortization of
deferred financing fees of such Person for such period to the extent
the same was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such
Person for such period to the extent such Consolidated Depreciation and
Amortization Expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(d) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges related to any
Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness
permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or
not successful), including any such fees, expenses, charges or change
in control payments related to the Transactions or the acquisition by
Northrop Grumman Corporation of TRW Inc., to the extent deducted in
such period in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(e) any (i) cash restructuring charges (calculated consistent
with past practice) not to exceed $30.0 million per annum beginning in
2003 and (ii) any one-time costs incurred in connection with
acquisitions consummated after the Acquisition Date, in each case, to
the extent deducted in such period in computing Consolidated Net
Income; plus
(f) any expense relating to defined benefit pension or
post-retirement benefit plans to the extent deducted in such period in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(g) any other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net
Income for such period (including any non-cash charges arising from
fair value accounting required by Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 133), but excluding any such charge which consists of or
requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges
for any future period; plus
(h) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in
calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus
(i) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and
advisory fees and related expenses paid to Blackstone (or any accruals
relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period,
provided that such amount shall not exceed $7.5 million;
less, without duplication,
(a) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual
of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period);
less
(b) any income relating to defined benefit pension or
post-retirement benefit plans increasing Consolidated Net Income for
such period; less
(c) any cash payments relating to defined benefit pension or
post-retirement benefit plans net of any amounts receivable from
Northrop Grumman Corporation under the indemnity included in the Master
Purchase Agreement for other post-retirement benefits (OPEB)
obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or
profits of, and the depreciation and amortization of, a Subsidiary of the
Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the
extent (and in the same proportion) that the Net Income of such Subsidiary was
included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding
amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the
Company by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained),
pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments,
decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
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"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Offering" means any public or private sale of common
stock or Preferred Stock of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:
(a) public offerings with respect to the Company's common
stock registered on Form S-8 under the Securities Act (or any successor
form thereto); and
(b) any such public or private sale that constitutes an
Excluded Contribution.
"Escrow Agreement" means the Escrow Agreement dated as of
February 14, 2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as escrow
agent.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means the registration
statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.
"Excluded Contributions" means the net cash proceeds received
by the Company after the Issue Date from:
(a) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to
any Company or Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan
or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred
Stock) of the Company,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set
forth in Section 4.04(a)(3).
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer,
neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the
Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs or redeems any Indebtedness (other
than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any
Qualified Receivables Financing, in
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which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily
balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues or redeems
Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the
calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"),
then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect
to such Incurrence or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption
of Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an
operating unit of a business, that have been made by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent
to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the
Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such
Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, discontinued operations, mergers and
consolidations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and
the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person
that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall
have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation,
merger or consolidation, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a
business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect
thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition,
discontinued operation, merger or consolidation had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a
responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness
bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the
interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on
the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking
into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate
reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the
Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation
in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to
above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed
on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of
such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that
may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime
or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be
deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based
upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate. Any such pro forma
calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination
of the Company as set forth in an Officers' Certificate, to
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reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any
acquisition or merger.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of:
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such
period, and
(b) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock
of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary not
organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
state or territory thereof and any Subsidiary of any such Restricted Subsidiary.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date.
"Government Securities" means securities that are:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the
timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to
any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest
on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable
to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such
depository receipt.
"guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other
obligations.
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"Guarantor" means any Person that Incurs a Senior Subordinated
Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its
Senior Subordinated Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person
shall cease to be a Guarantor.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap
agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap
agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar
agreements; and
(b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or
commodity prices.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Security is
registered on the Registrar's books.
"Incur" means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise
become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by
merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred
by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date
of determination, without duplication:
(a) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of
such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed
money, (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit or bankers' acceptances (or, without
duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (iii)
representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property,
except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar
obligation to a trade creditor due within six months from the date on
which it is Incurred, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of
business, which purchase price is due more than six months after the
date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title
thereto, (iv) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations or (v)
representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of
the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding
the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of
such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary
course of business);
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(c) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of
another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person
(whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided,
however, that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of:
(i) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination
and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; and
(d) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding
(i.e., advanced, and received by, and available for use by, the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing
(as set forth in the books and records of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative
of the institution or group providing such Receivables Financing);
provided, that Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business shall be deemed not to constitute Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal
or investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in a Similar
Business, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good
faith determination of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it
has been engaged.
"Investment Grade Securities" means:
(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(b) debt securities or debt instruments (other than those
issued by Blackstone or its Affiliates) with a rating of BBB- or higher
by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody's or the equivalent of such rating by
such rating organization, or if no rating of S&P or Moody's then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any other nationally
recognized securities rating agency, but excluding any debt securities
or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its
Subsidiaries,
(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in
investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b), which fund
may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or
distribution, and
(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the
United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
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"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form
of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding
accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission,
travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration
of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person
and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet
of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this
definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other
property. For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" and the
covenant set forth in Section 4.04:
(a) "Investments" shall include the portion (proportionate to
the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market
Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that
such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
"Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if
positive) equal to:
(i) the Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at
the time of such redesignation less
(ii) the portion (proportionate to the Company's
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value
of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation; and
(b) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such
transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
"Issue Date" means February 18, 2003.
"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 and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to
constitute a Lien.
"Xxxxx" means Xxxxx Industries Limited (f/k/a Xxxxx Industries
plc).
"Xxxxx Xxxxx" means the(pound)100 million original principal
amount of 10?% bonds of Xxxxx due 2020.
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"Management Group" means the group consisting of the
directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Company, TRW
Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings on the Acquisition
Date, together with (a) any new directors whose election by such boards of
directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company,
TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable,
was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company, TRW
Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, then
still in office who were either directors on the Acquisition Date or whose
election or nomination was previously so approved and (b) executive officers and
other management personnel of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, hired at a time when the
directors on the Acquisition Date, together with the directors so approved,
constituted a majority of the directors of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings
or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable.
"Master Purchase Agreement" means the Master Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2002, between Northrop Grumman Corporation
and BCP Acquisition Company L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Master
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2002, among Northrop Grumman
Corporation, BCP Acquisition Company L.L.C., TRW Inc. and TRW Automotive Inc.,
as further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor to the rating agency business thereof.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition
of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash
payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but
excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the
disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of
such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including legal, accounting and
investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any
relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required
to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on
Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as
a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be
provided by the Company as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by the Company after such sale or other disposition thereof, including
pension
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and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with
such transaction.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with
respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptances), damages and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided
that Obligations with respect to the Securities shall not include fees or
indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the
Holders of the Securities.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice
President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf
of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements set
forth in this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means:
(a) with respect to the Company, the Securities and any
Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the
Securities;
(b) with respect to any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the
Company, its Senior Subordinated Guarantee and any Indebtedness which
ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Guarantor's Senior
Subordinated Guarantee; and
(c) if TRW Automotive Holdings and/or TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, provide a Senior Subordinated
Guarantee, the Senior Subordinated Guarantee provided by TRW Automotive
Holdings and/or the Senior Subordinated Guarantee provided by TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings and any Indebtedness which ranks pari
passu in right of payment to such Guarantor's Senior Subordinated
Guarantee.
"Permitted Holders" means Blackstone, Northrop Grumman
Corporation and the Management Group. Any person or group whose acquisition of
beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a
Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this
Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an
additional Permitted Holder.
"Permitted Investment" means:
(a) any Investment in the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(b) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities;
(c) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company in a Person that is primarily engaged in a Similar
Business if as a result of such Investment (i) such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) such Person, in one transaction or a
series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated
with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets
to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) any Investment in securities or other assets not
constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset
Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other
disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(e) any Investment existing on the Acquisition Date;
(f) advances to employees not in excess of $75.0 million
outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;
(g) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in exchange for any other Investment or
accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout,
reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other
Investment or accounts receivable or (ii) as a result of a foreclosure
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to
any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any
secured Investment in default;
(h) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (x) of Section
4.03(b);
(i) any Investment in a Similar Business (other than an
Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) having an aggregate Fair
Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant
to this clause (i), not to exceed 5% of Total Assets at the time of
such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being
measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant
to this clause (i) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company at the date of the making of such Investment
and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such
Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to
clause (a) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this
clause (i) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(j) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market
Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (j), not to exceed 5% of Total Assets at the time of such
Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being
measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value);
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(k) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees
for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar
expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), TRW
Automotive Holdings or of TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings;
provided, however, that such Equity Interests shall not increase the
amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(3);
(m) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment
that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi)
and (vii) of such Section);
(n) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of
intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with
other Persons;
(o) guarantees issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and
4.11;
(p) any Investment by Restricted Subsidiaries in other
Restricted Subsidiaries and Investments by Subsidiaries that are not
Restricted Subsidiaries in other Subsidiaries that are not Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(q) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of
inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract
rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in
the ordinary course of business; and
(r) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any
Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including
Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the
arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any
related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a
Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note,
contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means debt or equity securities
of the Company or any successor corporation issued pursuant to a plan of
reorganization or readjustment of the Company that are subordinated to the
payment of all then-outstanding Senior Indebtedness of the Company at least to
the same extent that the Securities are subordinated to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company on the Issue Date, so long as to the extent
that any Senior Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on the date of
consummation of any such plan of reorganization or readjustment is not paid in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents on such date, the holders of any such Senior
Indebtedness not so paid in full in cash have consented to the terms of such
plan of reorganization or readjustment.
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"Permitted Liens" means with respect to any Person:
(a) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen's
compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation,
or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts
(other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States
government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person
is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import
duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's
and mechanics' Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens
arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to
which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other
proceedings for review;
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(d) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds
or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or
letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account
of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(e) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or
reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such
Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in
connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate
materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(f) Liens securing Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 and Liens securing
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (iv), (xii) or
(xx) of Section 4.03(b);
(g) Liens existing on the Acquisition Date;
(h) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens
are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further,
however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(i) Liens on property at the time the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of
a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or
Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition;
provided further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other
property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(j) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(k) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related
Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured
by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;
(l) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and
proceeds of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of
bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person
to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
other goods;
(m) leases and subleases of real property which do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(n) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
(o) Liens in favor of the Company;
(p) Liens on equipment of the Company granted in the ordinary
course of business to the Company's client at which such equipment is
located;
(q) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the
type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" Incurred in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; and
(r) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension,
renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings,
extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any
Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses
(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (o); provided, however, that (x) such
new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that
secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and (y)
the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to
any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount
or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under
clauses (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (o) at the time the original
Lien became a Permitted Lien under
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this Indenture and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and
expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding,
extension, renewal or replacement.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Preferred Stock" means any Equity Interest with preferential
right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables
Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to a Receivables Subsidiary in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to
finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a
contribution of equity.
"Qualified Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit in favor
of Xxxxx:
(a) that is issued by a commercial bank whose long-term debt,
or whose parent's long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar or
equivalent or higher rating by at least one nationally recognized
statistical rating agency) in a stated amount equal to the then
outstanding principal amount of the Xxxxx Xxxxx;
(b) under which funds will be made available to Xxxxx on
demand upon the certification by a duly authorized officer of Xxxxx to
the issuing bank that (i) pursuant to a judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, Xxxxx is required to pay the principal due
under the Xxxxx Xxxxx or (ii)(A) the termination date of such letter of
credit is within ten Business Days of such certification, (B) the Xxxxx
Xxxxx remain outstanding and (C) such letter of credit has not been
replaced with another letter of credit in substantially the same form
as such letter of credit;
(c) that is issued at the request and for the account of a
Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(d) such Person for whose account the letter of credit is
issued agrees that Xxxxx can satisfy any and all of its obligations to
such Person in respect of a drawing made under such letter of credit
through the issuance by Xxxxx of debt securities to such Person with no
scheduled payments of principal prior to March 31, 2014, in a principal
amount equal to the amount of the drawing made under such letter of
credit.
"Qualified Receivables Financing" means any Receivables
Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
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(a) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have
determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing
(including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other
provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the
Company and the Receivables Subsidiary,
(b) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the
Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in
good faith by the Company), and
(c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and
other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good
faith by the Company) and may include Standard Securitization
Undertakings.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to
secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
For purposes of this Indenture, the receivables facility in existence on the
Acquisition Date (and any replacement thereof with substantially similar terms
in the aggregate) shall be deemed to be a Qualified Receivables Financing that
is not recourse to the Company (except for Standard Securitization
Undertakings).
"Receivables Financing" means any transaction or series of
transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or
otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of
a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in,
any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including all
collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees
or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such
accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in
respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with
asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging
Obligations entered into by the Company or any such Subsidiary in connection
with such accounts receivable.
"Receivables Repurchase Obligation" means any obligation of a
seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase
receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or
covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof
becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of
any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or
any other event relating to the seller.
"Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging
in a Qualified Receivables Financing with the Company in which the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and related assets)
which engages in no activities
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other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual
or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or
activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by
the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables
Subsidiary and:
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or
any other Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of
obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on,
Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii)
is recourse to or obligates the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or
any other Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly,
contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings,
(b) with which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of
the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or
understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably believes
to be no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those
that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates
of the Company, and
(c) to which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of
the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's
financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of
operating results.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced
to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing conditions.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative
(if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company
other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to
property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such
property to a Person and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it
from such Person, other than leases between the Company and a Restricted
Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or any successor
to the rating agency business thereof.
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"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company
secured by a Lien. "Secured Indebtedness" of a Guarantor has a correlative
meaning.
"Securities" means the securities issued under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Seller Note" means the $600,000,000 aggregate face amount
subordinated 8% pay-in-kind note due 2018 of TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings in favor of an affiliate of Northrop Grumman Corporation, as the same
may be amended or refinanced from time to time.
"Senior Credit Documents" means the collective reference to
the Credit Agreement, the notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees
thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Senior Credit Facilities" means the term loan facilities and
revolving credit facility created and in effect pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.
"Senior Indebtedness" with respect to the Company or any
Guarantor means all Indebtedness and any Receivables Repurchase Obligation of
the Company or such Guarantor, including interest thereon (including interest
accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization relating to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at the
rate specified in the documentation with respect thereto whether or not a claim
for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) and other amounts
(including fees, expenses, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit and
indemnities) owing in respect thereof, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or
thereafter Incurred, unless in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such Obligations
are not superior, or are subordinated, in right of payment to the Securities or
such Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee, as applicable; provided,
however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include, as applicable:
(a) any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary of the
Company (other than any Receivables Repurchase Obligation), or of such
Guarantor to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company,
(b) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes
owed or owing by the Company or such Guarantor,
(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors
arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees
thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities),
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(d) any Indebtedness or obligation of the Company or such
Guarantor which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other
Indebtedness or obligation of the Company or such Guarantor, as
applicable, including any Pari Passu Indebtedness and any Subordinated
Indebtedness,
(e) any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock, or
(f) any Indebtedness Incurred in violation of this Indenture
but, as to any such Indebtedness Incurred under the Credit Agreement,
no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause
(f) if the holders of such Indebtedness or their representative shall
have received an Officers' Certificate to the effect that the
Incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or, in the case of a
revolving credit facility thereunder, the Incurrence of the entire
committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing
thereunder is made would not) violate this Indenture.
If any Senior Indebtedness is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant to
the provisions of Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any
applicable state fraudulent conveyance law, such Senior Indebtedness
nevertheless will constitute Senior Indebtedness.
"Senior Notes" means the $925,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 9?% Senior Notes due 2013 and the (EURO)200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 101/8% Senior Notes due 2013, in each case issued by the
Company concurrently with the issuance of the Securities issued hereunder.
"Senior Subordinated Guarantee" means any guarantee of the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities by any Person
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that
would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Company within the meaning of Rule
1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"Similar Business" means a business, the majority of whose
revenues are derived from the design and/or manufacture of automotive
components, or the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
Acquisition Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto
or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary
thereto.
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations,
warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which the Company has determined in
good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including those relating
to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood
that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard
Securitization Undertaking.
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"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the
date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of
principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any
mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the
repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the
happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such
contingency has occurred).
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means (a) with respect to the
Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in
right of payment to the Securities and (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any
Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of
payment to its Senior Subordinated Guarantee.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (a) any
corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership,
joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof and (b) any partnership, joint venture or
limited liability company of which (i) more than 50% of the capital accounts,
distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited
partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general,
special or limited partnership interests or otherwise and (ii) such Person or
any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or
otherwise controls such entity.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 X.X.X.xx.xx.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.
"Total Assets" means the total consolidated assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance
sheet of the Company.
"Transactions" means the Acquisition and the transactions
related thereto, the issuance of the Securities, the concurrent issuance of the
Dollar Securities and the Senior Notes, the borrowings to be made pursuant to
the Credit Agreement and funding in a Receivables Financing on the Acquisition
Date.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means:
(a) any officer within the corporate trust department of a
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of that Trustee
who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
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respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because
of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject, and
(b) who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
"TRW Automotive Holdings" means TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.,
a Delaware corporation, which owns all the issued and outstanding Capital Stock
of TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings as of the date hereof.
"TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings" means TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation, which owns all the issued
and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company as of the date hereof.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of
determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the
Board of Directors of the Company in the manner provided below; and
(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the
Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company)
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its
Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that
is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however,
that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time
of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to
which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided further, however, that either:
(i) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total
consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or
(ii) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets
greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted
under Section 4.04.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving
effect to such designation:
(x)(1) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth
in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
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would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a
pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced
to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the
quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years
from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with
respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" is any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of
such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests
of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by
such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one
or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction"..................................... 4.07
"Appendix".................................................. Preamble
"Asset Sale Offer".......................................... 4.06
"Bankruptcy Law"............................................ 6.01
"Blockage Notice"........................................... 10.03
"Change of Control Offer"................................... 4.08
"covenant defeasance option"................................ 8.01(b)
"Custodian"................................................. 6.01
"Definitive Securities"..................................... Appendix A
"Event of Default".......................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds"........................................... 4.06
"Exchange Securities"....................................... Preamble
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Defined in
Term Section
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"Global Securities"......................................... Appendix A
"Guarantee Blockage Notice"................................. 12.03
"Guarantee Payment Blockage Period"......................... 12.03
"Guaranteed Obligations".................................... 11.01
"incorporated provision".................................... 13.01
"Initial Securities"........................................ Preamble
"legal defeasance option"................................... 8.01(b)
"Notice of Default"......................................... 6.01
"Offer Period" 4.06(d)
"Original Securities"....................................... Preamble
"pay its Senior Subordinated Guarantee"..................... 12.03
"pay the Securities"........................................ 10.03
"Paying Agent".............................................. 2.04
"Payment Blockage Period"................................... 10.03
"protected purchaser"....................................... 2.08
"Refinancing Indebtedness".................................. 4.03(b)
"Refunding Capital Stock.................................... 4.04
"Registration Agreement".................................... Appendix A
"Registered Exchange Offer"................................. Appendix A
"Registrar"................................................. 2.04
"Restricted Payment"........................................ 4.04(a)
"Retired Capital Stock"..................................... 4.04(b)
"Securities Custodian"...................................... Appendix A
"Shelf Registration Statement".............................. Appendix A
"Special Redemption"........................................ 3.07(b)
"Special Redemption Date"................................... 3.07(b)
"Special Redemption Price".................................. 3.07(b)
"Successor Company"......................................... 5.01(a)
"Successor Guarantor"....................................... 5.01(b)(i)
"TRW Automotive Luxembourg"................................. 4.11(d)
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. This Indenture incorporates by reference certain provisions of the TIA. The
following TIA terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities and the Senior
Subordinated Guarantees.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
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"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, the
Guarantors and any other obligor on the Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have
the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) "including" means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other
discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof
that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP; and
(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i)
the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the
maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect
to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater.
ARTICLE 2
The Securities
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series. The
aggregate principal amount of Original Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is (EURO)125,000,000. The Securities may be
issued in one or more series. All Securities of any one series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination.
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With respect to any Additional Securities issued after the
Issue Date (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.06, 4.08(g) or the Appendix), there shall be
(a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b)
(i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officers' Certificate
or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of such Additional Securities:
(1) whether such Additional Securities shall be issued as part
of a new or existing series of Securities and the title of such
Additional Securities (which shall distinguish the Additional
Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture,
(3) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional
Securities, including the date from which interest on such Additional
Securities shall accrue;
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Securities shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set
forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in
lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of the Appendix in which any
such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Additional Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of
Persons other than the depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof; and
(5) if applicable, that such Additional Securities that are
not Transfer Restricted Securities shall not be issued in the form of
Initial Securities as set forth in Exhibit A, but shall be issued in
the form of Exchange Securities as set forth in Exhibit B.
If any of the terms of any Additional Securities are
established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors,
a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate or the indenture
supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the
Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix,
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
(a) Initial Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication and (b)
any Additional Securities (if issued as Transfer Restricted Securities) and the
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each
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be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated
in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Exchange Securities and any
Additional Securities issued other than as Transfer Restricted Securities and
the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a
part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such
notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be
issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in
denominations of (EURO)1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication. One Officer shall
sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security
shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of
the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security.
The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
Securities as set forth in the Appendix.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which
shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Company
shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar") and an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying
agent, and the term "Registrar" includes any co-registrars. The Company
initially appoints the Trustee as (i) Registrar and Paying Agent in connection
with the Securities and (ii) the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global
Securities.
(b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency
agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture,
which shall incorporate the
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terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture
that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and
address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate
compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its
domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
(c) The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon
written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided,
however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable,
acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate
agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying
Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to
the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the
appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or
Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company and the
Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or
Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section
7.08.
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to
each due date of the principal of and interest and additional interest (if any)
on any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the
Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient
to pay such principal, interest and additional interest (if any) when so
becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the
Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of and interest and additional interest (if any) on the
Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent
and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the
Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it
of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in
writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses
of Holders.
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be
issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a
Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When
a Security is
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presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar
shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met.
When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them
for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the
Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met.
To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or
other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant
to this Section. The Company shall not be required to make and the Registrar
need not register transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection
of Securities to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of
any Security, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and
the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and (subject to paragraph 2 of the Securities) interest,
if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent, or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security
shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of
beneficial interest in such Global Security may be effected only through a
book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its
agent) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, and
that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Security shall be
required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered
upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security
is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a)
satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder
has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does
not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such
request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a
protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code
(a "protected purchaser") and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of
the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall
furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect
the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee
may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security. In the event
any such mutilated, lost,
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destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing
a new Security in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Securities.
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding
at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those
canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancelation and those described in
this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Security does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds
the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases
to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory
to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in
accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money
sufficient to pay all principal, interest and additional interest, if any,
payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be
redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof)
cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. In the event that
Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until
such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and
the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall
be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations
that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
Definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities upon
surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company,
without charge to the Holder.
SECTION 2.11. Cancelation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancelation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
cancelation and shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its
customary procedures or deliver canceled Securities to the Company pursuant to
written direction by an Officer. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to
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the Trustee for cancelation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in
place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay the defaulted
interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any
lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to
be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to
each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs. The Company in issuing
the Securities may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use) and,
if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that
no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee of any change in
the CUSIP numbers or ISINs.
ARTICLE 3
Redemption
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to
redeem Securities pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section
3.07(a) or elects or is required to redeem Securities pursuant to Section
3.07(b), it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption
date, (iii) the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the
redemption price. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in
this paragraph at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date if the redemption is pursuant to Section 3.07(a) or at least one Business
Day prior to the Special Redemption Date if the redemption is pursuant to
Section 3.07(b), unless in each case, a shorter period is acceptable to the
Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will
comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Securities are to be
redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the
Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15
days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at
any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall
thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. In the
case of any partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will
be made by the
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Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, or if such Securities are
not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee shall deem appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable
legal requirements). The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding
Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for
redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations
larger than (EURO)1,000. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects
shall be in amounts of (EURO)1,000 or a whole multiple of
(EURO)1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of
Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Optional Redemption and Special
Redemption. (a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date pursuant to Section 3.07(a), the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed
by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are
to be redeemed. At least one Business Day before a Special Redemption Date, the
Company shall provide or cause to be provided a notice of Special Redemption to
each Holder.
Any such notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
and shall state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest
and additional interest (if any) to the redemption date;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(iv) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(v) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be
redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such
payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities
(or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the redemption date;
(vii) the CUSIP number or ISIN, if any, printed on the
Securities being redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN, if any, listed in such notice or
printed on the Securities.
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(b) At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the
notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. In such
event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by
this Section.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on
the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest and additional interest, if
any, to the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is
after a regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the
accrued interest and additional interest, if any, shall be payable to the Holder
of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record date. Failure to
give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the
validity of the notice to any other Holder.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with
the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying
Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued interest and additional interest, if any, on all Securities
or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or
portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancelation. On and after the redemption date,
interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for
redemption so long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds
sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
additional interest, if any, on, the Securities to be redeemed, unless the
Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company's expense) a new Security
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption; Special Redemption. (a)
Optional Redemption. Except as set forth in the following paragraph and in
Section 3.07(b), the Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to February 15, 2008. Thereafter, the Securities shall be
redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on not less than
30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest
and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest and additional
interest, if any, due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during
the 12-month period commencing on February 15 of the years set forth below:
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Year Redemption Price
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2008 105.875%
2009 103.917%
2010 101.958%
2011 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to
February 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving
effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Equity Offerings (i) by the Company or (ii) by TRW Automotive
Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, in each case, to the extent
the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the Company or used to purchase
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a
redemption price equal to 111.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, thereon to the redemption
date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest and additional interest, if any, due on the relevant interest
payment date); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such
redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the
Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional
Securities) remains outstanding after each such redemption and provided further
that any such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any
such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and otherwise in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.
