EXHIBIT 4.3
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NALCO COMPANY,
as Issuer
and the Guarantors named herein
U.S. Dollar-denominated 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011
Euro-denominated 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011
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INDENTURE
Dated as of November 4, 2003
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions..............................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.......................................................................33
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.......................................34
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction...................................................................35
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series................................................36
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating.........................................................................37
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication............................................................38
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent..............................................................39
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.....................................................39
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists............................................................................40
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange...................................................................40
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities..................................................................41
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities..................................................................41
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities....................................................................42
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation............................................................................42
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest......................................................................42
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc...............................................................42
SECTION 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities...........................................43
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Redemption..............................................................................43
SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Article................................................................43
SECTION 3.03. Notices to Trustee......................................................................43
SECTION 3.04. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed..................................................44
SECTION 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption...........................................................44
SECTION 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption..........................................................45
SECTION 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price.............................................................45
SECTION 3.08. Securities Redeemed in Part.............................................................46
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities...................................................................46
SECTION 4.02. Reports and Other Information...........................................................46
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified
Stock and Preferred Stock...........................................................48
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments.......................................................53
SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries..........................60
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales.............................................................................61
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates............................................................64
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control.......................................................................66
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate..................................................................68
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts............................................................68
SECTION 4.11. Future Guarantors.......................................................................69
SECTION 4.12. Liens...................................................................................69
SECTION 4.13. Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................................................69
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets...............................................70
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.......................................................................72
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration............................................................................74
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies..........................................................................75
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................................75
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.....................................................................75
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.....................................................................76
SECTION 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment................................................76
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee..............................................................76
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................76
SECTION 6.10. Priorities..............................................................................77
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs...................................................................77
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws........................................................77
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.......................................................................78
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.......................................................................79
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee............................................................80
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer....................................................................80
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults......................................................................80
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders.......................................................80
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity..............................................................80
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee..................................................................81
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger.............................................................82
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification...........................................................83
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......................................83
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance........................................83
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance................................................................84
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money..............................................................86
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company....................................................................86
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations....................................................86
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement...........................................................................86
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders..........................................................87
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of the Holders.............................................................87
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.....................................................88
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers...........................................88
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities...................................................89
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments..............................................................89
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent.....................................................................89
SECTION 9.08. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount................................90
ARTICLE 10
SENIOR GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01. Senior Guarantees.......................................................................90
SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Liability.................................................................92
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SECTION 10.03. Successors and Assigns..................................................................93
SECTION 10.04. No Waiver...............................................................................93
SECTION 10.05. Modification............................................................................93
SECTION 10.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors...............................93
SECTION 10.07. Non-Impairment..........................................................................94
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls............................................................94
SECTION 11.02. Notices.................................................................................94
SECTION 11.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders.........................................95
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent......................................95
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...........................................95
SECTION 11.06. When Securities Disregarded.............................................................96
SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar............................................96
SECTION 11.08. Legal Holidays..........................................................................96
SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW...........................................................................96
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others..............................................................96
SECTION 11.11. Successors..............................................................................96
SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals......................................................................96
SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents; Headings.............................................................96
SECTION 11.14. Indenture Controls......................................................................97
SECTION 11.15. Severability............................................................................97
SECTION 11.16. Currency of Account; Conversion of Currency; Foreign Exchange
Restrictions........................................................................97
Appendix A - Provisions Relating to Initial Securities, Additional Securities and Exchange
Securities
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit A - Initial Dollar Security
Exhibit B - Initial Euro Security
Exhibit C - Exchange Dollar Security
Exhibit D - Exchange Euro Security
Exhibit E - Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit F - Form of Supplemental Indenture
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310 (a)(1)...................................................... 7.10
(a)(2)...................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)...................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)...................................................... N.A.
(b)......................................................... 7.08; 7.10
(c)......................................................... N.A.
311 (a)......................................................... 7.11
(b)......................................................... 7.11
(c)......................................................... N.A.
312 (a)......................................................... 2.06
(b)......................................................... 11.03
(c)......................................................... 11.03
313 (a)......................................................... 7.06
(b)(1)...................................................... N.A.
(b)(2)...................................................... 7.06
(c)......................................................... 7.06
(d)......................................................... 4.02; 4.09
314 (a)......................................................... 4.02; 4.09
(b)......................................................... N.A.
(c)(1)...................................................... 11.04
(c)(2)...................................................... 11.04
(c)(3)...................................................... N.A.
(d)......................................................... N.A.
(e)......................................................... 11.05
(f)......................................................... 4.10
315 (a)......................................................... 7.01
(b)......................................................... 7.05
(c)......................................................... 7.01
(d)......................................................... 7.01
(e)......................................................... 6.11
316 (a) (last sentence)......................................... 11.06
(a)(1)(A)................................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)................................................... 6.04
(a)(2)...................................................... N.A.
(b)......................................................... 6.07
317 (a)(1)...................................................... 6.08
(a)(2)...................................................... 6.09
(b)......................................................... 2.05
318 (a)......................................................... 11.01
N.A. Means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to
be part of this Indenture.
