EXHIBIT 4.2
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TSI Merger Sub, Inc.,
to be merged with and into
TSI Telecommunication Services Inc.,
and each of the Guarantors named herein
12 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 14, 2002
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The Bank of New York
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
310(a)(1)................................................................. 7.10
(a)(2)................................................................. 7.10
(a)(3)................................................................. N.A.
(a)(4)................................................................. N.A.
(a)(5)................................................................. 7.10
(b).................................................................... 7.10
(c).................................................................... N.A.
311(a).................................................................... 7.11
(b).................................................................... 7.11
(c).................................................................... N.A.
312(a).................................................................... 2.05
(b).................................................................... 12.03
(c).................................................................... 12.03
313(a).................................................................... 7.06
(b)(1)................................................................. N.A.
(b)(2)................................................................. 7.06; 7.07
(c).................................................................... 7.06; 12.02
(d).................................................................... 7.06
314(a).................................................................... 4.03; 12.02; 12.05
(b).................................................................... N.A.
(c)(1)................................................................. 12.04
(c)(2)................................................................. 12.04
(c)(3)................................................................. N.A.
(d).................................................................... N.A.
(e).................................................................... 12.05
(f).................................................................... N.A.
315(a).................................................................... 7.01
(b).................................................................... 7.05,12.02
(c).................................................................... 7.01
(d).................................................................... 7.01
(e).................................................................... 6.11
316(a) (last sentence).................................................... 2.09
(a)(1)(A).............................................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B).............................................................. 6.04
(a)(2)................................................................. N.A.
(b).................................................................... 6.07
(c).................................................................... 2.12
317(a)(1)................................................................. 6.08
(a)(2)................................................................. 6.09
(b).................................................................... 2.04
318(a).................................................................... 12.01
(b).................................................................... N.A.
(c).................................................................... 12.01
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the
Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.................................................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions..........................................................................22
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..........................................23
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction......................................................................23
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating............................................................................24
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication...............................................................25
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.................................................................25
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust........................................................26
Section 2.05 Holder Lists...............................................................................26
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange......................................................................26
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes..........................................................................38
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes..........................................................................38
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.............................................................................39
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes............................................................................39
Section 2.11 Cancellation...............................................................................39
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.........................................................................39
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.........................................................................40
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.............................................40
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.......................................................................40
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.............................................................41
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price....................................................41
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part........................................................42
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption........................................................................42
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.......................................................................42
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds........................................43
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes...........................................................................44
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................45
Section 4.03 Reports....................................................................................45
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.....................................................................46
Section 4.05 Taxes......................................................................................46
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.............................................................46
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments........................................................................47
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries..................50
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.................................52
Section 4.10 Asset Sales................................................................................55
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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates...............................................................56
Section 4.12 Liens......................................................................................58
Section 4.13 Business Activities........................................................................58
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence........................................................................58
Section 4.15 Change of Control..........................................................................58
Section 4.16 Antilayering...............................................................................60
Section 4.17 Sale and Leaseback Transactions............................................................60
Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries....................................60
Section 4.19 Restrictions on Activities of the Parent and the Ultimate Parent...........................61
Section 4.20 Maintenance of Financial Condition.........................................................61
Section 4.21 Payments for Consent.......................................................................62
Section 4.22 Additional Note Guarantees.................................................................62
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets...................................................62
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted..........................................................63
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default..........................................................................64
Section 6.02 Acceleration...............................................................................66
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.............................................................................66
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults....................................................................67
Section 6.05 Control by Majority........................................................................67
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits........................................................................67
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment..............................................67
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.................................................................67
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...........................................................68
Section 6.10 Priorities.................................................................................68
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs......................................................................68
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee..........................................................................68
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee..........................................................................70
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee...............................................................70
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.......................................................................70
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.........................................................................70
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.................................................71
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.................................................................71
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.....................................................................72
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc...........................................................73
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification..............................................................73
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..........................................73
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................................73
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.............................................................73
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance........................................................................74
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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.................................................74
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions...................................................................75
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.......................................................................76
Section 8.07 Reinstatement..............................................................................76
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes........................................................76
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes...........................................................77
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust
Indenture Act........................................................78
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents..........................................................79
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes...........................................................79
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc............................................................79
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate...................................................................79
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.......................................................79
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt..........................................................80
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Notes......................................................................81
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over........................................................81
Section 10.06 Notice by Company..........................................................................81
Section 10.07 Subrogation................................................................................81
Section 10.08 Relative Rights............................................................................81
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company...............................................82
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative...................................................82
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.........................................................82
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination......................................................82
Section 10.13 Amendments.................................................................................83
ARTICLE 11.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 11.01. Guarantee..................................................................................83
Section 11.02. Subordination of Note Guarantee............................................................84
Section 11.03. Limitation on Guarantor Liability..........................................................84
Section 11.04. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee...................................................84
Section 11.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.........................................85
Section 11.06. Release of Guarantees......................................................................85
ARTICLE 12.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.................................................................86
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.................................................................87
ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust
Indenture Act Controls...............................................................88
Section 13.02 Notices....................................................................................88
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes..............................89
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.........................................89
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Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..............................................89
Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents................................................................89
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders...................90
Section 13.08 Governing Law..............................................................................90
Section 13.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements..............................................90
Section 13.10 Successors.................................................................................90
Section 13.11 Severability...............................................................................90
Section 13.12 Counterpart Originals......................................................................90
Section 13.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc...........................................................90
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A1 FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A2 FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
Exhibit F FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of February 14, 2002 among: TSI Merger Sub, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("TSI MERGER SUB"), which is to be merged with and into TSI
Telecommunication Services Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TSI") (references to
the "COMPANY" herein refer to TSI Merger Sub prior to the Merger (as defined
below) and to TSI after the Merger), the Guarantors (as defined below); and The
Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as
defined below) of the 12 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "NOTES"):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
"144A GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the
Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such
other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such
specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with
or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired
by such specified Person.
"ADDITIONAL NOTES" means an unlimited amount of Notes (other than the
Initial Notes) issued under this
Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and
4.09 hereof, as part of the same class as the Initial Notes.
"ACQUISITION" means the transaction in which the Parent agreed to
acquire TSI by merging TSI Merger Sub with TSI pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control,"
as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; PROVIDED that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this
definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with" have correlative meanings.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional
paying agent.
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"APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange
of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of
the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or
exchange.
"ASSET SALE" means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices; PROVIDED that the sale,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by the provisions of this Indenture described under Section
4.15 and/or the provisions described under Section 5.01 and not by the
provisions of Section 4.10; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company's
Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its
Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be
deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that
involves assets having a fair market value of less than $5.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary or the issuance of
Equity Interests by the Subsidiary that owns the Company's SS7 network
to the Ultimate Parent in the manner described elsewhere in this
offering memorandum;
(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts
receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted by Section 4.07; and
(7) the licensing of intellectual property to third Persons on
customary terms as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the
lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included
in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease
has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present
value will be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest
implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such "person" will be deemed to have beneficial
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ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by
conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition. The terms "Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned" have a
corresponding meaning.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the
general partner of the partnership; and
(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of
such Person serving a similar function.
"BORROWER" means TSI Merger Sub, Inc.