(b) Special Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that (i) in the sole judgment of the Company, the Acquisition will not be
consummated by March 11, 2003, then the Company may redeem the Securities, in
whole but not in part, at its sole option on or prior to March 11, 2003, upon
one Business Day's notice, at a redemption price (the "Special Redemption
Price") in cash equal to 100% of the issue price of the Securities plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the Special Redemption Date or (ii) the Acquisition has
not been consummated on or prior to March 10, 2003, then the Company shall
mandatorily redeem all the Securities on March 11, 2003, at the Special
Redemption Price. The "Special Redemption Date" means the earlier of (a) the
date that the Company elects to redeem all the Securities if, in the sole
judgment of the Company, the Acquisition will not be consummated prior to March
11, 2003, or (b) March 11, 2003, if the Acquisition is not consummated on or
prior to March 10, 2003 (either redemption, a "Special Redemption").
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall
promptly pay the principal of and interest and additional interest, if any, on
the Securities on the dates
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and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal,
interest and additional interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date
due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with
this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and
the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from
paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the
rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports. Notwithstanding that the Company
may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms
provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Company shall, beginning August 15,
2003, file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and Holders with copies
thereof, without cost to each Holder, within 15 days after it files them with
the SEC),
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such
shorter period as may be required by the SEC), annual reports on Form
10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information
required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or
comparable form),
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be
required by the SEC), reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or
comparable form),
(c) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an
event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time
period specified for filing current reports on Form 8-K by the SEC),
such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form),
and
(d) any other information, documents and other reports which
the Company would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, the Company shall not be so obligated to file such reports
with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Company
shall make available such information to prospective purchasers of Securities,
in addition to providing such information to the Trustees and the Holders, in
each case within 15 days after the date the Company would be required to file
such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such requirements shall be deemed
satisfied prior to the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer or the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Appendix)
by the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
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and/or Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such
financial information that satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act. In
the event that:
(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Company
and TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings to
report at the TRW Automotive Holdings' or TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings' level on a consolidated basis; and
(ii) TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings, as applicable, is not engaged in any business in any material
respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly,
of the capital stock of the Company,
such consolidated reporting at the TRW Automotive Holdings' or TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings' level, as applicable, in a manner consistent with that
described in this covenant for the Company will satisfy this covenant.
In addition, if the Company has not previously filed with the
SEC the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall make available to Holders no later than May 15,
2003, financial statements and a management's discussion and analysis for the
three months ended March 31, 2003, similar to that which would be included in a
Form 10-Q, except that such document may not contain guarantor footnote
information and the purchase accounting therein may be reflected on a
preliminary basis and subject to change when included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
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 (subject to Article 7 hereof) on Officers'
Certificates).
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. (a) (i) The Company shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue
any shares of Disqualified Stock; and
(ii) the Company shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock;
provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue
shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor
may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for
which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date
on which such additional Indebtedness is
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Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been
at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness
had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued,
as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at
the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not
apply to:
(i) the Incurrence by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the
issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers' acceptances
thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers' acceptances being
deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) up
to an aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion outstanding at any one
time;
(ii) the Incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by (A) the Securities (not including any
Additional Securities) and the Senior Subordinated Guarantees, as
applicable, (B) the Exchange Securities issued in exchange for the
Initial Securities and the Senior Subordinated Guarantees thereof, (C)
the Dollar Securities and the related guarantees, as applicable, (D)
the Senior Notes and the related guarantees, as applicable, and (E) the
Exchange Securities (as defined in the indentures governing the Dollar
Securities and the Senior Notes, respectively) issued in exchange for
the Dollar Securities and the Senior Notes, and the related guarantees;
(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Acquisition Date (other
than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii));
(iv) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations)
Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or
personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets
or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets (but no other
material assets)) in an aggregate principal amount which, when
aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then
outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed
5% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;
(v) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with
respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business,
including letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims,
health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or
liability insurance or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with
respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers'
compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such
letters of credit, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days
following such drawing;
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(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in
connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary
of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other
than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or
any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that any such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment
to the Securities; provided further that any subsequent issuance
or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in
any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness
(except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be
deemed, in each case to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary
issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock
or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that
holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary
ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary, or any other subsequent transfer
of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance
of shares of Preferred Stock;
(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or
another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (1) any such Indebtedness
is made pursuant to an intercompany note and (2) if a Guarantor Incurs
such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Senior
Subordinated Guarantee of such Guarantor; provided further that any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event
which results in any Restricted Subsidiary lending such Indebtedness
ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer
of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such
Indebtedness;
(x) Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary
course of business (and not for speculative purposes): (1) for the
purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any
Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange
rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the
purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any
commodity purchases;
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(xi) obligations in respect of performance, bid and surety
bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate
principal amount, which when aggregated with the principal amount or
liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock
then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not
exceed $250.0 million at any one time outstanding (it being understood
that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xii) shall cease to
be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but
shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after
the first date on which the Company, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section
4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));
(xiii) any guarantee by the Company or a Guarantor of
Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness
Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted
under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness
is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the
Securities or the Senior Subordinated Guarantee of such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with
respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment
to such Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee with respect to the
Securities substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is
subordinated to the Securities or the Senior Subordinated Guarantee of
such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;
(xiv) the Incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness which serves to refund or refinance any
Indebtedness Incurred as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses
(ii), (iii), (iv) and (xv) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness
issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness (subject to the
following proviso, "Refinancing Indebtedness") prior to its respective
maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the
time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not
less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced,
(2) has a Stated Maturity which is no earlier than
the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or
refinanced,
(3) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness
refinances Indebtedness pari passu with, or junior to, the
Securities or the Senior Subordinated Guarantee of such
Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Refinancing
Indebtedness is pari passu with, or junior to, the Securities
or
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the Senior Subordinated Guarantee of such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable;
(4) is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or
if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue
price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal
amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the
aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness
being refinanced plus premium and fees Incurred in connection
with such refinancing; and
(5) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances
Indebtedness of the Company or (y) Indebtedness of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided further that subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause (xiv) shall
not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Senior Indebtedness;
and provided further that Indebtedness incurred to refinance, directly
or indirectly, the Xxxxx Xxxxx, shall be deemed to satisfy the
requirements of this clause (xiv), provided that (A) such Indebtedness
has a Stated Maturity no earlier than February 15, 2013, in the case of
Indebtedness Incurred by the Company, and no earlier than August 15,
2013, in the case of Indebtedness Incurred by any Restricted
Subsidiary, (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not
exceed the then outstanding principal amount of the Xxxxx Xxxxx, unless
such excess could otherwise be Incurred under this Section 4.03 and (C)
in the event that such Indebtedness is issued upon the drawing of a
Qualified Letter of Credit, the proceeds of such drawing are either
used to repay the Xxxxx Xxxxx or are held in an escrow account pending
such application;
(xv) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Persons that are
acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged
into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock is not Incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or merger or
to provide all or a portion of the funds or credit support required to
consummate such acquisition or merger; provided further, however, that
after giving effect to such acquisition and the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness either:
(1) the Company would be permitted to Incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater
than immediately prior to such acquisition;
(xvi) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a
Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Company or
any Restricted
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Subsidiary of the Company other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except
for Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(xvii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business,
provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business
Days of its Incurrence;
(xviii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company supported by a letter of credit issued
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess
of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(xix) Contribution Indebtedness; and
(xx) (A) if the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) after giving effect to such
borrowing, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted
hereunder or (B) if the Company could not Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) after giving effect to such
borrowing, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries Incurred for working
capital purposes, in either case in an aggregate principal amount,
which when aggregated with the principal amount of all other
Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause
(xx), does not exceed the greater of (x) $400.0 million and (y) 10% of
the consolidated assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any
Guarantor may Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(b) if the proceeds
thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to repay, prepay, redeem, defease,
retire, refund or refinance any Subordinated Indebtedness unless such
Indebtedness will be subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantor's Senior
Subordinated Guarantee, as applicable, to at least the same extent as such
Subordinated Indebtedness. For purposes of determining compliance with this
Section 4.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses
(i) through (xx) of Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.03(a), the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or
reclassify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this
Section 4.03 and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been
Incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to Section 4.03(a).
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest
in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of
Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.03.
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on
account of the Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity
Interests, including any
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payment made in connection with any merger or consolidation involving
the Company (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Company
payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
the Company; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted
Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution
payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by
a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least
its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with
its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Equity Interests of TRW Automotive Holdings, TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings or the Company;
(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to
any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated
Indebtedness (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase,
defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness
in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the
date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition
or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and
(ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above
being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of
such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could Incur
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the
aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date
(including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (iv)
(only to the extent of one-half of the amounts paid pursuant
to such clause), (vi) and (viii) of Section 4.04(b), but
excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section
4.04(b)), is less than the sum of, without duplication,
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of
the Company for the period (taken as one accounting
period) from January 1, 2003 to the end of the
Company's most recently ended fiscal
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quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or,
in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such
period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit),
plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds,
including cash and the Fair Market Value (as
determined in accordance with the next succeeding
sentence) of property other than cash, received by
the Company since the Issue Date from the issue or
sale of Equity Interests of the Company (excluding
Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock,
Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock),
including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of
Indebtedness or upon exercise of warrants or options
(other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of
the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or
trust established by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of
contributions to the capital of the Company received
in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in
accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of
property other than cash since the Issue Date (other
than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock
(as defined in Section 4.04(b)(ii)), Designated
Preferred Stock, Disqualified Stock and the Cash
Contribution Amount), plus
(D) 100% of the aggregate amount received in
cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in
accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of
property other than cash received from:
(I) the sale or other disposition
(other than to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made
by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and from repurchases and
redemptions of such Restricted Investments
from the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and from
repayments of loans or advances which
constituted Restricted Investments,
(II) the sale (other than to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the
Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
or
(III) a distribution or dividend
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
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(E) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary
has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or
has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or
into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in
accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of the
Investment of the Company in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation,
combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred
or conveyed, as applicable), after deducting any
Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted
Subsidiary so designated or combined or any
Indebtedness associated with the assets so
transferred or conveyed.
The Fair Market Value of property other than cash covered by clauses (3)(B),
(C), (D) and (E) above shall be determined in good faith by the Company and
(x) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value in
excess of $15.0 million, shall be set forth in an Officers' Certificate
or
(y) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value in
excess of $30.0 million, shall be set forth in a resolution approved by
at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days
after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration
such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) (A) the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of
any Equity Interests ("Retired Capital Stock") or Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Company or
contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than any
Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the
Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, including any
such contributions, "Refunding Capital Stock") and
(B) the declaration and payment of accrued dividends on the
Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an
employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock;
(iii) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or
retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company made by exchange
for, or out of the
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proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of
the Company which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long
as:
(A) the principal amount of such new Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or
retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to
be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the
Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired plus any fees incurred in connection
therewith),
(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness and the Securities at least to the same extent as
such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged,
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value,
(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity
date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date
of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed,
repurchased, acquired or retired, and
(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness
being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;
(iv) the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition (or
dividends to TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings to finance any such repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition) for value of Equity Interests of the Company, TRW
Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings held by any
future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the
Company, TRW Automotive Holdings, TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings
or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to any management equity plan
or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan
or agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate amounts paid under
this clause (iv) do not exceed $30.0 million in any calendar year (with
unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over
for the two succeeding calendar years); provided further, however, that
such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to
exceed:
(A) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, TRW
Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings
(to the extent contributed to the Company) to members of
management, directors or consultants of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings that occurs after the Issue
Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized
for any such
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repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not
increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under
Section 4.04(a)(3)); plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance
policies received by TRW Automotive Holdings, TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings (in each case, to the extent contributed
to the Company), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
after the Issue Date;
(provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the
aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any
single calendar year);
(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions
to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance
with Section 4.03;
(vi) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions
to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date and the
declaration and payment of dividends to TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings, the proceeds of which will be used to
fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of TRW
Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings issued
after the Issue Date; provided, however, that (A) for the most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such
Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and
the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the
Company would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.25
to 1.00 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid
pursuant to this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds
actually received by the Company either directly or as a contribution
from TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings
from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;
(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an
aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments
made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding,
not to exceed $100.0 million at the time of such Investment (with the
Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(viii) the payment of dividends on the Company's common stock
(or the payment of dividends to TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings to fund the payment by TRW Automotive
Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings of dividends on TRW
Automotive Holdings' and TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings' common
stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the
Company from any public
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offering of common stock or contributed to the Company by TRW
Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings from any
public offering of common stock;
(ix) Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $100.0 million;
(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares
of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) the payment of dividends, other distributions or other
amounts by the Company:
(A) to TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings in amounts equal to the amounts required
for TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings to pay fees and expenses required to maintain its
corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other
benefits payable to officers and employees of TRW Automotive
Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings and general
corporate overhead expenses of TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings, in each case to the extent
such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or
operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
(B) to TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings in amounts equal to amounts required for
TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings to pay franchise taxes and Federal, state, local and
foreign income taxes (including the Michigan Single Business
Tax and similar taxes) to the extent such income taxes are
attributable to the income of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (and, to the extent of amounts actually received
from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay
such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries), or
(C) dividends paid to TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings in amounts equal to amounts
required for TRW Automotive Holdings and TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings to pay interest and/or principal on
Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to
the Company and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise
considered Indebtedness of, the Company Incurred in accordance
with Section 4.03;
(xiii) cash dividends or other distributions on the Company's
Capital Stock used to, or the making of loans to TRW Automotive
Holdings and TRW
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Automotive Intermediate Holdings the proceeds of which will be used to,
fund the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
offering of the Securities, the Dollar Securities and the Senior Notes
or owed by TRW Automotive Holdings, TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings, the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, in
each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;
(xiv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion
of the exercise price of such options; and
(xv) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables
Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Financing;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any
Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi), (vii), (x) and (xi),
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the foregoing, in no event shall any of the foregoing
clauses (i) through (xv) or any other Restricted Payment permitted
under this Section 4.04 be used or relied upon for purposes of (x)
making any payment in respect of, or otherwise servicing the
obligations represented by, the Seller Note or (y) making any payment
to fund, or otherwise in respect of, an Accelerated Monitoring Fee
Payment, unless in the case of clause (y), prior to such payment either
(I) a public Equity Offering by the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or
TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings has occurred and the net cash
proceeds thereof have been contributed to the Company or used to
purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
from it or (II) a Change of Control has occurred and all Securities
held by Holders that have exercised their right to require the Company
to purchase such Holders' Securities in accordance with Section 4.08
have been purchased prior to such payment being made.