INDENTURE dated as of November 4, 2003 among NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) $665,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company's 7 3/4% Senior Notes due November 15, 2011 (the
"Original Dollar Securities") and (euro)200,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Company's 7 3/4 % Senior Notes due November 15, 2011 (the "Original Euro
Securities" and together with the Original Dollar Securities, the "Original
Securities") issued on the date hereof, (b) any Additional Securities (as
defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof in the form of Exhibit
A (the "Initial Dollar Securities") or Exhibit B (the "Initial Euro Securities")
(all such securities in clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as
the "Initial Securities") and (c) if and when issued as provided in the
Registration Agreement (as defined in Appendix A hereto (the "Appendix")) or
otherwise registered under the Securities Act (as defined in the Appendix) and
issued, the Company's U.S. Dollar 7 3/4% Senior Notes due November 15, 2011 (the
"Exchange Dollar Securities") and the Company's Euro 7 3/4 % Senior Notes due
November 15, 2011 (the "Exchange Euro Securities" and together with the Exchange
Dollar Securities, the "Exchange Securities" and, together with the Initial
Securities, the "Securities") issued in the Registered Exchange Offer (as
defined in the Appendix) in exchange for any Initial Securities or otherwise
registered under the Securities Act and issued in the form of Exhibit C or D.
Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein,
the Company may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional
Securities.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"Acquired Indebtedness" 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 Restricted Subsidiary
of such specified Person, and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person,
in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in
contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit
support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by such Person, or such asset was acquired
by such Person, as applicable.
"Acquisition" means the acquisition by Holdings of all of the
outstanding capital stock of Ondeo Nalco Company and certain subsidiaries of
Nalco International S.A.S., comprising all or substantially all of the assets
relating to its water treatment and specialty process chemicals systems
business.
"Acquisition Documents" means the Stock Purchase Agreement and any
other document entered into in connection therewith, in each case as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time.
"Additional Dollar Securities" means U.S.-Dollar-denominated 7 3/4%
Senior Notes due 2011 issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the
Issue Date.
"Additional Euro Securities" means euro-denominated 7 3/4% Senior Notes
due 2011 issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.
"Additional Securities" means Additional Dollar Securities and
Additional Euro Securities.
"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"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
"Applicable Currency Equivalent" means, with respect to any monetary
amount in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, in the case of the Dollar
Securities, or Euros, in the case of the Euro Securities, at any time for the
determination thereof, the amount of U.S. Dollars or Euros, as applicable,
obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into
U.S. Dollars or Euros, as applicable, at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S.
Dollars or Euros, as applicable, with the applicable foreign currency as quoted
by Reuters at approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York time) on the date not more than
two Business Days prior to such determination.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Security on any
applicable redemption date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Security; and
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the
redemption price of the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, as
applicable at November 15, 2007 as set forth in Paragraph 5 of the
applicable Security plus (ii) all required interest payments due on
such Security through November 15, 2007 (excluding accrued but unpaid
interest), computed using a discount rate
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equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis
points; over
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Security.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
(whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions)
of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback
Transaction) of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings (each
referred to in this definition as a "disposition") or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions),
in each case other than:
(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities or obsolete or worn out equipment in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any
disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity
Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary with an aggregate Fair Market
Value of less than $10 million;
(e) any disposition of property or assets by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings to Holdings or by Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings to a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings;
(f) any exchange of assets for assets related to a Similar
Business of comparable market value, as determined in good faith by the
Company, which in the event of an exchange of assets with a Fair Market
Value in excess of (1) $10 million shall be evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate, and (2) $20 million shall be set forth in a resolution
approved in good faith by at least a majority of the Board of Directors
of the Company;
(g) sales of assets received by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries upon the foreclosure on a Lien;
(h) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other
securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(i) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(j) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal
property in the ordinary course of business;
(k) a sale of accounts receivable and related assets of the
type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" to a
Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing or in
factoring or similar transactions; and
(l) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the
type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" (or a
fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a
Qualified Receivables Financing.
"Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or in
respect of the Credit Agreement, the other Senior Credit Documents as amended,
restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded,
refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination
of the Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim
for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges,
expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable
thereunder or in respect thereof.
"Board of Directors" means as to any Person, the board of directors or
managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership,
the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such
Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New
York City, London or Luxembourg.
"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.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease
that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a
liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance
with GAAP.
"Cash Contribution Amount" means the aggregate amount of cash
contributions made to the capital of the Company or any Guarantor described in
the definition of "Contribution Indebtedness."
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1) U.S. Dollars, pounds sterling, euros, or, in the case of
any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local
currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of
business;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof in each case with maturities not exceeding two
years from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers' acceptances, in each case with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million
and whose long-term debt is rated "A" or the equivalent thereof by
Xxxxx'x or S&P;
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the
types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(3) above;
(5) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) rated at least "A-1" or the equivalent
thereof by Xxxxx'x or S&P and in each case maturing within one year
after the date of acquisition;
(6) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above;
(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof
having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either
Xxxxx'x or S&P in each case with maturities not exceeding two years
from the date of acquisition; and
(8) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsors or
any of their Affiliates) with a rating of "A" or higher from S&P or
"A-2" or higher from Xxxxx'x in each case with maturities not exceeding
two years from the date of acquisition.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
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(i) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the
Permitted Holders; or
(ii) Holdings becomes aware (by way of a report or any other
filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote,
written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting
for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other
than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a
related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or
other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor
provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of
Holdings; or
(iii) individuals who on the Issue Date constituted the Board
of Directors of the Company or Holdings (together with any new
directors whose election by such Board of Directors of the Company or
Holdings or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the
Company or Holdings, as the case may be, was approved by (a) a vote of
a majority of the directors of the Company or of Holdings, as the case
may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue
Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved or (b) the Permitted Holders) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or
Holdings then in office.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means the party named as such in the Preamble to this
Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor
and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA,
each other obligor on the Securities.