"BROKER-DEALER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means, at the time any determination is to be
made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at
that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated), of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured
by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the
United States government (PROVIDED that the full faith and credit of the
United States is pledged in support of those securities), having
maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances (or in the case of foreign Subsidiaries, the foreign
equivalent) with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank
deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B"
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or better or in the case of foreign Subsidiaries, any local office of
any commercial bank organized under the laws of the relevant
jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof which has a combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits in excess of $500.0 million;
(4) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state
or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one
of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's
Rating Services or Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc.;
(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2),
(3) and (4) above entered into with any financial institution meeting
the qualifications specified in clause (3) or (4) above;
(6) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Services and
in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;
and
(7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1)
through (6) of this definition.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole to any "person" (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than a Principal or a Related Party
of a Principal), it being understood that as of the date of this
Indenture, the Company's SS7 network does not by itself constitute
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that
any "person" (as defined above), other than the Principals and their
Related Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Parent or the Company,
measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board
of Directors of the Parent or the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
"CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period PLUS:
(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such
provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; PLUS
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(2) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization
of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations,
the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; PLUS
(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid
cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), and other non-cash
expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future
period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a
prior period), of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; PLUS
(4) all nonrecurring costs and expenses of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the Acquisition and
the related financing transactions; MINUS
(5) all non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary
course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED LEVERAGE RATIO" will have the meaning assigned to it in
the Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED that:
(1) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting
will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Person;
(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded
to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at
the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental
approval (that has not been obtained), or, directly or indirectly, by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (except to
the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions that have
actually been paid in cash to the Company or one or more of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is not subject to any such restrictions);
(3) the Net Income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling
of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such
acquisition will be excluded;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
will be excluded;
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(5) the net loss of any Person, other than a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, will be excluded;
(6) non-cash charges relating to employee benefit or other
management compensation plans of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant
of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding in each case any non-cash
charge to the extend that it represents an accrual of or reserve for
cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash
expense incurred in a prior period) in each case, to the extent that
such non-cash charges are deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income will be excluded;
(7) items classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring
losses or charges (including, without limitation, severance, relocation
and other restructuring costs), and related tax effects according to
GAAP, will be excluded; and
(8) any cash received by the Company from Verizon Information
Services Inc. under the Revenue Guaranty Agreement in any period will be
included in Net Income for that period, net of any payment made by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during that period or with respect
to any Indebtedness incurred by the Company under the Revenue Guaranty
Agreement.
"CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this
Indenture; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors
who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or
election.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE" will be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"CREDIT AGENT" means Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, or any
successor thereto or any person otherwise appointed.
"CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
February 14, 2002, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, Xxxxxx Commercial
Paper Inc., as syndication agent and Administrative Agent and Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc., as exclusive adviser, book manager and lead arranger and the other lenders
party thereto, providing for up to $328.4 million of revolving credit and term
loan borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as
amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
"CREDIT FACILITIES" means one or more debt facilities (including,
without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in
each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against such receivables), or letters of credit, in each case, as
amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole
or in part from time to time.
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"CUSTODIAN" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in
global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a certificated Note registered in the name of
the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note will not
bear the Global Note Legend and will not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"DESIGNATED NONCASH CONSIDERATION" means any noncash consideration
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with
an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to
an Officers' Certificate setting forth the fair market value of such noncash
consideration and the basis of the valuation.
"DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT" means:
(1) any Indebtedness or other amounts outstanding under the
Credit Agreement; and
(2) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit
Agreement, any other Senior Debt permitted under this Indenture the
principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more.
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that
is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the
Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of
such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any
such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.07.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides
direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
"EQUITY CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT" means that certain agreement, dated as
of February 14, 2002, by and among the TSI Merger Sub, the Parent and the
Ultimate Parent, whereby the Parent and the Ultimate Parent have agreed to
contribute all Net Proceeds to the Parent and then to TSI in the form of common
equity capital or as a capital contribution.
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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 INVESTORS" means one or more of the investors that own Capital
Stock of the Ultimate Parent as of the date hereof.
"EQUITY OFFERING" means (1) a public offering of common equity
securities or (2) a private placement of common equity securities yielding gross
proceeds to the issuer of at least $25.0 million.
"EUROCLEAR" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
system.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant
to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"EXCLUDED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS" means any capital contributed to the
Company by the Parent or any other direct or indirect equity investor in the
Company either (1) in connection with Section 4.20 or (2) directly or indirectly
from the net proceeds from the sale of the Company's SS7 network or the Capital
Stock of the entity that owns the network.
"EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS" means the amount of Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement), in
existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued,
including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and
original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of
all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest
with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers'
acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or
received pursuant to Hedging Obligations (excluding amortization of debt
issuance costs associated with the Acquisition); PLUS
(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; PLUS
(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that
is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; PLUS
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(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity
Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock), or to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company,
times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator
of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local
statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case,
on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
"FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees,
repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working
capital borrowings), or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for
which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
"CALCULATION DATE"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment,
repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio:
(1) acquisitions (including the Acquisition) that have been made
by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including
through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions, during the four-quarter reference period, or subsequent to
such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be
given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period, and Consolidated Cash Flow for such
reference period will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance
with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but including Pro Forma
Cost Savings, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set
forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or
businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded
from the four-quarter reference period on a pro forma basis (as provided
above);
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded from the
four-quarter reference period on a pro forma basis (as provided above),
but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed
Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date; and
(4) the Fixed Charges attributable to any Indebtedness incurred
under the Revenue Guaranty Agreement will be excluded.
"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 date of this Indenture.
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"GLOBAL NOTES" means, individually and collectively, each of the
Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A1 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3),
2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
"GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2),
which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
"GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"GTCR" means GTCR Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, L.L.C.
"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, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT" means the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Parent, the Ultimate Parent, the
Borrower and each subsidiary guarantor to the Credit Agreement, substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof, as
the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time
to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
"GUARANTORS" means each of:
(1) the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto; and
(2) any other Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
and their respective successors and assigns.
"HEDGE AGREEMENTS" means all interest rate swaps, caps or collar
agreements or similar arrangements entered into by the Ultimate Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates
or currency exchange rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations,
either generally or under specific contingencies.
"HEDGING OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements
and interest rate collar agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange
rates.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"IAI GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited
Investors.
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"INDEBTEDNESS" means with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments
or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker's acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase
price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an
accrued expense or trade payable; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations), would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of
the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person), and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any
interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the
case of any other Indebtedness.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"INDIRECT PARTICIPANT" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in
a Global Note through a Participant.
"INITIAL NOTES" means the first $245 million aggregate principal amount
of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
"INITIAL PURCHASER" means Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
"INVESTMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates), in the forms
of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity
Interests of any
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direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to
any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the
Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of
any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Company's
Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount
determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07. The acquisition
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company
or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market
value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an
amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of
New York or at a place of payment are authorized by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the
next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest will accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
"LENDER" means the several banks and other financial institutions or
entities from time to time party to the Credit Agreement.
"LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared
by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Exchange Offer.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes), of any jurisdiction.
"LIQUIDATED DAMAGES" means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"LOAN PARTIES" means the Parent, the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower and
each Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent which is a party to a Loan Document (as
defined in the Credit Agreement). This term shall include the Company both
before and after giving effect to the Merger.
"MERGER" means the merger of TSI Merger Sub with and into TSI pursuant
to the Merger Agreement.
"MERGER AGREEMENT" means the amended and restated agreement of merger
dated January 14, 2002 among the Parent, TSI, Verizon Information Services Inc.
and TSI Merger Sub.
"NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision for
taxes on such gain (or loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset
Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
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(2) any extraordinary gain (or loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (or loss).
In addition, for so long as the Parent and the Ultimate Parent are Guarantors of
the Notes, Net Income of the Company will be calculated without regard to any
minority interest in the Subsidiary that owns the Company's SS7 network that is
owned by the Ultimate Parent.
"NET PROCEEDS" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any
non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting
and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the
Asset Sale (including taxes payable by the members of the Ultimate Parent as a
result of the sale by the Ultimate Parent of Equity Interests in the Subsidiary
of the Company that owns the Company's SS7 network), in each case, after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, other than Senior Debt, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets
that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in
respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP.
"NON-RECOURSE DEBT" means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or
otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that
the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action
against an Unrestricted Subsidiary), would permit upon notice, lapse of
time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated
or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that
they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"NOTE GUARANTEE" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company's
payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture.