(c) As of the Acquisition Date, all of the Company's
Subsidiaries shall be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the
definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary." For purposes of designating any
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in
the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an
amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of
"Investments." Such designation shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment
in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise
meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or
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become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) on its Capital Stock;
or (B) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or by,
its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the
Acquisition Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the
other Senior Credit Documents;
(2) this Indenture, the Securities, the Dollar Securities, the
Senior Notes and the indentures relating to the Dollar Securities and
the Senior Notes;
(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or
order;
(4) any agreement or other instrument relating to Indebtedness
of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which
was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or
credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
property or assets of the Person, so acquired;
(5) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of
such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or
disposition;
(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred
pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor
to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(9) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature
discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that
impose restrictions of the type described in clause (c) above;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables
Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such
Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries (I) that
are Guarantors that is Incurred subsequent to the Acquisition Date
pursuant to Section 4.03 or (II) that is Incurred subsequent to the
Acquisition Date pursuant to clauses (iv), (xii) or (xx) of Section
4.03(b) by Foreign Subsidiaries; or
(13) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to
in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments
or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above; provided
that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good
faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such
dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the
dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment,
modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding,
replacement or refinancing.
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales. (a) The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset
Sale, unless (x) the Company, or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the
Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets
sold or otherwise disposed of and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor
received by the Company, or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is
in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such
Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes
thereto) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities)
that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,
(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or
assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the
extent of the cash received), and
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(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having
an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other
Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause
(iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of
2.5% of Total Assets or $100.0 million at the time of the receipt of
such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of
each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the
time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06.
(b) Within 365 days after the Company's or any Restricted
Subsidiary's receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its
option:
(i) to permanently reduce Obligations under the Credit
Agreement (and, in the case of revolving Obligations, to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto) or other
Senior Indebtedness, including the Senior Notes, or Pari Passu
Indebtedness (provided that if the Company shall so reduce Obligations
under Pari Passu Indebtedness, it shall equally and ratably reduce
Obligations under the Securities by making an offer (in accordance with
the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders
to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if
any, the pro rata principal amount of Securities) or Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case other than
Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company,
(ii) to an investment in any one or more businesses (provided
that such investment in any business may be in the form of the
acquisition of Capital Stock so long as it results in the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning substantially all the
Capital Stock of such business), or capital expenditures, in each case
used or useful in a Similar Business, and/or
(iii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses
(provided that such investment in any business may be in the form of
the acquisition of Capital Stock so long as it results in the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning substantially
all the Capital Stock of such business), properties or assets that
replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset
Sale.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving
credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale
that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of
such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Securities, as described in
clause (i) above, shall be deemed to have been invested
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whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute "Excess
Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million,
the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of Securities (an "Asset Sale
Offer") to purchase the maximum principal amount of Securities, that is an
integral multiple of (U)1,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds
at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to
the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 4.06. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer
with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that
Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to
the terms of Section 4.06(f), with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the
aggregate amount of Securities tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less
than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for
general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Securities
surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be purchased in the manner described in
Section 4.06(e) below. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount
of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to
the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an
Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the amount of
the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset
Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the
compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such
date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a
paying agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is
acting as the paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the
Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents and to be held for payment in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the
period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancelation the Securities or portions
thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the
Company. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the
date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount
of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the
Company to the Trustee is greater than the purchase price of the Securities
tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after
the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with Section
4.06 above.
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(e) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be
required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to
the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days
prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to
the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was
delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. If at the end of the
Offer Period more Securities are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than
the Company is required to purchase, selection of such Securities for purchase
shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the
principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are
listed, or if such Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or
by such other method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate (and in such manner
as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Securities of
(U)1,000 or less shall be purchased in part.
(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the
purchase date to each Holder of Securities at such Holder's registered address.
If any Security is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that
relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
that is to be purchased. So long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange, such notices shall also be published in a Luxembourg newspaper
of general circulation.
(g) A new Security in principal amount equal to the
unpurchased portion of any Security purchased in part shall be issued in the
name of the Holder thereof upon cancelation of the original Security. On and
after the purchase date, unless the Company defaults in payment of the purchase
price, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof
purchased.
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of
transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee
with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the
foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction") involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $15.0 million, unless:
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not
materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an
unrelated Person; and
(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $30.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a
resolution adopted in good faith by the
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majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, approving such
Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i)
above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the
following:
(i) transactions between or among the Company and/or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04;
(iii) the payment of annual management, consulting, monitoring
and advisory fees and expenses to Blackstone and its Affiliates in an
amount in any fiscal year not to exceed $7.5 million, or the payment
of, or in respect of, an Accelerated Monitoring Fee Payment in
accordance with Section 4.04;
(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and
indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings, TRW Automotive
Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) payments by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to Blackstone made for any financial advisory, financing,
underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment
banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or
divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company in good faith;
(vi) transactions in which the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a
letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such
transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a
financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of
Section 4.07(a);
(vii) payments or loans to employees or consultants in the
ordinary course of business which are approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;
(viii) any agreement (other than with Blackstone or its
Affiliates) as in effect as of the Acquisition Date or any amendment
thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the
Holders of the Securities in any material respect) or any transaction
contemplated thereby;
(ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms
of, Acquisition Documents, any stockholders agreement (including any
registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to
which it is a party as of the Acquisition Date and any amendment
thereto or similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter;
provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance
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by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations
under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any
similar agreement entered into after the Acquisition Date shall only be
permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such
amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the
Holders of the Securities in any material respect;
(x) the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
Transactions, including fees to Blackstone, which are described in the
offering memorandum relating to the offering of the Securities, the
Dollar Securities and the Senior Notes;
(xi) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or
purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the
ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture, which are fair to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors
or the senior management of the Company, and are on terms at least as
favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an
unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with Unrestricted Subsidiaries
and joint ventures for the purchase or sale of automotive goods,
products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of
business and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(xii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified
Receivables Financing; and
(xiii) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings to any Permitted Holder.
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control. (a) Upon a Change of Control,
each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or any
part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional
interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest and additional interest,
if any, due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms
contemplated in Section 4.08(b); provided, however, that notwithstanding the
occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall not be obligated to
purchase any Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has
exercised its right to redeem such Securities in accordance with Article 3 of
this Indenture. In the event that at the time of such Change of Control the
terms of the Bank Indebtedness or other Senior Indebtedness, including the
Senior Notes, restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.08, then prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for in
Section 4.08(b) below but in any event within 30 days following any Change of
Control, the Company shall (i) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and such
Senior Indebtedness or (ii) obtain the requisite consent, if
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required, under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness and such Senior
Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Securities as provided for in
Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control (except as
provided in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.08(a)), the Company
shall mail a notice (the "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder with a copy
to the Trustee and, so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange, publish in a Luxembourg newspaper of general circulation, 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 of
such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the
right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest and additional interest, if any, on the relevant interest
payment date);
(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial
information regarding such Change of Control;
(iii) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30
days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(iv) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent
with this Section, that a Holder must follow in order to have its
Securities purchased.
(c) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be
required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to
the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days
prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to
the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was
delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. Holders whose
Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in
principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(d) On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the
Company under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancelation,
and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest
and additional interest, if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section,
the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth
in Section 4.08(b) applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company
and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such
Change of Control Offer.
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(f) At the time the Company delivers Securities to the Trustee
which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an
Officers' Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the
Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A
Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the
Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the
surrendering Holder.
(g) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent contained herein to the right of the Company to make such offer have
been complied with.
(h) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with
the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities
laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to
this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company an Officers' Certificate stating that in the course of the performance
by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally
have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default
that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the
Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of
the TIA.
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of
the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and
do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.11. Guarantors on Acquisition Date; Future
Guarantors. (a) Pursuant to Section 4(u) of the Purchase Agreement (as defined
in the Appendix), the Company shall, on the Acquisition Date, cause each of the
Company's direct and indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are
Domestic Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the consummation of the
Acquisition), other than any such Subsidiary that is a Receivables Subsidiary,
that guarantees any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, to execute and
deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of
Exhibit C pursuant to which each such Subsidiary shall guarantee payment of the
Securities.
(b) On and after the Acquisition Date, the Company shall cause
each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless
such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that:
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(i) guarantees any Indebtedness of TRW Automotive Holdings,
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(ii) Incurs any Indebtedness or issues any shares of
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be Incurred or
issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or clauses (i), (xii) or (xix) of
Section 4.03(b) or not permitted to be Incurred by Section 4.03:
to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in
the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee payment
of the Securities. In addition, the Company shall cause each non-wholly owned
Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary that guarantees any
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement to execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which
such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Securities.
(c) If TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings is engaged in any business in any material respect other than
incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the
Company or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, or acquires any
assets that are material, other than Capital Stock of the Company or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW
Automotive Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to
the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit C
pursuant to which TRW Automotive Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate
Holdings, as applicable, will guarantee payment of the Securities.
(d) If, and so long as, TRW Automotive Finance (Luxembourg),
SARL, a Luxembourg company that will become a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Acquisition Date ("TRW Automotive Luxembourg"), provides a guarantee under the
Credit Agreement , the Company shall cause TRW Automotive Luxembourg to provide,
to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Luxembourg law, a Senior
Subordinated Guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations by executing and delivering
to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit C
pursuant to which TRW Automotive Luxembourg will guarantee payment of the
Securities (such supplemental indenture to be initially executed and delivered
on the Acquisition Date).
SECTION 4.12. Liens. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create,
Incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset or property of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or
convey any right to receive income therefrom, that secures any obligations of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Senior Indebtedness) unless
the Securities are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in
the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Securities) the
obligations so secured or until such time as such obligations are no longer
secured by a Lien. The preceding sentence shall not require the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to secure the Securities if the Lien consists of a
Permitted Lien.
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(b) No Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall
directly or indirectly create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset or
property of such Guarantor or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or
convey any right to receive income therefrom, that secures any obligation of
such Guarantor (other than Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor) unless the
Senior Subordinated Guarantee of such Guarantor is equally and ratably secured
with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated on right
of payment to such Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee) the obligations so
secured or until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
The preceding sentence shall not require any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor to secure its Senior Subordinated Guarantee if the Lien consists of a
Permitted Lien.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Other Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, Incur any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinate in right to
payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Indebtedness of any such
Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is either:
(i) pari passu in right of payment with the Securities or such
Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee, as the case may be, or
(ii) subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or such
Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee, as the case may be.