"consolidated" means, with respect to any Person, such Person
consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be accounted for as an Investment.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization
of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of
deferred financing fees, expensing of any bridge or other financing
fees and the non-
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cash portion of interest expense resulting from the reduction in the
carrying value under purchase accounting of the Company's outstanding 6
1/4% Notes due 2008);
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;
(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable
to Persons other than Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(4) less interest income for such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
(1) any net after-tax extraordinary or nonrecurring gains or
losses or income or expenses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto), including, without limitation, any severance expenses,
transition expenses incurred as a direct result of the transition of
the Company to an independent operating company in connection with the
Transactions and fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity
Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted
to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or not
successful), including any such fees, expenses, charges or change in
control payments related to the Transactions, in each case, shall be
excluded; provided that with respect to each nonrecurring item, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying and quantifying such item and stating that such item is a
nonrecurring item;
(2) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any
one-time non-cash charges (such as purchased in-process research and
development or capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory) resulting
from purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any
acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date shall be excluded;
(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such
period;
(4) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued
operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of
discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business
dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of
business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company) shall be excluded;
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(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early
extinguishment of indebtedness shall be excluded;
(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a
Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included
only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other
payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such
period;
(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available
for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(3)(A), the Net Income for
such period of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at
the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental
approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by
the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless
such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar
distributions have been legally waived; provided that the net loss of
any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included;
(9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually
made to the holders of Capital Stock of such Person or any parent
company of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with
Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been
paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period;
(10) any non-cash impairment charges resulting from the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142
shall be excluded;
(11) any non-cash compensation expense realized from grants of
stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights to
officers, directors and employees of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded;
(12) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve
months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established
in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
(13) solely for purposes of calculating EBITDA, (a) the Net
Income of any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be
calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the
losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties
in any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of
dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior
period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary
held by such third parties and (b) any
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ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash
and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause
(7) above shall be included; and
(14) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of "straight-line" rent
expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of "straight-line"
rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent
expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and
expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 shall be excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only,
there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments
of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries
of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings to the extent such dividends,
repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted
under Sections 4.04(a)(3)(D) and (E).
"Consolidated Non-cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined
in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any such charge which consists of or
requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any
future period.
"Consolidated Taxes" means provision for taxes based on income, profits
or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes
(such as the Texas franchise tax and the Michigan Single Business Tax) and any
Tax Distributions taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
"Contingent Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness ("primary obligations") of any
other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person,
whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation; or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for
the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof.
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"Contribution Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate
amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the
capital of the Company or such Guarantor after the Issue Date; provided that:
(1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution
Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contributions to the
capital of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, the amount in
excess shall be Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) with a
Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity of the Securities, and
(2) such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is Incurred within 180
days after the making of such cash contributions and (b) is so
designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate on the Incurrence date thereof.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement entered into in
connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, as
amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon
termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured,
repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including
any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing,
replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness
under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor
or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing
the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, among
the Company, Holdings, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the financial
institutions named therein, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" means the Fair Market Value of
non-cash consideration received by Holdings or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as
Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received
in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock of the Company,
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company, as
applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than
to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or
trust established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated
as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, on the
issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in Section 4.04(a)(3).
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"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any
Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of
control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change
of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any
material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the asset sale
and change of control provisions applicable to the Securities and any
purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until
compliance with the asset sale and change of control provisions
applicable to the Securities (including the purchase of any Securities
tendered pursuant thereto)),
(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock, or
(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole
or in part,
in each case prior to 91 days after the maturity date of the Securities;
provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be
Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is
issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings
or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock
shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be
repurchased by Holdings in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory
obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death or disability;
provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its
terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery
of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be
Disqualified Stock.
"Dollar Securities" means the Original Dollar Securities, the Exchange
Dollar Securities and the Additional Dollar Securities, if any.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Foreign Subsidiary.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without
duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net
Income:
(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus
(3) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
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(4) business optimization expenses and other restructuring
charges; provided that with respect to each business optimization
expense or other restructuring charge, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying and quantifying such
expense or charge and stating that such expense or charge is a business
optimization expense or other restructuring charge, as the case may be;
plus
(5) the amount of any profit sharing expense to the extent a
corresponding amount is received in cash by the Company under the
Reimbursement Agreement (it being understood that if the amounts
received in cash under the Reimbursement Agreement in any period exceed
the amount of profit sharing expense in respect of such period, such
excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against
profit sharing expense in future periods); plus
(6) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and
advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsors (or any
accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such
period; provided that such amount shall not exceed in any four-quarter
period the greater of (x) $10 million and (y) 2% of EBITDA (assuming
for purposes of this clause (y) that the amount to be added to
Consolidated Net Income under this clause (6) is $10 million) of
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
less, without duplication,
(7) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual
of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period).
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Offering" means any public or private sale after the Issue Date
of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company, Holdings or any direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company, as applicable (other than
Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to Holdings', the Company's
or such direct or indirect parent company's common stock registered on
Form S-8; and
(2) any such public or private sale that constitutes an
Excluded Contribution.
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"EU Government Obligations" means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of any member state of the European
Union (as it exists on the Issue Date) or issued by any agency or
instrumentality thereof for the timely payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of any member state of the
European Union (as it exists on the Issue Date) the timely payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by such member state of the European Union,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to
any such EU Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such EU Government Obligations held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the EU Government Obligations or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the EU Government Obligations evidenced
by such depository receipt.
"Euro Securities" means the Original Euro Securities, the Exchange Euro
Securities and the Additional Euro Securities, if any.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means the registration
statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.
"Excluded Contributions" means the net cash proceeds received by
Holdings after the Issue Date from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Holdings or
pursuant to any Holdings or Subsidiary management equity plan or stock
option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or
agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and
Designated Preferred Stock) of Holdings,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set
forth in Section 4.04(a)(3).