"NOTES" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes will be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context
otherwise requires, all references to the Notes will include the Initial Notes
and any Additional Notes.
"OBLIGATIONS" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFERING MEMORANDUM" means that offering memorandum dated February 6,
2002 relating to the Notes and the Guarantees.
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"OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller,
the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"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 of
Section 13.05 hereof.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"PARENT" means TSI Telecommunication Holdings, Inc., the direct parent
entity of TSI Merger Sub.
"PARTICIPANT" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, will include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"PERMITTED BUSINESS" means the businesses engaged in by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of original issuance of the Notes and/or
any activities that are similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable
extension, development or expansion of, any of those businesses.
"PERMITTED GROUP" means any group of investors that is deemed to be a
"person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), at any
time prior to the Company's initial public offering of common stock, by virtue
of the Securityholders Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, PROVIDED that no single Person (other than the
Principals and their Related Parties) Beneficially Owns (together with its
Affiliates) more of the Voting Stock of the Company that is Beneficially Owned
by such group of investors than is then collectively Beneficially Owned by the
Principals and their Related Parties in the aggregate.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; or
(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets
to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in
compliance with Section 4.10;
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(5) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance
of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such
persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers
that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) any Investment existing on the date of this Indenture;
(9) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
having an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.0 million at any
one time outstanding;
(10) loans to management employees of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for the purchase of Equity Interests having an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3.0 million at any one time
outstanding;
(11) accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary
course of business;
(12) Guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness otherwise
permitted to be incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company under
this Indenture;
(13) any Investment in a joint venture with one or more foreign
partners to the extent that, as a result of the Investment, the Company
recognizes gross profit from licensing of intellectual property or sales
of equipment to that joint venture over the twelve-month period
following the Investment that is at least equal to the amount of such
Investment; and
(14) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair
market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14)
since the date of this Indenture, not to exceed $25.0 million.
"PERMITTED JUNIOR SECURITIES" means:
(1) common Equity Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt or preferred equity securities of the Company or any
Guarantor issued pursuant to a plan of reorganization consented to by
each class of Senior Debt; PROVIDED that all such securities are
subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in
exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a
greater extent than, the Notes and the Guarantees are subordinated to
Senior Debt under this Indenture.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means:
(1) Liens securing Senior Debt and other Obligations with respect
thereto;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is acquired, merged with or into or consolidated with the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company; PROVIDED that such Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and
do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into
or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the
property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company PROVIDED that
such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such
acquisition;
(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations,
surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded, PROVIDED that any reserve or other appropriate provision as
is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(8) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations
that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) Liens on assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure
Non-Recourse Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with worker's compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien
securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money
bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the
payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(11) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default;
(12) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and
proceeds of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of
banker's acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
(13) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(14) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations
arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty
requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including rights of offset and set-off;
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(15) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause
(4) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09 so long as such Lien extends
to no assets other than the assets acquired;
(16) Leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially
interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(17) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements regarding leases;
(18) Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(19) Liens securing intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary; and
(20) Liens securing Hedging Agreements that are permitted by this
Indenture to be incurred.
"PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); PROVIDED that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), of
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable), of the Indebtedness extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued
interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums
incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity
date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average
Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded;
(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity
date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right
of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders
of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the
Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company or government or other entity.
"PRINCIPALS" means GTCR Fund VII, L.P. and/or GTCR Fund VII/A, L.P.
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"PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(1) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"PRO FORMA COST SAVINGS" means, with respect to any period, the
reduction in costs and related adjustments associated with the acquisition of a
business that are attributable to that period and that (i) are calculated on a
basis that is consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as in
effect and applied as of the date of this Indenture or (ii) have actually been
implemented by the business that was the subject of the acquisition within six
months of the date of the acquisition and prior to the Calculation Date and that
are supportable and quantifiable by the underlying accounting records of such
business and are described, as provided below, in an officer's certificate, as
if, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), all such reductions in costs and
related adjustments had been effected as of the beginning of such period.
"PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT" means that certain agreement to be
dated as of February 14, 2002, between TSI and GTCR, whereby GTCR will render to
TSI certain financial and management consulting services.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 14, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other
parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional
Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the
Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the
Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes
under the Securities Act.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
"REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE" means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
"REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE" means a temporary Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903
of Regulation S.
"RELATED PARTY" means:
(1) any direct or indirect controlling stockholder or controlling
general partner, 50% (or more) owned Subsidiary, or immediate family
member (in the case of an individual), of any Principal; or
(2) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the
beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially
holding a 50% or more controlling interest of which
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consist of any one or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred
to in the immediately preceding clause (1).
"REPRESENTATIVE" means this Indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or
representative for any Senior Debt.
"RESERVED CONTRIBUTIONS" means the net cash proceeds received by the
Company after the date of this Indenture from (a) contributions to its common
equity capital and (b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary or to any management
equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit
plan or agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) of Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, in each case that is designated
within 60 days of the receipt of such net cash proceeds as a "Reserved
Contribution" pursuant to an Officers' Certificate; PROVIDED that in no event
will any proceeds received by the Company directly or indirectly as a result of
a sale of some or all of the assets of the Subsidiary that owns the Company's
SS7 network or from the sale of some or all of the Capital Stock of the
Subsidiary that owns the Company's SS7 network be treated as a Reserved
Contribution.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Division of the Trustee (or any successor
group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a Definitive Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"RESTRICTED INVESTMENT" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"RESTRICTED PERIOD" means the 40-day distribution compliance period as
defined in Regulation S.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"REVENUE GUARANTY AGREEMENT" means that Guaranty of wireless revenue,
dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Verizon Information Services, Inc.
and TSI as the same is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"RULE 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"RULE 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT" means that certain agreement to be dated
February 14, 2002 among the Ultimate Parent, GTCR Fund VII, L.P., GTCR Fund
VII/A, L.P. and GTCR Co-Invest, L.P.
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"SENIOR DEBT" means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding
under Credit Facilities and all obligations under Specified Hedging
Agreements;
(2) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the
instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides
that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or any Guarantee; and
(3) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the
preceding clauses (1) and (2).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior
Debt will not include:
(1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed
or owing by the Company;
(2) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Company;
(3) any trade payables; or
(4) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation
of this Indenture; PROVIDED that Indebtedness under a Credit Facility
will not cease to be Senior Debt under this clause (4) if the lenders
obtained a certificate from an officer of the Company as of the date of
the incurrence of such Indebtedness to the effect that such Indebtedness
was permitted to be incurred by this Indenture.
"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the Shelf Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date of this Indenture.
"SPECIFIED HEDGE AGREEMENT" means any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into
by (i) any Loan Party and (ii) any Lender or any affiliate thereof, or any
Person that was a Lender or an affiliate thereof when such Hedge Agreement was
entered into, as counterparty and (b) which has been designated by such Lender
and the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days
after the execution and delivery thereof by any such Loan Party as a Specified
Hedge Agreement; provided that the designation of any Hedge Agreement as a
Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of any Lender or affiliate
thereof that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or
release of any Collateral (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or of the
obligations of any Credit Agreement guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
"STATED MATURITY" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
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"SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of the Company as to
which the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest and other
payment obligations in respect of such Indebtedness is subordinate to the prior
payment in full of all Obligations with respect to the Notes as provided in the
Revenue Guaranty Agreement.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency), to vote
in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation,
association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person
or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA.
"TOTAL ASSETS" means, as of any date, the consolidated assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date calculated in accordance
with GAAP.
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in the preamble to this
Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
"ULTIMATE PARENT" means TSI Telecommunication Holdings, LLC, the direct
parent entity of the Parent.
"UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent global Note substantially
in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means one or more Definitive Notes that
do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons
who are not Affiliates of the Company;
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(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a)
to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or
preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to
achieve any specified levels of operating results;
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(5) has at least one director on its Board of Directors that is
not a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is
not a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any
Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09, the Company will be in default of
such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED that such
designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness
is permitted under Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such
designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period;
and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such
designation.