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Ability of Company to Release
Funds from Escrow. The Company agrees that (i) the terms of the Escrow Agreement
shall exclusively control the conditions under which and procedures pursuant to
which Escrow Property (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) can be released and
(ii) it will not attempt to have any Escrow Property (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement) released from escrow except in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
Successor Company
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. (a)
The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether
or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties
or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(i) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the
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District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company or such
Person, as the case may be, being herein called the "Successor
Company");
(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Company)
expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities pursuant to supplemental indentures hereto
or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such
transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such
transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period, either
(A) the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a)
or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than
such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
immediately prior to such transaction;
(v) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the
transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indentures
hereto confirmed that its Senior Subordinated Guarantee shall apply to
such Person's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and
(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if
any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, the Company under this Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv), (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate
with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the
Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary and (2) the Company may merge with
an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company
in another state of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02(b) (which
govern the release of a Senior Subordinated Guarantee upon the sale or
disposition of a Restricted
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Subsidiary that is a Guarantor), no Guarantor shall, and the Company shall not
permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into
(whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:
(i) such Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of
Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as
the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Guarantor");
(ii) the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor)
expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this
Indenture and such Guarantor's Senior Subordinated Guarantee pursuant
to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as
having been Incurred by the Successor Guarantor or such Subsidiary at
the time of such transaction) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) such Guarantor shall have delivered or caused to be
delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and
such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Senior
Subordinated Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Guarantor may merge
with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such
Guarantor in another state of the United States so long as the amount of
Indebtedness of the Guarantor is not increased thereby.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and Remedies
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs
if:
(a) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any
Security when the same becomes due and payable or in any payment of
additional interest, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by
Article 10, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
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(b) the Company defaults in the payment of principal or
premium, if any, of any Security when due at its Stated Maturity, upon
optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or
otherwise, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article
10;
(c) the Company fails to comply with Section 5.01;
(d) the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations
under the covenants set forth in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06,
4.07, 4.08, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 (other than a failure to purchase
Securities when required under Section 4.06 or 4.08) and such failure
continues for 30 days after the notice specified below;
(e) the Company or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of
its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those
referred to in (a), (b), (c), or (d) above) and such failure continues
for 60 days after the notice specified below;
(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final
maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders
thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness
unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency
equivalent at the time and such failure continues for 10 days after the
notice specified below; provided, however, that no Event of Default
shall be deemed to arise under this Indenture with respect to the
acceleration of the Xxxxx Xxxxx so long as not later than two Business
Days after the date of any such acceleration and at all times
thereafter until the Xxxxx Xxxxx have been repaid in full or such
acceleration has been withdrawn, revoked or annulled, a Qualified
Letter of Credit has been issued and remains in effect;
(g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(i) is for relief against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its
property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay
final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign
currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by
enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which
judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days
following the entry thereof; or
(j) any Senior Subordinated Guarantee of a Significant
Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as
contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Guarantor denies or
disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Senior
Subordinated Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after the
notice specified below.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the
reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary
or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order
of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code,
or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (d) or (e) above shall not constitute
an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Company
and the Trustee of the Default and the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable,
does not cure such Default within the time specified in clauses (d) or (e) above
after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that
it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default". The Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof,
written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of any event which is, or
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (g) or (h) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25% in
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principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration,
such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01 (g) or (h) with respect to the Company occurs,
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities shall ipso
facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely
because of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default
or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities 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.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may
waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising
from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that
under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder
affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or,
subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal
liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to
taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and
expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. (a) Except to enforce the
right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no
Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities
unless:
(i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating
that an Event of Default is continuing;
(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense;
(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or
indemnity; and
(v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the
request during such 60-day period.
(b) A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder
to receive payment of principal of, interest on and additional interest (if any)
on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates
expressed or provided for in the Securities, or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) 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 Securities for the whole amount
then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the
extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the
Securities) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
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 and the Holders allowed
in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Guarantor, their
creditors or their property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable
regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in
any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of
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the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or
property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in
the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to
the extent required by Article 10 and to holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Guarantors to the extent required by Article 12;
THIRD: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities
for principal and interest, ratably, and any additional interest
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Securities for principal, interest and any
additional interest, respectively; and
FOURTH: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record
date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states
the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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 does
not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07
or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the
Company nor any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE 7
Trustee
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, in the case of certificates or opinions
required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability
in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of
any of its rights or powers.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
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(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may
conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
the Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not
constitute wilful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection
and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to
this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond,
debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so
by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding, 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 to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the
Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation.
(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 or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction.
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(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the
same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and
7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture, any Senior Subordinated Guarantee or the Securities, it shall
not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company or any
Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the
sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate
of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (i) or (j) or
of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer
shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received
notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Company, any
Guarantor or any Holder.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is
continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to
each Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs
or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it
is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
In addition, during the term of the Escrow Agreement, the Trustee shall provide
written notice to the Escrow Agent thereunder upon the occurrence of a Default,
Event of Default or the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on the Securities having become immediately due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.02 and either (x) a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
nonappealable judgment having determined that such acceleration of the
Securities was appropriate as a result of a bona fide Event of Default hereunder
or (y) such acceleration not having been rescinded prior to March 10, 2003, in
each case of which the Trustee has actual knowledge.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as
practicable after each December 31 beginning with the December 31 following the
date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to December 31 in each year, the
Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such December 31
that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required
thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.
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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders
shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the
Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee
whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting
thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall
pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
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,
including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services.
Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and
experts. The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally shall indemnify
the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection
with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided,
however, that any failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company
or any Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Company shall
defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation
at the Company's expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have
separate counsel and the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable shall pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified
parties' defense and, in such indemnified parties' reasonable judgment, there is
no conflict of interest between the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable,
and such parties in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse
any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an
indemnified party through such party's own wilful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to
pay principal of and interest and additional interest, if any, on particular
Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section
shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or
termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or
removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the
Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the
occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with respect to the
Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may
resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the
Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the
Trustee if:
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(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders
do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being
referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee.
(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for
in Section 7.07.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the
Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition at the expense
of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless
the Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA,
any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six months
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created
by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not
delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not
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have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the
full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided
that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth
in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall
comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay
of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the
TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any indenture or indentures (including the
indentures dated as of the date hereof between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, relating to the Senior Notes and the Dollar Securities) 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 Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any
creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the
extent indicated.
ARTICLE 8
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities;
Defeasance. (a) When (i) all outstanding Securities (other than Securities
replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.08) have been canceled or delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due
and payable, whether at maturity or as a result of the mailing of a notice of
redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, and the Company irrevocably deposits
with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient or Government Securities, the
principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof
sufficient, in the written opinion of a firm of independent public accountants
delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if Government
Securities have been so deposited), to pay the principal of and interest and
additional interest, if any, on the outstanding Securities when due at maturity
or upon redemption of, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption
date (other than Securities replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.08) and
additional interest, if any, and if in either case the Company pays all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to
Section 8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the
cost and expense of the Company.
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(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any
time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections
4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 and the operation
of Section 5.01 and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (with respect to
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(h) (with respect to
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(i) and 6.01(j) ("covenant
defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option
notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the
event that the Company terminates all of its obligations under the Securities
and this Indenture by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Senior
Subordinated Guarantee shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination
of such obligations.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment
of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the
Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities may
not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c),
6.01(d), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only),
6.01(h) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(i) or 6.01(j) or
because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon
request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge
of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in
this Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall
survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. (a) The Company may
exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(i) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee
money in an amount sufficient or Government Securities, the principal
of and the interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination
thereof sufficient, to pay the principal of, and premium (if any),
interest and additional interest (if any), on the Securities when due
at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest
thereon to maturity or such redemption date;
(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their
opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and
without reinvestment on the deposited Government Securities plus any
deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and
in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if
any, interest and additional interest, if any, when due on all the
Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
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(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the
123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with
respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the
period;
(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company and is not prohibited by Article 10;
(v) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not
constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(vi) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this
Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion
of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income,
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities as
contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
(b) Before or after a deposit, the Company may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a
future date in accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall
hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to this
Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government
Securities through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the
payment of principal of and interest and additional interest, if any, on the
Securities. Money and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article 10
or 12.
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company. Each of the Trustee and
the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any money
or Government Securities held by it as provided in this Article which, in the
written opinion
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of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the
Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if Government Securities have
been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in
accordance with this Article.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money
held by them for the payment of principal, interest or additional interest that
remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money
must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Securities or the
principal and interest received on such Government Securities.
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with this
Article 8 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 Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in
accordance with this Article 8; provided, however, that, if the Company has made
any payment of principal of or interest or additional interest on, any
Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
ARTICLE 9
Amendments and Waivers
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. (a) The Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without
notice to or consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
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(4) to make any change in Article 10 or Article 12 that would
limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor (or Representatives thereof)
under Article 10 or Article 12, respectively;
(5) to add additional Senior Subordinated Guarantees with
respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company;
(7) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection
with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture
under the TIA;
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder; or
(9) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities or
Additional Securities, which shall have terms substantially identical
in all material respects to the Initial Securities (except that the
transfer restrictions contained in the Initial Securities shall be
modified or eliminated, as appropriate), and which shall be treated,
together with any outstanding Initial Securities, as a single issue of
securities.
(b) An amendment under this Section 9.01 may not make any
change that adversely affects the rights under Article 10 or Article 12 of any
holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor then outstanding
unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative
thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.
The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders. (a) The Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without
notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the
Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment
may not:
(i) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent
to an amendment;
(ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of
interest or additional interest on any Security;
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(iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of
any Security;
(iv) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any
Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in
accordance with Article 3;
(v) make any Security payable in money other than that stated
in the Security;
(vi) make any change in Article 10 or Article 12 that
adversely affects the rights of any Holder under Article 10 or Article
12;
(vii) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second
sentence of this Section 9.02; or
(viii) modify the Senior Subordinated Guarantees in any manner
adverse to the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
An amendment under this Section 9.02 may not make any change
that adversely affects the rights under Article 10 or Article 12 of any holder
of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a
consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.
The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then
in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
(a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind
the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even
if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any
such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such
Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice
of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers'
Certificate from the Company certifying that the requisite number of consents
have been received. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt
by the Company or the Trustee of the requisite number of consents, (ii)
satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and
any indenture supplemental hereto
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containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or
waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee.
(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their
consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be
taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding 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 give such consent or to revoke any consent
previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons
continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an
amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of
the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate
notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the
Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company
in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such
amendment.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall
sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does
not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such
amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture and that such amendment is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with
the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent. Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms
or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is
offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
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ARTICLE 10
Subordination
SECTION 10.01. Agreement To Subordinate. The Company agrees,
and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced
by the Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment in full of all existing
and future Senior Indebtedness of the Company and that the subordination is for
the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The
Securities shall in all respects rank pari passu in right of payment with all
existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company and shall rank senior
in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the
Company; and only Indebtedness of the Company that is Senior Indebtedness of the
Company shall rank senior to the Securities in accordance with the provisions
set forth herein. For purposes of this Article 10, the Indebtedness evidenced by
the Securities shall be deemed to include any additional interest payable
pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Securities and the Registration
Agreement. All provisions of this Article 10 shall be subject to Section 10.12.
SECTION 10.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total
or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or its property:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be
entitled to receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of such
Senior Indebtedness (including interest accruing after, or which would
accrue but for, the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness, whether or not a claim
for such interest would be allowed) before Holders shall be entitled to
receive any payment of principal of or interest on the Securities; and
(b) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents, any payment or distribution to which
Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to
holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear,
except that Holders may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities.
SECTION 10.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness. The
Company may not pay the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the
Securities or make any deposit pursuant to Section 8.01 and may not otherwise
repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Securities (except that Holders may
receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities) (collectively, "pay the
Securities") if (a) a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company occurs and
is continuing or any other amount owing in respect of any such Designated Senior
Indebtedness is not paid when due, or (b) any other default on such
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Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case,
(i) the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been
rescinded or (ii) such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that the Company may pay the
Securities without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee
receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of the
holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which either of
the events set forth in clause (a) or (b) of this sentence has occurred and is
continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a default
described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any
Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to which the maturity
thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such
notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any
applicable grace periods, the Company may not pay the Securities for a period (a
"Payment Blockage Period") commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a
copy to the Company) of written notice (a "Blockage Notice") of such default
from the Representative of the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness
specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days
thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by
written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who
gave such Blockage Notice, (ii) because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has
been repaid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or (iii) because the default
giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding
the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to
the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section and in Section
10.02(b)), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the
Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness, the Company may resume payments on the
Securities after the end of such Payment Blockage Period, including any missed
payments. Not more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive
360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to
Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period; provided, however, that if
any Blockage Notice within such 360-day period is given by or on behalf of any
holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness other than the Bank Indebtedness, the
Representative of the Bank Indebtedness may give one additional Blockage Notice
within such period; provided further, however, that in no event may the total
number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect
exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For
purposes of this Section 10.03, no default or event of default that existed or
was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period
with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment
Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a
subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days,
unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a
period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
SECTION 10.04. Acceleration of Payment of Securities. If
payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the
Company or the Trustee (provided, that the Trustee shall have received written
notice from the Company, on
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which notice the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely) shall promptly
notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or
their Representative) of the acceleration. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness
of the Company is outstanding, the Company may not pay the Securities until five
Business Days after such holders or the Representative of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the
Securities only if this Article 10 otherwise permits payment at that time.
SECTION 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a
distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article 10 should not have
been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold it in
trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and pay it over to them
as their interests may appear.