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the
price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction, for
cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is
under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
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"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges
of such Person for such period. In the event that Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the
case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any Qualified
Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based
upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable
period) or issues or redeems Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of
the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but
prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
is made (the "Calculation Date"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or redemption of
Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Preferred Stock, as if the same
had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an
operating unit of a business, that Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has both determined to make and made after the Issue Date and
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period
and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be
calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in
EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that
subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings
or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made
any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued
operation, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that
would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for
such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued
operation, merger or consolidation had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be
given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma
effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such
Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12
months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at
an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting
officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized
Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation
referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit
facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average
daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on
Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a
factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency
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interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon
the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen
as the Company may designate. Any such pro forma calculation may include
adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Company as set
forth in an Officers' Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions
and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from
any acquisition or merger (including, to the extent applicable, from the
Transactions) and (2) all adjustments used in connection with the calculation of
"Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA" as set forth in footnote (h) to the "Notes to
Unaudited Pro Forma Statements of Operations" under "Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Information" in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such
adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter
period.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such
period, and
(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Flow Through Entity" means an entity that is treated as a partnership
not taxable as a corporation, a grantor trust or a disregarded entity for U.S.
federal income tax purposes or subject to treatment on a comparable basis for
purposes of state, local or foreign tax law.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or
territory thereof and any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Restricted
Subsidiary.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date.
"Government Obligations" means, in the case of the Dollar Securities,
U.S. Government Obligations and, in the case of the Euro Securities, EU
Government Obligations.
"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, letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness or other obligations.
"Guarantor" means any Person that Incurs a Senior Guarantee;
provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Senior
Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a
Guarantor.
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"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap
agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap
agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar
agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or
commodity prices.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrar's books.
"Holdings" means Nalco Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and,
for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each
other obligor on the Senior Guarantee of Holdings.
"Incur" means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become
liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger,
consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such
Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person:
(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of
such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed
money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments
or letters of credit or bankers' acceptances (or, without duplication,
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the
deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property, except any such
balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a
trade creditor due within six months from the date on which it is
Incurred, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business,
which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of
placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto,
(d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing
any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing
indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations)
would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes
thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of
such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary
course of business);
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of
another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person
(whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided,
however, that the amount of such
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Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such
asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such
Indebtedness of such other Person; and
(4) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding
(i.e., advanced, and received by, and available for use by, Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing (as
set forth in the books and records of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative
of the institution or group providing such Receivables Financing);
provided that Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
shall be deemed not to constitute Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in a Similar Business,
in each case of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith
determination of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has
been engaged.
"Investment Grade Securities" means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(other than Cash Equivalents) and in each case with maturities not
exceeding two years from the date of acquisition,
(2) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in
investments of the type described in clause (1) which fund may also
hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution,
and
(3) corresponding instruments in countries other than the
United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in
each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of
acquisition.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by
such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans
(including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts
receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and
similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary
course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person
and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet
of Holdings in the same manner as the other investments included in this
definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other
property. For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" and
Section 4.04:
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(1) "Investments" shall include the portion (proportionate to
Holdings' equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value
of the net assets of a Subsidiary of Holdings at the time that such
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, Holdings shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
"Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if
positive) equal to:
(a) Holdings' "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the
time of such redesignation less
(b) the portion (proportionate to Holdings' equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the
net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such
transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
"Issue Date" means November 4, 2003, the date on which the Original
Securities are issued.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction);
provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a
Lien.
"Management Group" means the group consisting of the directors,
executive officers and other management personnel of the Company and Holdings or
any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or Holdings, as the case
may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by
such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of
the Company or Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company
or Holdings, as the case may be, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a
majority of the directors of the Company or Holdings or any direct or indirect
parent company of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, as applicable,
then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose
election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and
other management personnel of the Company or Holdings or any direct or indirect
parent company of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, as applicable,
hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors
so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Company or Holdings
or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or Holdings, as the case
may be, as applicable.
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"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss)
of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Holdings
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other
disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale
and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant
to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received,
but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to
the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form),
net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition
of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions),
and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable
as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required
to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on
Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as
a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be
provided by Holdings as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by Holdings after such sale or other disposition thereof, including,
without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and
liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptances), damages
and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Securities shall not
include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties
other than the Holders of the Securities.
"Offering Memorandum" means the offering memorandum relating to the
offering of the Original Securities dated October 29, 2003.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice
President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements set
forth in this Indenture.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company or the Trustee.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means:
(1) with respect to the Company, the Securities and any
Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the
Securities; and
(2) with respect to any Guarantor, its Senior Guarantee and
any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such
Guarantor's Senior Guarantee.
"Permitted Holders" means, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsors and
(ii) the Management Group if at such time the Management Group owns not more
than 10% of the then outstanding total voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or
Holdings. Any person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership
constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is
made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter,
together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
"Permitted Investment" means:
(1) any Investment in Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities;
(3) any Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings in a Person that is primarily engaged in a Similar Business if
as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a
series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated
with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its
assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary
of Holdings;
(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not
constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset
Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other
disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date;
(6) advances to employees not in excess of $25 million
outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;
(7) any Investment acquired by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment or
accounts receivable held by Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary
in connection with or as a result of a
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bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer
of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of
a foreclosure by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with
respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with
respect to any secured Investment in default;
(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);
(9) any Investment by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in a Similar Business (other than an Investment in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9),
not to exceed 3% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with
the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time
made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9)
is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings
at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings after such date, such Investment
shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1)
above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for
so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) additional Investments by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10),
not to exceed 3% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with
the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time
made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees
for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar
expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity
Interests of the Company, Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) or
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company, as
applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not
increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section
4.04(a)(3);
(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an
Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses
(ii), (vi), (vii) and (xi) of such Section);
(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution
of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with
other Persons;
(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and
4.11;
(16) any Investment by Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings in
other Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings and Investments by
Subsidiaries that are not
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Restricted Subsidiaries in other Subsidiaries that are not Restricted
Subsidiaries of Holdings;
(17) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of
inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract
rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in
the ordinary course of business;
(18) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any
Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including
Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the
arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any
related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a
Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note,
contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;
(19) Investments resulting from the receipt of non-cash
consideration in an Asset Sale received in compliance with Section
4.06; and
(20) additional Investments in joint ventures of Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $25 million.