"U.S. PERSON" means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the
Securities Act.
"VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the
amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity
or other required payments of principal, including payment at final
maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth), that will elapse between such
date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any specified Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares),
will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS.
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Defined
in
Term Section
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"AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"............................................................. 4.11
"ASSET SALE OFFER".................................................................. 3.09
"AUTHENTICATION ORDER".............................................................. 2.02
"CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER"........................................................... 4.15
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT"......................................................... 4.15
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE".................................................... 4.15
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE"............................................................... 8.03
"DTC"............................................................................... 2.03
"EVENT OF DEFAULT".................................................................. 6.01
"EXCESS PROCEEDS"................................................................... 4.10
"INCUR"............................................................................. 4.09
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE".................................................................. 8.02
"OFFER AMOUNT"...................................................................... 3.09
"OFFER PERIOD"...................................................................... 3.09
"PAYING AGENT"...................................................................... 2.03
"PERMITTED DEBT".................................................................... 4.09
"PURCHASE DATE"..................................................................... 3.09
"REGISTRAR"......................................................................... 2.03
"RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"............................................................... 4.07
Section 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Notes;
"INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder of a Note;
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture;
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the Trustee; and
"OBLIGOR" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
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(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(5) "will" shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act
will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections
or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 FORM AND DATING.
(a) GENERAL. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the
extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) GLOBAL NOTES. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" or
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note,"
as the case may be, attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto (but without the Global
Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the
outstanding Notes as will be specified therein, and each shall provide that it
represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the
Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with
instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES. Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes
represented thereby with the Trustee, at its
New York office, as custodian for
the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of
the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of
Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period will be terminated upon
the receipt by the Trustee of:
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(1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with
copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that
they have received certification of non-United States beneficial
ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any beneficial owners
thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act
and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A
Global Note or an IAI Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend,
all as contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof); and
(2) an Officers' Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests
in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial
interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent
Global Notes, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note.
The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the
Regulation S Permanent Global Notes may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary
or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as
hereinafter provided.
(d) EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM PROCEDURES APPLICABLE. The provisions of
the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream
Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers
of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the
Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed
by two Officers (an "AUTHENTICATION ORDER"), authenticate Notes for original
issue up to the aggregate principal amount to be stated on the face of the
Notes. There may be an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding
at any time.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("REGISTRAR") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("PAYING AGENT"). The
Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and
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exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar, and
the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may
change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company
will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a
party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another
entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company
or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a
Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the
Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.06 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES. A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the
Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as
Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice
from the Depositary; or
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(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global
Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive
Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee;
PROVIDED that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar
of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the
Securities Act.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2)
above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall
instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any
portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof,
shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided
in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTES.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with
either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of
the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE SAME GLOBAL NOTE.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in
any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be
delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) ALL OTHER TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
GLOBAL NOTES. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar
either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or
cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global
Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
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(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to
be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the
Registrar containing information regarding the Person in
whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to
effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;
PROVIDED that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued
upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by
the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an
Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section
2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2)
shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the
Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction
of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of
beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal
amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section
2.06(h) hereof.
(3) TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS TO ANOTHER RESTRICTED GLOBAL
NOTE. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(4) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE FOR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by
any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange
or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above
and:
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(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in
the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii)
a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged
for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES.
(1) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO RESTRICTED
DEFINITIVE NOTES. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:
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(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with
Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other
than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be
subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE TO DEFINITIVE NOTES. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A)
and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note
or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the
Securities Act, except in
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the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule
903 or Rule 904.
(2) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case
of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the
Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(3) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. If any holder of a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note,
then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in
such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
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beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from
or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3)
will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS.
(1) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance
with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D)
above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in
the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in
the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and
in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
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(2) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of
the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs
in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes
and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of
the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange
or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted
Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D)
or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note
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has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee
will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
(e) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES. Upon
request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with the
provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or
exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or
exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or
by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e).
(1) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES.
Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in
the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under
the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or
Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates
and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable.
(2) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES.
Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
broker-dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of
the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTES. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer,
the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant
to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) EXCHANGE OFFER. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered into the Exchange
Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal
that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in
a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive
Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal
amount.
(g) LEGENDS. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global
Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each
Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend
in substantially the following form:
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"THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE
903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED
STATES."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or
Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3),
(c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section
2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND. Each Global Note will bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE 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. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) ("XXX"), 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 MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
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HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(3) REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND. The Regulation S
Temporary Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
(h) CANCELLATION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL NOTES. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and
an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar's request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a Global Note
or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer
of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes
will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
(5) The Company will not be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of any selection of Notes for
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redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note
between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment
date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer
of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat
the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel
required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06
to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
Section 2.07 REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the sole discretion of
the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and
any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 OUTSTANDING NOTES.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as
not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds
the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section
4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding, and interest on it ceases to accrue.
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If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09 TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company, will be considered as
though not outstanding if the Holders thereof would not be permitted to vote on
such matter pursuant to the TIA, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver
or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so
disregarded.
Section 2.10 TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the
form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee
will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section 2.11 CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy
canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange
Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered
to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has
paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will
pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful,
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date, PROVIDED that no such special record date
may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
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ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers'
Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur;
(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED OR PURCHASED.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an
offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or
purchase as follows:
(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities
exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed; or
(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities
exchange, on a PRO RATA basis, by lot or by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular
Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided
herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or
purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called
for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or
purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or
whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be
redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except
as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply
to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes
called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause
to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice
is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 of this Indenture.
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The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon
cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;
and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed
on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption
in the Company's name and at its expense; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company
has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting
forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding
paragraph.
Section 3.04 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION OR PURCHASE PRICE.
One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase price date, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient
to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The
Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money
deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or
purchased.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note
is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to
the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be
paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of
business on such record date. If any Note called
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for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or
purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption
or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any
interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in
the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 NOTES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the
Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee
will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal
in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note
surrendered.
Section 3.07 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) At any time prior to February 1, 2005, the Company may on any one or
more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture (including Additional Notes, if any) at a redemption
price of 112.750% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net
cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by the Company or a contribution
to the Company's common equity made with the net cash proceeds of a concurrent
Equity Offering by the Parent or the Ultimate Parent (but excluding any Excluded
Capital Contribution (as defined in Section 11.06) and any Reserved
Contribution); PROVIDED that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and
its Subsidiaries); and
(2) the redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of the
closing of such Equity Offering.
(b) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes are not
redeemable at the Company's option prior to February 1, 2006. The Company is not
prohibited, however, from acquiring the Notes by means other than a redemption,
whether pursuant to a tender offer or otherwise, assuming such acquisition does
not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture.
(c) After February 1, 2006 the Company may redeem all or a part of the
Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
on February 1 of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
2006................................................. 106.375%
2007................................................. 103.188%
2008 and thereafter.................................. 100.000%
(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
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The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 OFFER TO PURCHASE BY APPLICATION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is
required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an "ASSET SALE
OFFER"), it will follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of
other Indebtedness that is PARI PASSU with the Notes containing provisions
similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase
or redeem with the proceeds of sales and assets. The Asset Sale Offer will
remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement
and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is
required by applicable law (the "OFFER PERIOD"). No later than three Business
Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "PURCHASE DATE"), the
Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the "OFFER AMOUNT") to the purchase of
Notes and such other PARI PASSU Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if
applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and
other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any
Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are
made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, and
Liquidated Damages, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional
interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by
first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy
to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary
to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The
notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset
Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will
continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any
Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to
accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an
Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples
of $1,000 only;
(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the
Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a
Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase
Date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if
the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the
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Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to
have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other
PARI PASSU Indebtedness surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount,
the Company will select the Notes and other PARI PASSU Indebtedness to
be purchased on a PRO RATA basis based on the principal amount of Notes
and such other PARI PASSU Indebtedness surrendered (with such
adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only
Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, will be
purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment, on a PRO RATA basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer,
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes or
portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as
the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after
the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to
the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the
Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the
Trustee, upon written request from the Company will authenticate and mail or
deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company
will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 PAYMENT OF NOTES.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes on the dates and
in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any will be considered paid on the date due if the
Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in
immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all
principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company will pay all
Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to
1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the
extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same
rate to the extent lawful.