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation. After all Senior Indebtedness of
the Company is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full, Holders
shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness of the Company. A
distribution made under this Article 10 to holders of such Senior Indebtedness
which otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company
and Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 10.07. Relative Rights. This Article 10 defines the
relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal
of and interest and additional interest, if any, on the Securities in
accordance with their terms; or
(b) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive distributions otherwise
payable to Holders.
SECTION 10.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce the
subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired
by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with
this Indenture.
SECTION 10.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make
payments on the Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless,
not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust
Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not
be made under this Article 10. The Company, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, a
Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may give the
notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Indebtedness of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like
rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article 10 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Company which may at
any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior
Indebtedness; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of its
rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 10 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 or any other Section
of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, the distribution may be made and the notice given
to their Representative (if any).
SECTION 10.11. Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of Default or
Limit Right To Accelerate. The failure to make a payment pursuant to the
Securities by reason of any provision in this Article 10 shall not be construed
as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 10 shall have
any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity
of the Securities.
SECTION 10.12. Trust Monies Not Subordinated. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of Government Securities held in trust under Article 8 by the Trustee for the
payment of principal of and interest and additional interest, if any, on the
Securities shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or subject to the restrictions set forth in this
Article 10, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such
amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any
other creditor of the Company.
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely. Upon any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02
are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or
(c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and other
Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article 10. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith,
that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to participate in any payment or distribution
pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish
evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such
Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 10, and, if such
evidence is
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not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The
provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or
omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 10.
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. Each
Holder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf
to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company as provided in this Article 10 and appoints the
Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and shall not be liable to any
such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the
Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 10 or
otherwise.
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on
Subordination Provisions. Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and
agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be,
an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness of
the Company, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or
after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to
continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination
provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 11
Senior Subordinated Guarantees
SECTION 11.01. Senior Subordinated Guarantees. (a) Each
Guarantor hereby jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and
to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment
when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including
obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal
of, interest on or additional interest, if any, in respect of the Securities and
all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace
periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses,
indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the
foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations").
Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further
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assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound
under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed
Obligation.
(b) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment
from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also
waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any
default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder
or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy
against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or
any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof;
(iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or
provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iv) the
release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed
Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise
any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations;
or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in
Section 11.02(b).
(c) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be
entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such
that such Guarantor's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed.
Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the
assets of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company's or
such Guarantor's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from
or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to
which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued prior to an action
being initiated against such Guarantor.
(d) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Senior Subordinated
Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance
when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require
that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(e) The Senior Subordinated Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to
the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 12, subordinated and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Indebtedness of the relevant
Guarantor and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
(f) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 11.02
and 11.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to
any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including
any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not
be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall
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not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder
or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this
Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification
of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the
performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or
delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any
extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge
of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(g) Each Guarantor agrees that its Senior Subordinated
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the
Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Senior
Subordinated Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of
or interest or additional interest, if any, on any Guaranteed Obligation is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of
any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against
any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the
principal of or interest or additional interest, if any, on any Guaranteed
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other
Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt
of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash,
to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid
principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid
interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited
by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Company to
the Holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed
Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed
Obligations and all obligations to which the Guaranteed Obligations are
subordinated as provided in Article 12. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as
between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand,
(i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Senior Subordinated
Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed
hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such
Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such
Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 11.01.
(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the
Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.01.
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(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute
and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be
reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture.
SECTION 11.02. Limitation on Liability. (a) Any term or
provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum
aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any
Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed
without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable
under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) A Senior Subordinated Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall be
deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article 11 upon the sale
(including through merger or consolidation) of the Capital Stock where, after
such sale, such Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, or all or
substantially all the assets, of the applicable Guarantor if:
(i) such sale is made in compliance with Section 4.06; and
(ii) such Guarantor is released from its guarantees, if any,
of, and all pledges and security, if any, granted in connection with,
the Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.
A Senior Subordinated Guarantee also shall be automatically released upon the
applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure
of any pledge or security interest securing Bank Indebtedness or other exercise
of remedies in respect thereof or if such Subsidiary is released from its
guarantees of, and all pledges and security interests granted in connection
with, the Credit Agreement. Upon the release of the guarantee of TRW Automotive
Holdings, TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings or TRW Automotive Luxembourg, as
applicable, under the Credit Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Guarantee of TRW
Automotive Holdings (if any), TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings (if any) or
TRW Automotive Luxembourg, as applicable, shall be released and discharged at
such time. In addition, a Senior Subordinated Guarantee made by any Restricted
Subsidiary shall be automatically released if the Company designates such
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation complies with the
other applicable provisions of this Indenture. At the request of the Company,
the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any
such release (in the form provided by the Company).
SECTION 11.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article 11 shall
be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to
the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in
the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee,
the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically
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extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms
and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 11.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the
part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a
single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any
right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and
the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any
other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 11
at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 11.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Article 11, nor the consent to any departure by
any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor
to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
SECTION 11.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future
Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a
Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit C hereto pursuant to
which such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor under this Article 11 and shall
guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate to the effect that
such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the principles of
equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Senior
Subordinated Guarantee of such Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance
with its terms and or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably
request.
SECTION 11.07. Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Senior
Subordinated Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity
thereof.
ARTICLE 12
Subordination of the Senior Subordinated Guarantees
SECTION 12.01. Agreement To Subordinate. Each Guarantor
agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, that the obligations of
a Guarantor hereunder are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in this Article 12, to the prior payment in full of all
existing and future Senior
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Indebtedness of such Guarantor and that the subordination is for the benefit of
and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
The obligations hereunder with respect to a Guarantor shall in all respects rank
pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Pari Passu
Indebtedness of such Guarantor and shall rank senior in right of payment to all
existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor; and only
Indebtedness of such Guarantor that is Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor
shall rank senior to the obligations of such Guarantor in accordance with the
provisions set forth herein.
SECTION 12.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of a Guarantor to creditors upon a total
or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in
a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to such Guarantor and its properties:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be
entitled to receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of such
Senior Indebtedness (including interest accruing after, or which would
accrue but for, the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness, whether or not a claim
for such interest would be allowed) before Holders shall be entitled to
receive any payment pursuant to any Guaranteed Obligations from such
Guarantor; and
(b) until the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents, any payment or distribution to which
Holders would be entitled but for this Article 12 shall be made to
holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their respective interests may
appear, except that Holders may receive shares of stock and any debt
securities that are subordinated to such Senior Indebtedness to at
least the same extent as the Senior Subordinated Guarantees.
SECTION 12.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor. A Guarantor may not make any payment pursuant to any of the
Guaranteed Obligations or repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Securities
(except that Holders may receive and retain shares of stock and debt securities
as contemplated by, and permitted under, Section 12.02(b)) (collectively, "pay
its Senior Subordinated Guarantee") if (a) a default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Designated Senior Indebtedness
of such Guarantor occurs and is continuing or any other amount owing in respect
of any such Designated Senior Indebtedness is not paid when due, or (b) any
other default on such Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms
unless, in either case, (i) the default has been cured or waived and any such
acceleration has been rescinded or (ii) such Designated Senior Indebtedness has
been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that such
Guarantor may pay its Senior Subordinated Guarantee without regard to the
foregoing if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice approving
such payment from the Representative of the holders of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness with respect to which either of the events
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in clause (a) or (b) of this sentence has occurred and is continuing. During the
continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (a) or (b)
of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of
a Guarantor pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated
immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to
effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods,
such Guarantor may not pay its Senior Subordinated Guarantee for a period (a
"Guarantee Payment Blockage Period") commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee
(with a copy to such Guarantor and the Company) of written notice (a "Guarantee
Blockage Notice") of such default from the Representative of the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Guarantee
Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such
Guarantee Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the
Trustee (with a copy to such Guarantor and the Company) from the Person or
Persons who gave such Guarantee Blockage Notice, (ii) because such Designated
Senior Indebtedness has been repaid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or (iii)
because the default giving rise to such Guarantee Blockage Notice is no longer
continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately
preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the first
sentence of this Section and in Section 12.02(b), unless the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have
accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, such Guarantor
may resume to paying its Senior Subordinated Guarantee after such Guarantee
Payment Blockage Period, including any missed payments. Not more than one
Guarantee Blockage Notice may be given with respect to a Guarantor in any
consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect
to Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor during such period;
provided, however, that if any Guarantee Blockage Notice within such 360-day
period is given by or on behalf of any holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness
of such Guarantor other than the Bank Indebtedness, the Representative of the
Bank Indebtedness may give one additional Guarantee Blockage Notice within such
period; provided further, however, that in no event may the total number of days
during which any Guarantee Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect
exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For
purposes of this Section 12.03, no default or event of default that existed or
was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Guarantee Payment Blockage
Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such
Guarantee Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the
commencement of a subsequent Guarantee Payment Blockage Period by the
Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a
period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall
have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
SECTION 12.04. Demand for Payment. If payment of the
Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default and a demand for
payment is made on a Guarantor pursuant to Article 11, the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee (provided that the Trustee shall have received written
notice from the Company or such Guarantor, on which notice the Trustee shall be
entitled to conclusively rely) shall promptly notify the holders of the
Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor (or the Representative of such
holders) of such demand. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness
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of such Guarantor is outstanding, such Guarantor may not pay its Senior
Subordinated Guarantee until five Business Days after such holders or the
Representative of the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor receive notice of such demand and, thereafter, may pay its Senior
Subordinated Guarantee only if this Article 12 otherwise permits payment at that
time.
SECTION 12.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a
payment or distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article 12
should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the payment or
distribution shall hold such payment or distribution in trust for holders of the
Senior Indebtedness of the relevant Guarantor and pay it over to them as their
respective interests may appear.
SECTION 12.06. Subrogation. After all Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full in cash,
Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor. A distribution made under this Article 12 to holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor which otherwise would have been made to Holders
is not, as between such Guarantor and Holders, a payment by such Guarantor on
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
SECTION 12.07. Relative Rights. This Article 12 defines the
relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.
Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between a Guarantor and Holders, the obligation
of a Guarantor which is absolute and unconditional, to make payments
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent set forth in
Article 11; or
(b) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a default by a Guarantor under its obligations
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to the rights of
holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to receive
distributions otherwise payable to Holders.
SECTION 12.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a
Guarantor. No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor to
enforce the subordination of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall
be impaired by any act or failure to act by such Guarantor or by its failure to
comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 12.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 12.03, the Trustee or the Paying Agent may continue to
make payments on the Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless,
not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust
Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not
be made under this Article 12. A Guarantor, the Registrar or co-registrar, the
Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
may give the notice; provided, however, that if an issue of Senior Indebtedness
of a Guarantor has a Representative, only the Representative may give the
notice.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same
with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in
this Article 12 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor which may
at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 12 shall
apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section
7.07 or any other Section of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor, the distribution may be made and the notice given
to their Representative (if any).
SECTION 12.11. Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or
Limit Right To Accelerate. The failure of a Guarantor to make a payment on any
of its obligations by reason of any provision in this Article 12 shall not be
construed as preventing the occurrence of a default by such Guarantor under such
obligations. Nothing in this Article 12 shall have any effect on the right of
the Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on a Guarantor pursuant
to Article 11.
SECTION 12.12. Trustee Entitled To Rely. Upon any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02
are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or
(c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor and other Indebtedness of a Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article 12. In the event that the Trustee
determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right
of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor to participate
in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person
under this Article 12, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may
defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right
of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02
shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article 12.
SECTION 12.13. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. Each
Holder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination
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between the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of each of the
Guarantors as provided in this Article 12 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 12.14. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor and shall
not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute
to Holders or the relevant Guarantor or any other Person, money or assets to
which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article 12 or otherwise.
SECTION 12.15. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor on Subordination Provisions. Each Holder by accepting a Security
acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are
intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or
acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue
to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of
Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such
subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing
to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 12.16. Defeasance. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of Government
Securities held in trust under Article 8 by the Trustee for the payment of
principal of, and interest and additional interest on, the Securities shall not
be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor
or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article 12, and none of the
Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to a Guarantor or any
holder of Senior Indebtedness of Guarantor or any other creditor of a Guarantor.
ARTICLE 13
Miscellaneous
SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the
extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an "incorporated provision")
included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA,
inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.
SECTION 13.02. Notices. (a) Any notice or communication shall
be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class
mail addressed as follows:
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if to the Company:
TRW Automotive Acquisition Corp.
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention of: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. 21W
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be
mailed, first class mail, to the Holder at the Holder's address as it appears on
the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so
mailed within the time prescribed. So long as the Securities are listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and it is required by the rules of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange, such notice to the Holders of the Securities will be published
in English in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Luxembourg
(which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) or, if such publication is not
practicable, in one other leading English language daily newspaper with general
circulation in Europe, such newspaper being published on each business day in
morning editions, whether or not it shall be published in Saturday, Sunday or
holiday editions.
(c) 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 13.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or
condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09)
shall include:
(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
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(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 individual, 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 such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 13.06. When Securities Disregarded. In determining
whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company,
any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any
such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities
outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The
Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a
Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been
otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the
intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record
date shall not be affected.
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SECTION 13.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director,
officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or
any of the Guarantors under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By
accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability.