"Permitted Liens" means with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen's
compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation,
or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts
(other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds
to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or
deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the
payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's
and mechanics' Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens
arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to
which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other
proceedings for review;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds
or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or
letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account
of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
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(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or
reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such
Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in
connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate
materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) (A) Liens securing an aggregate principal amount of Pari
Passu Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement not to exceed the greater
of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be
Incurred pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.03(b) and (y) the maximum
principal amount of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement that, as of
such date, and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom on such
date, would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of
Holdings to exceed 2.75 to 1.00 and (B) Liens securing Indebtedness
permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (iv), (xii) or (xx)
(provided that in the case of clause (xx), such Lien does not extend to
the property or assets of any Subsidiary of Holdings other than a
Foreign Subsidiary) of Section 4.03(b);
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary;
provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other
property owned by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings;
(9) Liens on property at the time Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings acquired the property, including any acquisition
by means of a merger or consolidation with or into Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings; provided, however, that such Liens
are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not
extend to any other property owned by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings;
(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to Holdings or another Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings permitted to be Incurred in accordance with
Section 4.03;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related
Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured
by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;
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(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and
proceeds of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of
bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person
to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
other goods;
(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by Holdings
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of the Company or any Guarantor;
(16) Liens on equipment of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to Holdings'
client at which such equipment is located;
(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the
type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" Incurred in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(18) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension,
renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings,
extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any
Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses
(6)(B), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided, however, that (x)
such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that
secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y)
the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to
any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount
or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under
clauses (6)(B), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the
original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an
amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums,
related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement; and
(19) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business which obligations do not exceed $25 million at any
one time outstanding.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity.
"Preferred Stock" means any Equity Interest with preferential right of
payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
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"Presumed Tax Rate" means the highest effective marginal statutory
combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an
individual residing in New York City (taking into account (i) the deductibility
of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, assuming
the limitation of Section 68(a)(2) of the Code applies and taking into account
any impact of Section 68(f) of the Code, and (ii) the character (long-term or
short-term capital gain, dividend income or other ordinary income) of the
applicable income).
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables
Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from Holdings
or any Subsidiary of Holdings to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a
Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion
of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.
"Qualified Receivables Financing" means any Receivables Financing of a
Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
(1) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have
determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing
(including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other
provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the
Company and the Receivables Subsidiary,
(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the
Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in
good faith by the Company), and
(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and
other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good
faith by the Company) and may include Standard Securitization
Undertakings.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of Holdings
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to
secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
"Receivables Financing" means any transaction or series of transactions
that may be entered into by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer
to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries), and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a
Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts
receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation,
all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all
guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds
of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred
or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection
with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and
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any Hedging Obligations entered into by Holdings or any such Subsidiary in
connection with such accounts receivable.
"Receivables Repurchase Obligation" means any obligation of a seller of
receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables
arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or
otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming
subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as
a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other
event relating to the seller.
"Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified
Receivables Financing with Holdings in which Holdings or any Subsidiary of
Holdings makes an Investment and to which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings
transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities
other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or
other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or
activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by
the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables
Subsidiary and:
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings or any
other Subsidiary of Holdings (excluding guarantees of obligations
(other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant
to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or
obligates Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings in any way other
than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii)
subjects any property or asset of Holdings or any other Subsidiary of
Holdings, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the
satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings,
(b) with which neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of
Holdings has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or
understanding other than on terms which Holdings reasonably believes to
be no less favorable to Holdings or such Subsidiary than those that
might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of
Holdings, and
(c) to which neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of
Holdings has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's
financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of
operating results.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such
designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing conditions.
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"Reimbursement Agreement" means that certain reimbursement agreement
between the Company and Suez S.A. ("Suez"), dated as of the Issue Date providing
for the reimbursement by Suez of all contributions required to be made by the
Company to the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan pursuant to the Contribution
Agreement between the Company and Northern Trust Company, dated as of November
2, 1999, as amended.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any
Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person.
Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted
Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings, including the
Company.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property
now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than
leases between Holdings and a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings or between
Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
"Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio" means, with respect to any
Person, at any date the ratio of (1) Secured Indebtedness of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Secured Indebtedness secured by Liens
permitted under clauses (6)(B), (10), (15) and (17) of the definition of
"Permitted Liens") as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP) to (2) EBITDA of such Person for the four full
fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available
immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is
Incurred. In the event that Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
Incurs or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period
for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior
to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage
Ratio is made (the "Secured Leverage Calculation Date"), then the Secured
Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such
Incurrence or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an
operating unit of a business, that Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has both determined to make and made after the Issue Date and
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period
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and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date
shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of
the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any
Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or
into Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period
shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation
or discontinued operation, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a
business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then
the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma
effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition,
discontinued operation, merger or consolidation had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be
given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any such pro
forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable
determination of the Company as set forth in an Officers' Certificate, to
reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or
synergies reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or merger
(including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (2) all
adjustments used in connection with the calculation of "Pro Forma Adjusted
EBITDA" as set forth in footnote (h) to the "Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma
Statements of Operations" under "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information" in
the Offering Memorandum, to the extent such adjustments, without duplication,
continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
"Securities" means the securities issued under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Senior Credit Documents" means the collective reference to the Credit
Agreement, the notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the
collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Senior Guarantee" means any guarantee of the obligations of the
Company under this Indenture and the Securities by any Person in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" means the $465,000,000 aggregate principal
of 8?% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and the (euro)200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 9% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 issued by the Company
concurrently with the issuance of the Original Securities on the Issue Date.