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Section 4.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of
New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03
hereof.
Section 4.03 REPORTS.
Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are
outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time
periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be
required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K
if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information only, a
report on the annual financial statements by the Company's certified
independent accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with
the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by
the SEC, the Company will file a copy of all of the information and reports
referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability
within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the
SEC will not accept such a filing), and make such information available to
securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. In addition, the
Company and the Guarantors have agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding, they will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, if any such
information is required to be delivered.
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by
the preceding paragraph will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either
on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and
results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company. The
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Company's reporting obligations with respect to the information and reports
referred to in clause (1) and (2) above will be deemed satisfied in the event
that the Parent or the Ultimate Parent continues to be a Guarantor of the Notes
and files such reports and other information referred to therein in accordance
with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X.
Section 4.04 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is
so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default
of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her
knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which
payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall be
a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware that an Equity
Investor will be purchasing Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in
contemplation of the Company's non-compliance with Section 4.20, an Officers'
Certificate specifying such contemplated non-compliance and what action the
Company and the Equity Investor is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
(d) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 4.05 TAXES.
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay,
prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or
where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect
to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
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The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and
each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's
Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries), or to the direct or indirect holders of
the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's Equity Interests in their
capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or to
the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) (a) any Equity Interests of the Company, (b) any Equity
Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company or (c) any
Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that are
owned by an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that
is subordinated to the Notes or the Guarantees, except a payment of
interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other
actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and
after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had
been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have
been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
paragraph of Section 4.09; 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 date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the
next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication,
of:
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(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for
the period (taken as one accounting period), from January 1, 2002
to the end of the Company's most recently ended fiscal quarter
for which internal financial statements are available at the time
of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income
for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); PLUS
(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the
Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its
common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), or the
amount by which Indebtedness is reduced on the Company's balance
sheet upon the conversion or exchange of any Indebtedness of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries into Equity Interests of
the Company (other than Disqualified Stock or Equity Interests
(or debt securities), sold to a Subsidiary of the Company);
PROVIDED that any proceeds received from the Excluded Capital
Contribution (as defined in Section 11.06) or any Reserved
Contribution will be disregarded for purposes of this clause
(3)(b); PLUS
(c) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in
Restricted Investments that were made by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the date of this Indenture in any
Person resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of
such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of
such Investments and proceeds representing the return of capital
(excluding dividends and distributions), in each case received by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) to the extent
such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion
(proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary
is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Person or
Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Restricted Investments
previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of
declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend
payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be caused thereby, the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange
for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), of, Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); PROVIDED that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition will
be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER that the Excluded Capital Contribution (as defined in Section
11.06) and any Reserved Contribution will be disregarded for purposes of
this clause (2);
(3) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be caused thereby, the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
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(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
(5) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be caused thereby, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any
distribution, loan or advance to the Parent or the Ultimate Parent for
the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value
of any Equity Interests of the Parent or Ultimate Parent, in each case
held by any former or current employees, officers, directors or
consultants of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
their respective estates, spouses or family members under any management
equity plan or stock option or other management or employee benefit
plan, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2.0 million in any calendar
year pursuant to this clause (5); PROVIDED that the Company may carry
forward and make in a subsequent calendar year, in addition to the
amounts permitted for such calendar year, the amount of such purchases,
redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements for value permitted to
have been made but not made in any preceding calendar year up to a
maximum of $6.0 million in any calendar year pursuant to this clause
(5); and PROVIDED FURTHER, that such amount in any calendar year may be
increased by the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies
received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date
of this Indenture less any amount previously applied to the payment of
Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (5); PROVIDED FURTHER, that
cancellation of the Indebtedness owing to the Company from employees,
officers, directors and consultants of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity
Interests of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to
constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any
other provisions of this Indenture;
(6) the payment of dividends or other distributions or the making
of loans or advances to the Parent or the Ultimate Parent in amounts
required for the Parent or the Ultimate Parent, as the case may be, to
pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain their existence
and to provide for all other operating costs of the Parent and the
Ultimate Parent, including, without limitation, in respect of director
fees and expenses, administrative, legal and accounting services
provided by third parties and other costs and expenses (including all
costs and expenses with respect to filings with the SEC), up to an
aggregate under this clause (6) of $500,000 per fiscal year plus any
bona fide indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the
Parent or the Ultimate Parent;
(7) the payment of dividends or other distributions by the
Company to the Parent in amounts required to pay the tax obligations of
the Parent and the Ultimate Parent attributable to the Company and its
Subsidiaries determined as if the Company and its Subsidiaries had filed
a separate consolidated, combined or unitary return for the relevant
taxing jurisdiction; PROVIDED that in no event may the amount of
dividends paid pursuant to this clause (7) to enable the Parent or
Ultimate Parent to pay Federal, state and local taxes (and franchise
taxes based on income) exceed the amount of such Federal, state and
local taxes (and franchise taxes based on income) actually owing by the
Parent or the Ultimate Parent at such time and any refunds received by
the Parent or the Ultimate Parent attributable to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries shall promptly be returned by the Parent to the
Company;
(8) repurchases of Capital Stock of the Company deemed to occur
upon the cashless exercise of stock options and warrants;
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(9) Restricted Payments made pursuant to the Merger Agreement in
connection with the acquisition of TSI from Verizon Information
Services, Inc. (including any post-closing payments);
(10) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, Investments that are made with Reserved
Contributions; and
(11) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments not otherwise
permitted pursuant to this covenant in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$10.0 million since the date of this Indenture.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash), will be the
fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued
by this covenant will be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution
with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors'
determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the
fair market value exceeds $5.0 million. Not later than the date of making any
Restricted Payment, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth
the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 4.07 were
computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by
this Indenture.