The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
SECTION 13.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company and
each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 13.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any
number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but
all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to
prove this Indenture.
SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of
contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not
intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of
the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.14. Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that
any provision of the Securities limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first written above.
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
ADDITIONAL SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated below:
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial interest
therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security,
Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such
transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, or
any successor securities clearing agency.
"Definitive Security" means a certificated Initial Security or
Exchange Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the transfer of
such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global
Securities Legend.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees
and their respective successors.
"Euroclear" means the Euroclear Clearance System or any
successor securities clearing agency.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend set forth under
that caption in Exhibit A to this Indenture.
"IAI" means an institutional "accredited investor" as
described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Initial Purchasers" means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Ltd., Credit
Suisse First Boston Europe Ltd., Xxxxxx Brothers International (Europe),
Deutsche Bank AG London, Banc of America Securities Limited, Scotia Capital
Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc. and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
"Purchase Agreement" means (a) the Purchase Agreement dated
February 6, 2003, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers (and certain of
their affiliates) and (b) any other similar Purchase Agreement relating to
Additional Securities.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.
"Registered Exchange Offer" means the offer by the Company,
pursuant to the Registration Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial
Securities, to issue and deliver
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to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act.
"Registration Agreement" means the Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement dated February 18, 2003 between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers relating to the Securities and (b) any other similar Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement relating to Additional Securities.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Securities" means all Initial Securities offered
and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
"Restricted Period", with respect to any Securities, means the
period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the
day on which such Securities are first offered to persons other than
distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance
on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to
the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional
Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities, it means the comparable
period of 40 consecutive days.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.3(e)(i) herein.
"Rule 501" means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Securities" means all Initial Securities offered
and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a
Global Security (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor person
thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means a registration statement
filed by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities
pursuant to the Registration Agreement.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Definitive Securities
and any other Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the
Restricted Securities Legend.
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1.2 Other Definitions
Term: Defined in Section:
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"Agent Members"................................................... 2.1(c)
"IAI Global Security"............................................. 2.1(b)
"Global Security"................................................. 2.1(b)
"Regulation S Global Security".................................... 2.1(b)
"Rule 144A Global Security" 2.1(b)
2. The Securities
2.1 Form and Dating
(a) The Initial Securities issued on the date hereof will be
(i) offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii)
resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons
other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation
S. Such Initial Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs,
purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in
accordance with Rule 501. Additional Securities offered after the date hereof
may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more
Purchase Agreements in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Global Securities. Rule 144A Securities shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more permanent global Securities in definitive,
fully registered form (collectively, the "Rule 144A Global Security") and
Regulation S Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
global Securities (collectively, the "Regulation S Global Security"), in each
case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Securities Legend and
Restricted Securities Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the
purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian,
and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary,
duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in
this Indenture. One or more global securities in definitive, fully registered
form without interest coupons and bearing the Global Securities Legend and the
Restricted Securities Legend (collectively, the "IAI Global Security") shall
also be issued on the Issue Date, deposited with the Securities Custodian, and
registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this
Indenture to accommodate transfers of beneficial interests in the Securities to
IAIs subsequent to the initial distribution. Beneficial ownership interests in
the Regulation S Global Security shall not be exchangeable for interests in the
Rule 144A Global Security, the IAI Global Security or any other Security without
a Restricted Securities Legend until the expiration of the Restricted Period.
The Rule 144A Global Security, the IAI Global Security and the Regulation S
Global Security are each referred to herein as a "Global Security" and are
collectively referred to herein as "Global Securities", provided, that the term
"Global Security" when used in Sections 2.1(b), 2.1(c), 2.3(g)(i), 2.3(h)(i) and
2.4 shall also include any Security in global form issued in connection with a
Registered Exchange Offer. The aggregate
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principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary
or its nominee and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply
only to a Global Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with this Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.2 and pursuant to an order of the Company
signed by one Officer, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global
Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such
Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depositary and (ii)
shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions or held by the Trustee as Securities Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Securities
Custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary
or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a
holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(d) Definitive Securities. Except as provided in Section 2.3
or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled
to receive physical delivery of certificated Securities.
2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer (a)
Original Securities for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate
principal amount of (EURO)125,000,000, (b) subject to the terms of this
Indenture, Additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount to be
determined at the time of issuance and specified therein and (c) the Exchange
Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the
Registration Agreement and for a like principal amount of Initial Securities
exchanged pursuant thereto. Such order shall specify the amount of the
Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of
Securities is to be authenticated and whether the Securities are to be Initial
Securities or Exchange Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Appendix or otherwise in this Indenture, any issuance of Additional
Securities after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least
(EURO)1,000, whether such Additional Securities are of the same or a different
series than the Original Securities.
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2.3 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive
Securities. When Definitive Securities are presented to the Registrar with a
request:
(ii) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities;
or
(iii) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal
principal amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized
denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however,
that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) in the case of Transfer Restricted Securities,
are accompanied by the following additional information and
documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being
delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for
registration in the name of such Holder, without
transfer, a certification from such Holder to that
effect (in the form set forth on the reverse side of
the Initial Security); or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being
transferred to the Company, a certification to that
effect (in the form set forth on the reverse side of
the Initial Security); or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from
registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or in reliance upon another exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, (x) a certification to that effect (in the form
set forth on the reverse side of the Initial
Security) and (y) if the Company so requests, an
opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the
restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in
Section 2.3(e)(i).
(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a
Beneficial Interest in a Global Security. A Definitive Security may not be
exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon
satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of
a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar,
together with:
(i) certification (in the form set forth on the reverse side
of the Initial Security) that such Definitive Security is being
transferred (1) to a QIB in
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accordance with Rule 144A, (2) to an IAI that has furnished to the
Trustee a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D or (3)
outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning
of Regulation S and in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities
Act; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to
direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and
records with respect to such Global Security to reflect an increase in
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the
Global Security, such instructions to contain information regarding the
Depositary account to be credited with such increase, then the Trustee
shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the
Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing
instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the
Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
represented by the Global Security to be increased by the aggregate
principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified
in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security equal
to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no
Global Securities are then outstanding and the Global Security has not
been previously exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to
Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an
Officers' Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate
principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. (i) The
transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall
be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures
of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global
Security shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the Depositary's
procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the
Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Security or
another Global Security and such account shall be credited in accordance with
such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Security and the
account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to
the beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred. Transfers by
an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or the IAI
Global Security to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the
Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the expiration of the
Restricted Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a
certification in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Securities from
the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with
Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act and that, if
such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear
or Clearstream. In the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in either the
Regulation S Global Security or the Rule 144A Global Security for an interest in
the IAI Global Security, the transferee must furnish a signed letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Trustee.
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(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial
interest in one Global Security to a beneficial interest in another
Global Security, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records
the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Security
to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Security from
which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix
(other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security
may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for
Definitive Securities pursuant to Section 2.4 prior to the consummation
of the Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to such Securities, such Securities
may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3
(including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of
the Initial Securities intended to ensure that such transfers comply
with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from
registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such
other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Security.
(i) Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the
Regulation S Global Security may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream.
During the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S
Global Security may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or
Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (1) to the
Company, (2) so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule
144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is
given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, (3) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (4)
pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by
Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, (5) to an IAI purchasing for
its own account, or for the account of such an IAI, in each case, in a minimum
principal amount of Securities of the euro equivalent of $250,000 or (6)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in
each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the
United States. Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers by an
owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to a
transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Rule 144A Global
Security or the IAI Global Security shall be made only in accordance with
Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification
from
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the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of
the Initial Security to the effect that such transfer is being made to (1) a QIB
within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of
Rule 144A or (2) an IAI purchasing for its own account, or for the account of
such an IAI, in a minimum principal amount of the Securities of the euro
equivalent of $250,000. Such written certification shall no longer be required
after the expiration of the Restricted Period. In the case of a transfer of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security for an interest in the
IAI Global Security, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially
in the form of Exhibit D to the Trustee.
(ii) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial
ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Security shall be
transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of
this Indenture.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii),
(iii) or (iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global
Securities and the Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in
exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being
defined as such for purposes of the legend only):
"THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT
TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES ON ITS OWN
BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED
SECURITIES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO
THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS
AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON
WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS
SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE
COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND
SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING
THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF THE EURO EQUIVALENT OF $250,000, FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE
TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF
THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER
THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE."
Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legend:
"IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS
SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER
COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted
Security that is a Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the
Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a
Definitive Security that does not bear the legends set forth above and
rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its
request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such
certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial
Security).
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities during the
period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with
respect to such Initial Securities, all requirements pertaining to the
Restricted Securities Legend on such Initial Securities shall cease to
apply and the requirements that any such Initial Securities be issued
in global form shall continue to apply.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with
respect to the Initial Securities pursuant to which Holders of such
Initial Securities are
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offered Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial Securities,
all requirements pertaining to Initial Securities that Initial
Securities be issued in global form shall continue to apply, and
Exchange Securities in global form without the Restricted Securities
Legend shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial
Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the
Restricted Period of any Initial Security acquired pursuant to
Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Security bear the
Restricted Securities Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements
requiring any such Initial Security be issued in global form shall
continue to apply.
(vi) Any Additional Securities sold in a registered offering
shall not be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(f) Cancelation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time
as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for
Definitive Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such
Global Security shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for
cancelation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such
cancelation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for
Definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global
Security, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities
represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be
made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities
Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the
Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of
Securities.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive
Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar's request.
(ii) 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, assessments, or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable
upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this
Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of
transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or
the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue,
and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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(iv) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt
and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the
Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(h) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to
any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a
participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the
accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest
in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant,
member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of
any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the
payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All
notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments
to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only
to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee
in the case of a Global Security). In addition, for so long as the
Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of
such securities exchange so require, notices to Holders of the
Securities shall be published in a newspaper having a general
circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger
Wort). The rights of beneficial owners in - any Global Security shall
be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable
rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall
be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial
owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer
imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to
any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers
between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners
in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms
of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4 Definitive Securities
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with
the Trustee as Securities Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 or issued in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer shall be transferred to the
beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, in
exchange for such Global Security, only if such transfer complies with Section
2.3 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as a depositary for such Global Security, or if at any time the
Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act
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and, in either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company
within 120 days of such notice or after the Company becomes aware of such
cessation, or (ii) the Depositary so requests, or any beneficial owner thereof
requests such exchange in writing delivered through the Depositary, in either
case, following an Event of Default under this Indenture or (iii) the Company,
in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause
the issuance of certificated Securities under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners
thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depositary
to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in
part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon
such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any
portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be
executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of (EURO)1,000
and any integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the
Depositary shall direct. Any certificated Initial Security in the form of a
Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global
Security shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e), bear the
Restricted Securities Legend.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b), the registered
Holder of a Global Security 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 Securities.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available
to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Securities in fully
registered form without interest coupons.
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
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 DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC 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 THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES ON
ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED
SECURITIES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE
(THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER
OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF
SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE
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ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE
144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER"
AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF THE EURO EQUIVALENT OF $250,000, FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY
OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER
THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO
THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH
THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
No. (EURO)____________
11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013
CUSIP No. _________
ISIN No. ____
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TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation,
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum [of
Euros] [listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in
Global Security attached hereto](1) on February 15, 2013.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15.
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.
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(1) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Note
is in Global Form.
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Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.,
by
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies that this
is one of the Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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*/ If the Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global Securities
Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL
SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY".
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013
1. Interest
(a) TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation
(such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay
interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown
above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually on February 15 and August 15
of each year. Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for, from February 18, 2003 until the principal hereof is
due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the same rate to the extent lawful.
(b) Additional Interest. The Holder of this Security is
entitled to the benefits of an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of February 18, 2003, between the Company and the Euro Initial Purchasers
named therein (the "Registration Agreement"). Capitalized terms used in this
paragraph (b) but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Registration Agreement. If (i) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required, is
not declared effective within 290 days after the Issue Date, (ii) the Registered
Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to 290 days after the Issue Date,
or (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared effective within
290 days after the Issue Date but shall thereafter cease to be effective (at any
time that the Company is obligated to maintain the effectiveness thereof) and
such failure to remain effective exists for more than 60 days (whether or not
consecutive) in any twelve-month period (each such event referred to in clauses
(i) through (iii), a "Registration Default"), the Company shall pay additional
interest to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, during the period of
such Registration Default, in an amount equal to (x) 0.25% per annum for the
first 90-day period immediately following such Registration Default and (y) an
additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each consecutive 90-day period that
occurs after the date on which such Registration Default occurs, up to a maximum
of 1.00% per annum of Additional Interest, until the applicable Registration
Statement is filed or declared effective, the Registered Exchange Offer is
consummated or the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective, as the
case may be. All accrued additional interest shall be paid to Holders in the
same manner as interest payments on the Securities on semi-annual payment dates
which correspond to interest payment dates for the Securities. Following the
cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of additional interest shall
cease. The Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to the
determination of the amount of any such additional interest. For purposes of the
foregoing, "Transfer Restricted Securities" means (i) each Initial Security
until the date on which such Initial Security has been exchanged for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered
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Exchange Offer, (ii) each Initial Security until the date on which such Initial
Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed
of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) each Initial
Security until the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of
business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the interest payment date
even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any,
additional interest, if any, and interest in money of the European Union that at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security
(including principal, premium, if any, additional interest, if any, and
interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary.