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"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be
a "Significant Subsidiary" of Holdings within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under
Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"Similar Business" means a business, the majority of whose revenues are
derived from the water treatment and specialty process chemicals systems, or the
activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any
business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable
extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
"Sponsors" means (1) one or more investment funds controlled by The
Blackstone Group, (2) one or more investment funds controlled by Apollo
Management, L.P. and (3) one or more investment funds controlled by The Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Group, Inc. and, in each case, their respective Affiliates (not including,
however, any portfolio companies of any of the Sponsors).
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations,
warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by
Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings which Holdings has determined in good
faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation,
those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it
being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to
be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of
principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any
mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the
repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the
happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such
contingency has occurred).
"Stock Purchase Agreement" means the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as
of August 31, 2003, among Blackstone/Neptune Acquisition Company L.L.C., Xxx
Holding Company and Nalco International S.A.S., as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means (a) with respect to the Company, any
Indebtedness, including the Senior Subordinated Notes, of the Company which is
by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, and (b) with
respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its
terms subordinated in right of payment to its Senior Guarantee, including the
guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (1) any corporation,
association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or
limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof
is at the time of determination owned or controlled,
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directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture
or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts,
distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited
partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general,
special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or
any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or
otherwise controls such entity.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that
is a Guarantor.
"Tax Distributions" means any distributions described in Section
4.04(b)(xii).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.
"Total Assets" means the total consolidated assets of Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings.
"Transactions" means the Acquisition and the transactions related
thereto, the issuance of the Securities, the concurrent offering of Senior
Subordinated Notes and borrowings made pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
"Treasury Rate" means (i) with respect to the Dollar Securities, as of
the applicable redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date
of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and
published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that
has become publicly available at least two business days prior to such
redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any
publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from such redemption date to November 15, 2007; provided, however, that
if the period from such redemption date to November 15, 2007 is less than one
year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used and (ii)
with respect to the Euro Securities, the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of direct obligations of the Federal Republic of Germany with a
constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from the applicable redemption
date of such Euro Securities to November 15, 2007; provided, however, that if
the period from the redemption date to November 15, 2007 is not equal to the
constant maturity of a direct obligation of the Federal Republic of Germany for
which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by
linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the
weekly average yields of direct obligations of the Federal Republic of Germany
for which such yields are given except that if the period from the redemption
date to November 15, 2007 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on
actually traded direct obligations of the Federal Republic of Germany adjusted
to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
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"Trust Officer" means:
(1) any officer within the corporate trust department of the
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to
those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because
of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject, and
(2) who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the respective party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(1) any Subsidiary of Holdings that at the time of
determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the
Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Subsidiary of
Holdings (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of Holdings
but excluding the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness
of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, Holdings or any other
Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so
designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its
Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur
any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets
of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however,
that either:
(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated
assets of $1,000 or less; or
(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than
$1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately
after giving effect to such designation:
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(x) (1) Holdings could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section
4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for Holdings
and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation,
in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation,
and
(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of Holdings giving effect to such
designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Dollar Equivalent" means, with respect to any monetary amount in
a currency other than U.S. Dollars, at any time for the determination thereof,
the amount of U.S. Dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved
in such computation into U.S. Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S.
Dollars with the applicable foreign currency as quoted by Reuters at
approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such date of determination (or
if no such quote is available on such date, on the immediately preceding
Business Day for which such a quote is available).
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the
timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to
any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced
by such depository receipt.
"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.
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"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the
quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years
from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with
respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary
that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such
Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of
which (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by
such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one
or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term Defined in
---- Section
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"Affiliate Transaction"..................................... 4.07
"Appendix".................................................. Preamble
"Asset Sale Offer".......................................... 4.06(b)
"Bankruptcy Law"............................................ 6.01
"Base Currency"............................................. 11.16
"Clearstream"............................................... Appendix A
"Common Depository"......................................... Appendix A
"covenant defeasance option"................................ 8.01(c)
"Custodian"................................................. 6.01
"Definitive Security"....................................... Appendix A
"Depository"................................................ Appendix A
"Dollar Paying Agent"....................................... 2.04
"Euroclear"................................................. Appendix A
"Euro Paying Agent"......................................... 2.04
"Event of Default".......................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds"........................................... 4.06(b)
"Exchange Dollar Securities"................................ Preamble
"Exchange Euro Securities".................................. Preamble
"Exchange Securities"....................................... Preamble
"Global Securities Legend".................................. Appendix A
"Guaranteed Obligations".................................... 10.01(a)
"IAI"....................................................... Appendix A
"incorporated provision".................................... 11.01
"Initial Euro Securities"................................... Preamble
"Initial Purchasers"........................................ Appendix A
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Term Defined in
---- Section
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"Initial Securities"........................................ Preamble
"Judgment Currency"......................................... 11.16
"legal defeasance option"................................... 8.01
"Luxembourg Paying Agent"................................... 2.04
"Notice of Default"......................................... 6.01(j)
"Offer Period".............................................. 4.06(d)
"Original Dollar Securities"................................ Preamble
"Original Euro Securities".................................. Preamble
"Original Securities"....................................... Preamble
"Paying Agent".............................................. 2.04
"protected purchaser"....................................... 2.08
"Purchase Agreement"........................................ Appendix A
"QIB"....................................................... Appendix A
"Refinancing Indebtedness".................................. 4.03(b)
"Refunding Capital Stock.................................... 4.04(b)
"Registration Agreement".................................... Appendix A
"Registered Exchange Offer"................................. Appendix A
"Registrar"................................................. 2.04
"Registration Default Damages".............................. Appendix A
"Regulation S".............................................. Appendix A
"Regulation S Securities"................................... Appendix A
"Restricted Payment"........................................ 4.04(a)
"Restricted Period"......................................... Appendix A
"Restricted Securities Legend".............................. Appendix A
"Retired Capital Stock"..................................... 4.04(b)
"Rule 501".................................................. Appendix A
"Rule 144A"................................................. Appendix A
"Rule 144A Securities"...................................... Appendix A
"Securities Custodian"...................................... Appendix A
"Shelf Registration Statement".............................. Appendix A
"Successor Company"......................................... 5.01(a)
"Successor Guarantor"....................................... 5.01(b)
"Transfer".................................................. 5.01(b)
"Transfer Restricted Securities"............................ Appendix A
"Unrestricted Definitive Note".............................. Appendix A
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This
Indenture incorporates by reference certain provisions of the TIA. The following
TIA terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities and the Senior Guarantees.