Section 4.08 DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital
Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with
respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit
Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those
agreements, PROVIDED that the amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or
refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to
such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in
those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees;
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(3) applicable law or rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as
in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such
Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is
not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person,
other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired, PROVIDED that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness
was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses and
other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices;
(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of
the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;
(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of Capital
Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary or an agreement entered into
for the sale of specified assets that restricts distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, PROVIDED that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than
those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 that limit the right of
the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution
of assets or property in joint venture agreements, assets sale
agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
(11) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed
by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
(12) restrictions on the transfer of assets subject to any Lien
permitted under this Indenture imposed by the holder of such Lien;
(13) Indebtedness incurred after the date of this Indenture in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; PROVIDED that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing the new Indebtedness
are, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company, not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Holders
of the Notes than those contained in the agreements governing
Indebtedness that were in effect on the date of this Indenture; and
(14) any encumbrances or restrictions 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 (13) above; PROVIDED
that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, not materially
less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Holders of Notes than those
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contained in the applicable contracts, instruments or obligations prior
to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase,
supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
Section 4.09 INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise,
with respect to (collectively, "INCUR") any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness
(including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and any Guarantor may
issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company's most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued
would have been at least:
(a) 2.25 to 1, in the case of any incurrence or issuance on or
before December 31, 2002;
(b) 2.50 to 1, in the case of any incurrence or issuance after
December 31, 2002 and on or prior to December 31, 2003; and
(c) 2.75 to 1, in the case of any incurrence or issuance after
December 31, 2003;
in each case, 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 preferred stock or Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the
case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of
any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, "PERMITTED DEBT"):
(1) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary
of Indebtedness and letters of credit under Credit Facilities in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause
(1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount
equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder), not to exceed $328.4 million LESS
the aggregate amount of all Excluded Capital Contributions (as defined
in Section 11.06) and Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture
to repay any term Indebtedness under a Credit Facility or to repay any
revolving credit Indebtedness under a Credit Facility and effect a
corresponding commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to Section 4.10;
(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Existing Indebtedness;
(3) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related
Guarantees to be issued on the date of this Indenture and the Exchange
Notes and the related Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement;
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(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case,
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase
price or cost of construction or improvement of property (real or
personal), plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or
replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to
exceed $15.0 million at any time outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness), that was permitted
by this Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this
covenant or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (10), (11) or (16) of this
paragraph;
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company
and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to
the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect
to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Guarantee, in
the case of a Guarantor; and
(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a
Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; will be deemed, in each
case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that
was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of
fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any floating rate
Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
outstanding or for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange
rate risk arising in the ordinary course of business;
(8) the guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of
this covenant;
(9) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in
the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment
of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of
the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for
purposes of this covenant; PROVIDED, in each such case, that the amount
thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
(10) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations with
respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary
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course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit in
respect of workers' compensation claims or self-insurance, or other
Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workers' compensation claims or self insurance; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
in each case, upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the
incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within
30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
(11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed
in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital
Stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees
of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of
such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such
acquisition; PROVIDED that:
(a) that Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent
obligations referred to in a footnote or footnotes to financial
statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will
not be deemed to be reflected on that balance sheet for purposes
of this clause (a)); and
(b) the maximum assumable liability in respect of that
Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including
noncash proceeds (the fair market value of those noncash proceeds
being measured at the time received and without giving effect to
any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company
and/or that Restricted Subsidiary in connection with that
disposition;
(12) the issuance of preferred stock by any of the Company's
Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Equity
Interests or any other event that results in any such 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 such shares of preferred stock that was not permitted by
this clause (12);
(13) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds
and completion guarantees provided by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(14) the incurrence of any Subordinated Indebtedness by the
Company pursuant to the terms of the Revenue Guaranty Agreement as the
same is in effect on the date of this Indenture;
(15) Indebtedness of the Company that may be deemed to exist
under the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture as
a result of the Company's obligation to pay purchase price adjustments
thereunder; and
(16) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
(or accreted value, as applicable), at any time outstanding, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or
replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to
exceed $30.0 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the
event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (16) above,
or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this
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covenant, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on
the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify such item of Indebtedness, in
any manner that complies with this covenant. Indebtedness under Credit
Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and
authenticated under this Indenture will be deemed to have been incurred on such
date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of
Permitted Debt.
Section 4.10 ASSET SALES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal
to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or
sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) the fair market value is determined by the Company's Board of
Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set
forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(3) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or
Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following
(and any combination thereof) will be deemed to be cash:
(a) any liabilities, as shown on the Company's most recent
consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities
that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any
Guarantee), that are expressly assumed by the transferee of any
such assets;
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash within 90 days following the closing of such
Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash received in that
conversion; and
(c) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Asset Sale
having a fair market value, taken together with all other
Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause
(c) that is at the time outstanding, not to exceed 5% of Total
Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash
Consideration.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset
Sale, the Company may apply those Net Proceeds, at its option:
(1) to repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is
revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments
with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a
majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business;
(3) to make a capital expenditure; or
(4) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in
a Permitted Business.
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Any cash received by the Company from an Excluded Capital Contribution
(as defined in Section 11.06) will be treated as Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale
for all purposes under this Indenture. Pending the final application of any Net
Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or
otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this
Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as
provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will make
an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other
Indebtedness that is PARI PASSU with the Notes containing provisions similar to
those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem
with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes and such other PARI PASSU Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the
Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100%
of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess
Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use
those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other PARI PASSU
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and such other PARI PASSU
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset
Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale
provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such
conflict.
The agreements governing the Company's outstanding Senior Debt currently
prohibit the Company from purchasing any Notes, and also provides that certain
change of control or asset sale events with respect to the Company would
constitute a default under these agreements. Any future credit agreements or
other agreements relating to Senior Debt to which the Company becomes a party
may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a Change of
Control or Asset Sale occurs at a time when the Company is prohibited from
purchasing Notes, the Company could seek the consent of its senior lenders to
the purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain
such prohibition. If the Company does not obtain such a consent or repay such
borrowings, the Company will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such
case, the Company's failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event
of Default under this Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under
such Senior Debt. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in this
Indenture would likely restrict payments to the Holders of Notes.
Section 4.11 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate (each, an "AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"), unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
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(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors
set forth in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such
Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the
Company of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of
view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking
firm of national standing.
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and,
therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(1) any employment agreement or other compensation arrangements
or agreements entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the
Company solely because the Company or one or more of its Restricted
Subsidiaries owns an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
(4) transactions pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement
as in effect on the date of this Indenture;
(5) payment of reasonable directors fees to directors of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the provision and
payment of customary indemnification to directors and officers of the
Company;
(6) issuances of Equity Interests of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company;
(7) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07;
(8) loans or advances by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
that are entered into in the ordinary course of business and that are
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;
PROVIDED that the aggregate principal amount of all such loans or
advances do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) transactions with Transaction Network Services Inc. or any of
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices; and
(10) transactions effected pursuant to the agreements described
in the section of the Offering Memorandum entitled "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" as the same are in effect on the
date of this Indenture or any amendment, modification or replacement to
such
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agreement (so long as the amendment, modification or replacement is not
disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any respect).
Section 4.12 LIENS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any
kind securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables (other than
Permitted Liens) on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired.
Section 4.13 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as
would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or
other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from
time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises
of the Company and its Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its
Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that
the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders
of the Notes.
Section 4.15 CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an
offer (a "CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER") to each Holder to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of each Holder's Notes at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages on the Notes repurchased, if
any, to the date of purchase (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT"). Within ten days
following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control
and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for
payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no
later than 30 business days from the date such notice is mailed (the
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
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(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with
the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of
the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day
preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if
the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the
second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and
a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the
Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part
will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be
equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 of this Indenture, the Company will comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 or this Section 4.15 by virtue
of such conflict.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change
of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so
accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the
Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to
each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered, if any; PROVIDED that each new Note will be in a
principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
(c) Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this Section 4.15,
but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, the Company will
either repay all outstanding Senior Debt or obtain the requisite consents, if
any, under all agreements governing outstanding Senior Debt to permit the
repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.15. The Company will publicly
announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable
after the Change of Control Payment Date.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes validly tendered
and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16 ANTILAYERING.
The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and senior in any respect in
right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the Senior Debt of such Guarantor and senior in
any respect in right of payment to such Guarantor's Guarantee.
Section 4.17 SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; PROVIDED that
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback
transaction if:
(1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in the first paragraph of Section
4.09 and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 4.12;
(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the
subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and
(3) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction
is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such
transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.
Section 4.18 DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default; PROVIDED
that in no event will any Subsidiary that owns or operates the SS7 network be
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If a Restricted Subsidiary is
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all
outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the Subsidiary properly designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of
the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted
Payments under the first paragraph of Section 4.07 or Permitted Investments, as
determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the
Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of
Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default.
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Section 4.19 RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES OF THE PARENT AND THE ULTIMATE PARENT.