The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security
(including principal, premium, if any, interest and additional interest, if
any), at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the
Company, payment of interest or additional interest may be made by mailing a
check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that
payments on the Securities may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least
(EURO)1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities, by wire transfer to a
euro account maintained by the payee with a bank in a member state of the
European Union if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written
notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such
account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York , a New York banking
corporation (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company
or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as
of February 18, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The
terms of the Securities 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.C.
xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "TIA").
Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Securities
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are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders (as
defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a
statement of such terms and provisions.
The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations
of the Company. This Security is one of the Initial Securities referred to in
the Indenture. The Securities include the Initial Securities and any Exchange
Securities issued in exchange for Initial Securities pursuant to the Indenture.
The Initial Securities and any Exchange Securities are treated as a single class
of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other
things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends
and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions
upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Company and such
Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with
Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make asset sales. The Indenture also
imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease
all or substantially all its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal,
interest and additional interest, if any, on the Securities and all other
amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Securities when and
as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the
Guarantors will jointly and severally unconditionally guarantee the Guaranteed
Obligations on a senior subordinated basis pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture.
5. Optional and Special Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the
Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
February 15, 2008. Thereafter, the Securities shall be redeemable at the option
of the Company, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if
any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest and additional interest, if any, due on
the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on February 15 of the years set forth below:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2008 105.875%
2009 103.917%
2010 101.958%
2011 and thereafter 100.000%
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In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to
February 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving
effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Equity Offerings (i) by the Company or (ii) by TRW Automotive
Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, in each case, to the extent
the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the Company or used to purchase
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a
redemption price equal to 111.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, thereon to the redemption
date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest and additional interest, if any, due on the relevant interest
payment date); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such
redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the
Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional
Securities) remains outstanding after each such redemption. Any such redemption
shall be made within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is
consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice mailed to each
Holder of Securities being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) in the
sole judgment of the Company, the Acquisition will not be consummated by March
11, 2003, then the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part,
at its sole option on or prior to March 11, 2003, upon one Business Day's
notice, at a redemption price (the "Special Redemption Price") in cash equal to
100% of the issue price of the Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the Special Redemption Date or (ii) the Acquisition has not been consummated on
or prior to March 10, 2003, then the Company shall mandatorily redeem all the
Securities on March 11, 2003, at the Special Redemption Price. The "Special
Redemption Date" means the earlier of (a) the date that the Company elects to
redeem all the Securities if, in the sole judgment of the Company, the
Acquisition will not be consummated prior to March 11, 2003, or (b) March 11,
2003, if the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to March 10, 2003
(either redemption, a "Special Redemption").
6. Sinking Fund
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption (other than a Special Redemption) will be
mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its
registered address. At least one Business Day before a Special Redemption Date,
the Company shall provide or cause to be provided a notice of Special Redemption
to each Holder. Securities in denominations larger than (EURO)1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of (EURO)1,000. If money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest and additional
interest, if any, on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the
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redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption
date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest
ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for
redemption.
8. Repurchase of Securities at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control and
Asset Sales
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have
the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause
the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to
the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due and additional interest, if any, on
the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase)
as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company
will be required to offer to purchase Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Subordination
The Securities and Senior Subordinated Guarantees are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent
provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the
Securities and Senior Subordinated Guarantees may be paid. The Company and each
Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, to the
subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee
to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of (EURO)1,000 and whole multiples of (EURO)1,000. A Holder may
transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any
transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to
pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need
not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the
Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a
period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
Except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, the registered
Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
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12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal, interest or additional
interest, if any, remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment,
Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general
creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture
if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the
payment of principal of, and interest and additional interest, if any, on the
Securities to redemption, or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture or the Securities may be amended without prior notice to any
Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) any default
may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions
set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities (i) to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article 5
of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior Subordinated
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to secure the Securities; (vi) to
add additional covenants or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the
Company; (vii) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (viii) to make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (ix) to make any
change in the subordination provisions of the Indenture that would limit or
terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company (or any Representative thereof) under such subordination provisions; or
(x) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities or Additional
Securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities may declare the principal of and
accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an
Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of and interest on all the
Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
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declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders
have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to
enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that
an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to
pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to
certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities are given the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however,
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or
that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other
Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking
any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused
by taking or not taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee
under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
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18. Authentication
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
19. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed
on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as
to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH
HAS IN IT THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Your Signature: _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to (EURO)_________ principal amount of Securities held
in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the
undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for
its beneficial interest in the Global Security held by the Depositary a
Security or Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized
denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial
interest in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated
above);
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the
transfer of a Security or Securities.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this
certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Securities
are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) [ ] to the Company; or
(2) [ ] to the Registrar for registration in the name of the
Holder, without transfer; or
(3) [ ] pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) [ ] inside the United States to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in
each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) [ ] outside the United States in an offshore transaction
within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and such Security shall be
held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear
or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted
Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
(6) [ ] to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933) that has
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furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing
certain representations and agreements; or
(7) [ ] pursuant to another available exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register
any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however,
that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal
opinions, certifications and other information as 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.
__________________________________
Your Signature
Signature Guarantee:
Date: __________________________________ __________________________________
Signature must be guaranteed Signature of Signature
by a participant in a Guarantee
recognized signature guaranty
medallion program or other
signature guarantor acceptable
to the Trustee
________________________________________________________________________
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or
has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: ________________ ______________________________
NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is
(EURO)[ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have
been made:
Principal amount of
Amount of decrease Amount of increase this Global Signature of
in Principal in Principal Amount Security following authorized signatory
Date of Amount of this of this Global such decrease or of Trustee or
Exchange Global Security Security increase Securities Custodian
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS SECURITY
PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 OR 4.08 OF THE INDENTURE,
STATE THE AMOUNT ((EURO)1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE THEREOF):
(EURO)
DATE: __________________ YOUR SIGNATURE: _______________________________________
(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE: ___________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A
RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR OTHER
SIGNATURE GUARANTOR ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
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 DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC 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 THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
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No. (EURO) ________
11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013
CUSIP No. ______
ISIN No.__
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation,
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum [of
Euros] [listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in
Global Security attached hereto](2) on February 15, 2013.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15.
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.
-----------------
(2) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Note
is in Global Form.
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Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to
be duly executed.
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.,
by
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of
the Securities referred
to in the Indenture.
By:
----------------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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*/ If the Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global Securities
Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL
SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY".
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY]
11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013
1. Interest.
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (such
corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company
shall pay interest semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year.
Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or
duly provided for, from February 18, 2003 until the principal hereof is due.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at
the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of
business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the interest payment date
even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any,
and interest in money of the European Union that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the
Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and
interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary.
The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security
(including principal, premium, if any, and interest), at the office of the
Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may
be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof;
provided, however, that payments on the Securities may also be made, in the case
of a Holder of at least (EURO)1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Securities, by wire transfer to a euro account maintained by the payee with a
bank in a member state of the European Union if such Holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to
such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding
the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept
in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company
or any of its
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domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as
of February 18, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The
terms of the Securities 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.C.
xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "TIA").
Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions
of the Indenture, and Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations
of the Company. This Security is one of the Exchange Securities referred to in
the Indenture. The Securities include the Initial Securities, the Additional
Securities and any Exchange Securities issued in exchange for the Initial
Securities pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Securities and Exchange
Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and
other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur
Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain
dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell
shares of capital stock of such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit
certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset
Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and
each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest, if any, on the Securities and all other amounts payable by the Company
under the Indenture and the Securities when and as the same shall be due and
payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the
terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior
basis subordinated pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following paragraph, the Securities
shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to February 15, 2008.
Thereafter, the Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in
whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at
the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount),
plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the
redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date),
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if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on February 15 of the years
set forth below:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
---- ----------------
2008 105.875%
2009 103.917%
2010 101.958%
2011 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to
February 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving
effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Equity Offerings (i) by the Company or (ii) by TRW Automotive
Holdings or TRW Automotive Intermediate Holdings, in each case, to the extent
the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the Company or used to purchase
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a
redemption price equal to 111.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and additional interest thereon, if any, to the redemption
date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however,
that after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 65% of the original
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving effect to
any issuance of Additional Securities) remains outstanding after each such
redemption. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days after the date on
which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and
otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Sinking Fund
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address.
Securities in denominations larger than (EURO)1,000 may be redeemed in part but
only in whole multiples of (EURO)1,000. If money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if
any, on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption
date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and
certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases
to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
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8. Repurchase of Securities at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control and
Asset Dispositions
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have
the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause
the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior
to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company
will be required to offer to purchase Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Subordination
The Securities and Senior Subordinated Guarantees are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent
provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the
Securities may be paid. The Company and each Guarantor agrees, and each Holder
by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the
Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee
as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of (EURO)1,000 and whole multiples of (EURO)1,000. A Holder may
transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any
transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to
pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need
not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the
Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a
period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days
before an interest payment date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
Except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, the registered
Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay the money
back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law
designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money
must look to the Company for payment
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as general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture
if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption, or maturity,
as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture or the Securities may be amended without prior notice to any
Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) any default
may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions
set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company , the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities (i) to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article 5
of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior Subordinated
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to secure the Securities; (vi) to
add additional covenants or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the
Company; (vii) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (viii) to make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (ix) to make any
change in the subordination provisions of the Indenture that would limit or
terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company (or any Representative thereof) under such subordination provisions; or
(x) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities, or Additional
Securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities may declare the principal of and
accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an
Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of and interest on all the
Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain
circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Securities and
its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders
have offered to the Trustee
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reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and
certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to
receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder
may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Securities unless (i)
such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing, (ii) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii)
such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such
request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of
security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee
under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
18. Authentication
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
19. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
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entireties), JETTED TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUT (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed
on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as
to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH
HAS IN IT THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Your Signature: _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security. Signature
must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion
program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS SECURITY
PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 OR 4.08 OF THE INDENTURE,
STATE THE AMOUNT ((EURO)1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE THEREOF):
(EURO)
DATE: __________________ YOUR SIGNATURE: _______________________________________
(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE: ___________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A
RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR
OTHER SIGNATURE GUARANTOR ACCEPTABLE TO THE [ ].
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is
(EURO)[ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security
have been made:
Date of Amount of Amount of increase in Principal amount of Signature of
Exchange decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Security authorized signatory
Principal this Global Security following such of [ ] or
Amount of this decrease or increase Securities Custodian
Global Security
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of
, among [GUARANTOR] (the
"New Guarantor"), a subsidiary of TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP. (or its
successor), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking corporation, as [ ] under the indenture referred
to below (the "[ ]").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to
the [ ] an Indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of February 18, 2003,
providing for the issuance of the Company's 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2013 (the "Securities"), initially in the aggregate principal amount of
(EURO)125,000,000;
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under
certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Guarantor to
execute and deliver to the [ ] a supplemental indenture pursuant to which
the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Company's obligations
under the Securities pursuant to a Senior Subordinated Guarantee on the terms
and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the
[ ], the Company and the existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the New Guarantor, the Company, and the [ ] mutually covenant and agree for
the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:
1. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees,
jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally
guarantee the Company's obligations under the Securities on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in Articles 11 and 12 of the Indenture and
to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the
Securities.
2. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of
Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a
part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities
heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
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3. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
4. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of
this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement.
6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NEW GUARANTOR],
by
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Name:
Title:
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as [ ],
by
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
Form of
Transferee Letter of Representation
[Company]
In care of
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of (EURO)[ ]
principal amount of the 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the
"Securities") of TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP. (the "Company").
Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the
new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________
Taxpayer ID Number:__________________________________
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an
institutional "accredited investor" at least the euro equivalent of $250,000
principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with
a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in
violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Securities, and we invest in or purchase
securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We,
and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic
risk of our or its investment.
2. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in
the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor
account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise
transfer such Securities prior to the date that is two years after the later of
the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any
affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor
thereto) (the "Resale Restriction Termination Date") only (a) to the Company,
(b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule
144A
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under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), to a person we reasonably believe is a
qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a "QIB") that is purchasing for
its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and
sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S
under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional "accredited investor" within
the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is
purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional
"accredited investor," in each case in a minimum principal amount of Securities
of the euro equivalent of $250,000, or (f) pursuant to any other available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in
each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of
our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all
times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state
securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent
to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of
the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the [
], which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an
institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for
investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act.
Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the [ ] reserve the right prior
to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date of the Securities pursuant to clause (d), (e) or (f) above to require the
delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.
TRANSFEREE:_____________________,
by:_______________________________