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"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, the Guarantors
and any other obligor on the Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) "including" means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other
discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof
that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i)
the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the
maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect
to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
(i) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms
used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations
hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be
delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP;
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(j) "$" and "U.S. Dollars" each refer to United States
dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts;
(k) "(euro)" and "Euros" each refer to the lawful currency of
the member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency
in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Communities;
and
(l) whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any
context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with
respect to any Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Registration Default Damages, to the extent
that, in such context, Registration Default Damages are, were, or would
be payable in respect thereof.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
principal amount of Original Securities which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $665,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Dollar Securities and (euro)200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Euro Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination.
The Company may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional
Securities under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i)
the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Securities is
at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and (ii) such Additional Securities are
issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Securities issued after the Issue Date (except
for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 2.07,
2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.06, 4.06(g), 4.08(c) or the Appendix), there shall be (a)
established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i)
set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officers' Certificate or
(ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of such Additional Securities:
(1) whether such Additional Securities shall be issued as part
of a new or existing series of Securities and the title of such
Additional Securities (which shall distinguish the Additional
Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Dollar
Securities and/or Additional Euro Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture,
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(3) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional
Dollar Securities and/or Additional Euro Securities, including the date
from which interest on such Additional Dollar Securities and/or
Additional Euro Securities shall accrue;
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Securities shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set
forth in Exhibit A or B hereto and any circumstances in addition to or
in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of the Appendix in which any
such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Additional Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of
Persons other than the depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof; and
(5) if applicable, that such Additional Securities that are
not Transfer Restricted Securities shall not be issued in the form of
Initial Securities as set forth in Exhibit A or B, but shall be issued
in the form of Exchange Securities as set forth in Exhibit C or D.
If any of the terms of any Additional Securities are established by
action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto
setting forth the terms of the Additional Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial
Securities and the Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is
hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i)
Initial Dollar Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication and
(ii) any Additional Dollar Securities (if issued as Transfer Restricted Dollar
Securities) and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in
and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Initial Euro Securities and
the Trustee's certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Euro
Securities (if issued as Transfer Restricted Securities) and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this
Indenture. The (i) Exchange Dollar Securities and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication and (ii) any Additional Dollar Securities issued other than as
Transfer Restricted Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, which is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Exchange
Euro Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication and (ii) any
Additional Euro Securities issued other than as Transfer Restricted Securities
and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made
a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such
notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
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Company). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons
and only in denominations of $1,000 in the case of Dollar Securities and
(euro)1,000 in the case of Euro Securities and any integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Company
signed by one Officer (a) (i) Original Dollar Securities for original issue on
the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $665,000,000 and (ii)
Original Euro Securities for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate
principal amount of (euro)200,000,000, (b) subject to the terms of this
Indenture, Additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount to be
determined at the time of issuance and specified therein and (c) the Exchange
Securities for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration
Agreement for a like principal amount of Initial Securities exchanged pursuant
thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be
authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated and whether the Securities are to be Initial Securities or
Exchange Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture
or the Appendix, any issuance of Additional Securities after the Issue Date
shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000 in the case of the Dollar
Securities and (euro)1,000 in the case of the Euro Securities, whether such
Additional Securities are of the same or a different series than the Original
Securities.
One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be
valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which
shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into a letter of
representations with the Depository in the form provided by the Company and to
act in accordance with such letter.
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SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Company shall
maintain (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"), (ii) an office or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, the State of New York
where Dollar Securities may be presented for payment (the "Dollar Paying
Agent"), (iii) an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, the State of New York and London, England where Euro Securities may be
presented for payment (the "Euro Paying Agent") and (iv) so long as the Euro
Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and if required by the
rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, an office or agency in Luxembourg where
Euro Securities may be presented for payment (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent").
The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrars. The
Company shall maintain a co-registrar in London, England and, so long as the
Euro Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and if required by
the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg where Euro Securities
may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange. The term "Paying
Agent" includes the Dollar Paying Agent, the Euro Paying Agent, the Luxembourg
Paying Agent (if any) and any additional paying agents. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as (i) Registrar, Dollar Paying Agent and Euro Paying Agent
in connection with the Securities and (ii) the Securities Custodian with respect
to the Global Securities. The Company initially appoints The Bank of New York,
London Branch as co-registrar and Euro Paying Agent.
(b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with
any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall
incorporate the terms of the TIA; provided that any such agency agreement with
the Luxembourg Paying Agent need not incorporate the provisions of the TIA. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such
agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor
pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically organized
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(c) The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written
notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however,
that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance
of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement
entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the
case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee
that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment
of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying
Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee;
provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only
if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due
date of the principal of and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit
with each Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting
as Paying Agent,
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segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a
sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The
Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in
writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or
the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the
Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as
Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying
Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further
liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at
least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
Holders.