The Parent and the Ultimate Parent will not engage in any business
activities other than, in the case of the Parent, holding the Capital Stock of
the Company, and in the case of the Ultimate Parent, holding the Capital Stock
of the Parent and Capital Stock of the Subsidiary that owns the SS7 network, and
activities directly related or necessary in connection with the holding of such
Capital Stock. Neither the Parent nor the Ultimate Parent will hold any Equity
Interests or other Investments in any other Person other than U.S. government
securities having an aggregate fair market value of not more than $1.0 million
at any one time outstanding. The Parent and the Ultimate Parent will comply in
all respects with their agreements set forth in the Equity Contribution
Agreement as the same is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
The Parent and the Ultimate Parent will not make any Restricted Payment
(except a Restricted Payment that would be permitted by Section 4.07 if made by
the Company) or engage in any Affiliate Transactions (except Affiliate
Transactions that would be permitted by Section 4.11 if engaged in by the
Company). Further, neither the Parent nor the Ultimate Parent will directly or
indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly
or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any
Indebtedness (other than the Guarantee of Obligations under Credit Facilities or
this Indenture). Additionally, the Ultimate Parent will not sell any of its
interests in the Subsidiary that owns the SS7 network unless the sale would
comply with Section 4.10 of this Indenture if made by the Company.
Section 4.20 Maintenance of Financial Condition.
The Company will not permit its Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of any of
the dates set forth in the table below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite
such dates in the table below for two consecutive quarterly periods unless the
Equity Investors purchase Equity Interests of the Ultimate Parent (other than
Disqualified Stock) for cash and the Ultimate Parent contributes the net
proceeds from such sale to the Company as common equity capital and the Company
applies the net proceeds therefrom to the repayment of Indebtedness such that
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the latter such date (calculated on a pro
forma basis as if such issuance of Equity Interests and the application of the
net proceeds therefrom had occurred on such date) would be below the amount set
forth in the table below opposite such date.
Consolidated
Fiscal Quarter Leverage Ratio
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March 31, 2002 5.00:1.00
June 30, 2002 5.00:1.00
September 30, 2002 5.00:1.00
December 31, 2002 5.00:1.00
March 31, 2003 4.75:1.00
June 30, 2003 4.75:1.00
September 30, 2003 4.75:1.00
December 31, 2003 4.75:1.00
March 31, 2004, and thereafter 4.25:1.00
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This covenant will cease to have any force and effect upon the
first to occur of (i) the first fiscal quarter end at which the Company's
Consolidated Leverage Ratio is below 3.00:1.00 or (ii) the date on which the
Equity Investors, in connection with this covenant, have purchased Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) from the Ultimate Parent for net cash
proceeds aggregating $25 million and the Ultimate Parent has contributed the net
proceeds from such sale to the Company as common equity capital. Should the net
proceeds from any single such issuance of Equity Interests be less than $25
million, then this covenant will continue to be in force and effect until such
time as the net cash proceeds of Equity Interests purchased by the Equity
Investors during all periods of non-compliance (or in contemplation of
non-compliance as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee, as set forth in Section 4.04(c)) total in the aggregate $25 million.
Section 4.21 PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.22 ADDITIONAL NOTE GUARANTEES.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates
another Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then that newly
acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and execute a
supplemental indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee within 20 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created,
except for Domestic Subsidiaries that have properly been designated as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture for so long as they
continue to constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The form of such Note
Guarantee is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS.
The Company may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge
with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving
corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions,
to another Person; unless:
(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b)
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition has been made is either (i) a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or (ii) is a
partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the
laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia
that has at least one Restricted Subsidiary that is a corporation
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia which corporation becomes a
co-issuer of the Notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture duly and
validly executed by the Trustee;
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(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made
assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default exists; and
(4) except in the case of a merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into a Guarantor and except in the case of the Merger,
either:
(a) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made will, on the date of such transaction
after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing
transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section
4.09; or
(b) on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma
effect thereto and any related financing transaction, as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period, the pro forma Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company
will exceed the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company
on such date.
In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 will not apply to a sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among
the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 5.02 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the
provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of
the Company's assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with
the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
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ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(1) the Company defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes whether or
not prohibited by the subordination provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment when due (at maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any,
on the Notes, whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions
of this Indenture;
(3) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
comply with the provisions of Section 4.10 or 4.15 hereof;
(4) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
observe or perform any other covenant, representation, warranty or other
agreement in this Indenture for 60 days after notice to the Company by
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class;
(5) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of
this Indenture, if that default:
(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal on such
Indebtedness at the Stated Maturity thereof (a "PAYMENT
DEFAULT"); or
(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$15.0 million or more;
(6) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money
are entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, which judgment or
judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days
after such judgment becomes final and non-appealable; PROVIDED that the
aggregate of all such undischarged judgments exceeds $15.0 million; and
(7) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of
Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case;
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case;
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(c) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property;
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
in an involuntary case;
(b) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary; or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days; or
(9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee
(other than a Note Guarantee issued by a Subsidiary that is not a
Significant Subsidiary) is held in any judicial proceeding to be
unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full
force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Note
Guarantee (other than a Guarantee issued by a Subsidiary that is not a
Significant Subsidiary);
(10) failure by the Parent or the Ultimate Parent to comply with
any of the provisions described above under Section 4.19;
(11) the Merger is not consummated on or prior to 5:00 p.m.
New
York time on the business day immediately succeeding the date hereof;
(12) failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions
described in Section 4.20, which default remains uncured for 120 days;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that should the Equity Investors have purchased
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Ultimate Parent
in connection with Section 4.20 for net cash proceeds aggregating $25
million during all periods of non-compliance (or in contemplation of
non-compliance as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee) and such proceeds have been contributed to the Company as
common equity capital, then the covenant will cease to be in force and
effect and any Default or Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured.
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Section 6.02 ACCELERATION.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of
Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company any Restricted Subsidiary that
is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due
and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due and payable immediately; PROVIDED, that so long as any Obligations pursuant
to the Credit Agreement shall be outstanding or the commitments thereunder shall
not have expired or been terminated, such acceleration will not be effective
until the earlier of (1) the acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the
Credit Agreement or (2) five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the
Credit Agent of written notice of such acceleration. Upon any such declaration,
the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders
rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default
(except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely
because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
If an Event of Default occurs on or after February 1, 2006 by reason of
any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the
Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company
would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the
extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to February 1,
2006 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on
redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then, upon acceleration of the
Notes, an additional premium shall also become and be immediately due and
payable in an amount, for each of the years beginning on February 1 of the years
set forth below, as set forth below (expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount of the Notes on the date of payment that would otherwise be due but for
the provisions of this sentence):
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2002................................................ 112.750%
2003................................................ 111.156%
2004................................................ 109.562%
2005................................................ 107.969%
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, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of
the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission
by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest
on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). Upon any such
waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 LIMITATION ON SUITS.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or
the Notes only if:
(1) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(3) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days
after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the
provision of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
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If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest remaining
unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful,
interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers
or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall
be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan
of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation,
expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and the costs and expenses of collection;
SECOND: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
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In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of
a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security
and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
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(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However,
in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and
duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
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If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders
of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it
occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of
principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note,
the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its
Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE NOTES.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following
the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the
Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described
in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the 12 months preceding the reporting
date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA
Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as
required by TIA Section 313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with
the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with
TIA Section 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes
are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly
upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or
made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will
include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's
agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against
any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this
Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against
the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending
itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors or any
Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any
such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it
may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not
relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The
Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim, and the Trustee will cooperate
in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Company will pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any
Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section
7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(d) To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
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(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents
and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2)
to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from
the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the
Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a
Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession
to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it
as Trustee to the successor Trustee, PROVIDED all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07
hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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Section 7.09 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation,
the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million
as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements
of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA Section
310(b).
Section 7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a
resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "LEGAL DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose,
Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be
"outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have
satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and
this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive
payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due
from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
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(2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations in
connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its
option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors will, subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released
from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07,
4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.21 and 4.22
hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding
Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are
satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"), and the Notes will thereafter be
deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed "outstanding" for
all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be
deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note
Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In
addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(5)
hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on
the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption
date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes
are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:
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(A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) 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 of the outstanding
Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders
of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of
Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such
deposit);
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors
of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others; and
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.05 DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04
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hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any
such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of
the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee
will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the
Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided
in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required
to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or
Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request
or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, will thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The
New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days
from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States
dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's and the Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or
Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement
of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders
of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
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Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Note
Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to
the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to
Article 5 hereof;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights
or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely
affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance
with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof;
or
(7) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture
and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board
of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the
Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) then
outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase
of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing
Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture,
the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board
of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will
join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture
unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this
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Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes
effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of
each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not
(with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any
Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the
redemption of the Notes except as provided above with respect to
Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof;
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on
the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from
such acceleration);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating
to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive
payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages,
if any, on the Notes;
(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other
than a payment required by one of the covenants described in Sections
4.10 or 4.15);
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its
Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture; or
(9) make any change in the amendment and waiver provisions in
clauses (1) through (8) of this Section 9.02.
Section 9.03 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set
forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then
in effect.
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Section 9.04 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to
it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee
will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully
protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section
13.04 hereof, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes 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 Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.
Section 10.02 LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, in
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Company's
assets and liabilities:
(1) holders of Senior Debt will be entitled to receive payment in
full of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Debt (including
interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy
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proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt) before
the Holders of Notes will be entitled to receive any payment or
distribution with respect to the Notes (except that Holders of Notes may
receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from
any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof); and
(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as
provided in clause (1) above) are paid in full, any distribution to
which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 will be made to
holders of Senior Debt (except that Holders of Notes may receive and
retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance
trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof), as their interests may
appear.
Section 10.03 DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.
(a) The Company may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee
or any Holder in respect of Obligations with respect to the Notes and may not
acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any Notes for cash or property (other
than Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust
created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof) until all principal and other
Obligations with respect to the Senior Debt have been paid in full if:
(1) payment default on Senior Debt occurs; or
(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of
Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of that series of Designated
Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice
of such default (a "PAYMENT BLOCKAGE NOTICE") from the Company or the
holders of any Designated Senior Debt. If the Trustee receives any such
Payment Blockage Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice will be
effective for purposes of this Section unless and until (A) at least 360
days have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior
Payment Blockage Notice and (B) all scheduled payments of principal,
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the Notes that
have come due have been paid in full in cash.
No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of
delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee may be, or may be made,
the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default has have
been waived for a period of not less than 90 days.
(b) The Company may and will resume payments on and distributions in
respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the earlier of:
(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date upon which
such default is cured or waived, or
(2) in the case of a nonpayment default, upon the earliest of (a)
the date on which such nonpayment default is cured or waived, (b) 179
days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is
received, and (c) the Trustee receives notice from the Representative
for such Designated Senior Debt rescinding the Payment Blockage Notice,
unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated,
if this Article 10 otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition at
the time of such payment or acquisition.
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No new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered unless and until 365
days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Payment Blockage
Notice.
Section 10.04 ACCELERATION OF NOTES.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default,
the Company will promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration.
Section 10.05 WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes (other than Permitted Junior Securities
and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01
hereof) at a time when a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Holder, as
applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Section
10.04 hereof, such payment will be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust
for the benefit of, and will be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written
request, to, the holders of Senior Debt as their interests may appear or their
Representative under the agreement, indenture or other document (if any)
pursuant to which Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Obligations with
respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such
Obligations in full in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform only those obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically
set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or obligations with
respect to the holders of Senior Debt will be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee. The Trustee will not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Debt, and will not be liable to any such holders if the
Trustee pays over or distributes to or on behalf of Holders or the Company or
any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt are then
entitled by virtue of this Article 10, except if such payment is made as a
result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.
Section 10.06 NOTICE BY COMPANY.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any
facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with
respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10, but failure to give such notice
will not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Debt as provided in
this Article 10.
Section 10.07 SUBROGATION.
After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in
full, Holders of Notes will be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other
Indebtedness PARI PASSU with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt
to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that
distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the
payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article 10 to holders of
Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as
between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08 RELATIVE RIGHTS.
This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture will:
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(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal of, premium and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors
of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior
Debt; or
(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising
its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to
the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions
and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay principal of,
premium or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on a Note on the due date,
the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.
Section 10.09 SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY COMPANY.
No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes may be impaired by any act or failure to
act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder
to comply with 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 Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes will be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any
certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes
for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt 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.
Section 10.11 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other provision
of this Indenture, the Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue
to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee has received at its Corporate
Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment
written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with
respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10. Only the Company or a
Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 will impair the
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights.
Section 10.12 AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, authorizes and
directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
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subordination as provided in this Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as
such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee
does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in
any proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the
expiration of the time to file such claim, the Representatives are hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the
Notes.
Section 10.13 AMENDMENTS.
The provisions of this Article 10 may not be amended or modified without
the written consent of the holders of all Senior Debt.
ARTICLE 11.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 11.01. GUARANTEE.
(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and
all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all
in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid
in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance
so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full
force and effect.
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(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for
the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 11.02. SUBORDINATION OF NOTE GUARANTEE.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee pursuant to
this Article 11 will be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of such
Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior
Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and
the Holders will have the right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the
Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in
respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 10 hereof.
Section 11.03. LIMITATION ON GUARANTOR LIABILITY.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such
laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF NOTE GUARANTEE.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit E hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such
Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this
Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid
nevertheless.
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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth
in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any Domestic
Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.24 hereof,
the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of
Section 4.24 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.05. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06, no Guarantor may sell or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate
with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(2) either:
(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor
under the Registration Rights Agreement and, pursuant to a supplemental
indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
under the Notes, this Indenture and the Note Guarantee on the terms set
forth herein or therein; and
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are
applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note
Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor,
such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with
the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding
clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06. RELEASE OF GUARANTEES.
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The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
(1) in the event of any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all to the
Capital Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary
of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other
disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the
capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the
property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and
relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; PROVIDED that the
Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without
limitation Section 4.10 hereof;
(2) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.18;
or
(3) in connection with the sale, disposition or transfer of all
of the assets of a Guarantor to another Guarantor or the Company.
Additionally, the Guarantee of the Ultimate Parent and the Parent will
be released (i) following a sale of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary
that owns the Company's SS7 network in a transaction that complies with Section
4.10, if the Net Proceeds from such sale are contributed by the Ultimate Parent
to the Parent as common equity or as a capital contribution and by the Parent to
the Company (plus any other consideration received in such sale net of estimated
taxes in respect of such sale) as common equity capital or as a capital
contribution in accordance with the terms of the Equity Contribution Agreement
or (ii) if the Ultimate Parent contributes to the Parent as common equity or as
a capital contribution , and the Parent in turn contributes to the Company as
common equity or as a capital contribution, all of its Equity Interests in the
Subsidiary that owns the Company's SS7 network.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was
made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee will execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any applicable
Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee
will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes
and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided
in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect
as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been
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deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of
a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable
within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment
of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes
not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity
or redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit
and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or
any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is
bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid
all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the
payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may
be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if
money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 will
survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge
those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money
has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Company's and any Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 12.01; PROVIDED that if the Company has made any payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 13.02 NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee
to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
TSI Merger Sub, Inc.
000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Jr.
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
Aon Center
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of
New York
c/o BNY Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000/3
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will
be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged,
if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier,
if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed
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to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the
TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail
a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 13.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 312(c).
Section 13.04 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth
in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth
in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 13.05 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 314(e) and must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 13.06 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 13.07 NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
STOCKHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator,
stockholder, member or managing member of the Company or any Guarantor, as such,
will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors
under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on,
in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder
of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver
may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 13.08 GOVERNING LAW.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 13.10 SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its
successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its
successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05.
Section 13.11 SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.12 COUNTERPART ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 13.13 TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no
way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of February 14, 2002
TSI MERGER SUB, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
TSI TELECOMMUNICATION HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
TSI TELECOMMUNICATION HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
TSI NETWORKS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
TSI FINANCE INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Agent
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