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be issued in
registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security
for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a
Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer,
the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements
therefor are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request
to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other
denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same
requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's request. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay
all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any
transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Company shall not be required
to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of
Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Securities
for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, each Paying Agent and the
Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered
as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company,
any Guarantor, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by
acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial
interests in such Global Security
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may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of
such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest
in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such
transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a)
satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder
has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does
not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such
request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a
protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code
(a "protected purchaser") and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of
the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall
furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect
the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee
may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security (including,
without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements in replacing such
Security). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a new Security in
replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Securities.
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any
time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled
by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 11.06, a Security does not cease
to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the
Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a
mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the
replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases
to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof
pursuant to Section 2.08.
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If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with
this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay
all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities
(or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no
Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such
Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them
ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. In the event that Definitive
Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such
Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive
Securities and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary
Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency
of the Company, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary
Securities shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as
Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its
customary procedures or deliver canceled Securities to the Company pursuant to
written direction by an Officer. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled
Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment
of interest on the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, the Company shall
pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Dollar Securities or the Euro
Securities, as the case may be (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the
extent lawful), in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest
to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to
be mailed to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date,
the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and
"Common Code" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption, that reliance may be
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placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and
that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers.
SECTION 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities. The
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, at any date of determination,
shall be the sum of (1) the principal amount of the Dollar Securities at such
date of determination plus (2) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent, at such date of
determination, of the principal amount of the Euro Securities at such date of
determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or
other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of
all the Securities (and not solely the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities
as provided for in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 9.02(a)), such
percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by
dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of
Securities, the Holders of which have so consented by (b) the aggregate
principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Securities then
outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding
sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 11.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation
made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Company and delivered to
the Trustee pursuant to an Officers' Certificate.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Redemption. The Securities may be redeemed, in whole, or
from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption
prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit
A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D hereto, which are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid
interest to the redemption date.
SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Securities at the
election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision
of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this
Article.
SECTION 3.03. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem
Dollar Securities and/or Euro Securities pursuant to the optional redemption
provisions of Paragraph 5 of the applicable Security, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of
Dollar Securities and/or Euro Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption
price. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this
paragraph at least 40 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if
the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the applicable Security, unless a
shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by
an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect
that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all
the Dollar Securities and/or Euro Securities are to be
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redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the
Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15
days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at
any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall
thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.04. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. In the case of
any partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made
by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, or if such
Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as
complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Dollar Securities
of $1,000 or less, or Euro Securities of (euro)1,000 or less, shall be redeemed
in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not
previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions
of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000 in the
case of Dollar Securities or (euro)1,000 in the case of Euro Securities,
respectively. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in
amounts of $1,000 in the case of Dollar Securities or (euro)1,000 in the case of
Euro Securities or a whole multiple of $1,000 in the case of Dollar Securities
or (euro)1,000 in the case of Euro Securities, respectively. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions
of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption. (a) At least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the
applicable Security, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class
mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.
Any such notice shall identify the Dollar Securities and/or Euro
Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest
to the redemption date;
(iii) the name and address of a Paying Agent;
(iv) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to a Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued
interest;
(v) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be
redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the
particular Securities to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment or any Paying Agent is prohibited from making such
payment pursuant to the terms of
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this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if
any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if
any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
(b) At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. In such event,
the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this
Section.
SECTION 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption
is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05, Securities called for redemption
become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated
in the notice. Upon surrender to any Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid
at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to the
redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a
regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued
interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on
the relevant record date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to
any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
SECTION 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price. (a) With respect to any
Dollar Securities, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption
date, the Company shall deposit with the Dollar Paying Agent (or, if the Company
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is a Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in
trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on
all Dollar Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than
Dollar Securities or portions of Dollar Securities called for redemption that
have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after
the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Dollar Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with
the Dollar Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued
and unpaid interest on, the Dollar Securities to be redeemed, unless a Paying
Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
(b) With respect to the Euro Securities, prior to 10:00 a.m., London
time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Euro Paying
Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is a Paying Agent, shall
segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and
accrued interest on all Euro Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on
that date other than Euro Securities or portions of Euro Securities called for
redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue
on Euro Securities or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the
Company has deposited with the Euro Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the
principal of, plus accrued and unpaid
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interest on, the Euro Securities to be redeemed, unless the Euro Paying Agent is
prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.08. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security
that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder (at the Company's expense) a new Security equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly pay the
principal of and interest, on the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of
or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee
or any Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to
pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as
the case may be, are not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on
that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Securities to the extent
lawful.
SECTION 4.02. Reports and Other Information. Notwithstanding that
Holdings may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on
forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC, Holdings shall file with the SEC (and
provide the Trustee and Holders with copies thereof, without cost to each
Holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such
shorter period as may be required by the SEC), annual reports on Form
10K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information
required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or
comparable form),
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be
required by the SEC), reports on Form 10Q (or any successor or
comparable form),
(c) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an
event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time
period specified for filing current reports on Form 8K by the SEC),
such other reports on Form 8K (or any successor or comparable form),
and
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(d) any other information, documents and other reports which
Holdings would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, that Holdings shall not be so obligated to file such reports
with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event Holdings
shall make available such information to prospective purchasers of Securities,
in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the Holders, in
each case within 15 days after the time Holdings would be required to file such
information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing (i) with
respect to the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003, Holdings may deliver to
the Trustee the report described in clause (b) above at any time on or prior to
December 31, 2003, (ii) with respect to the full fiscal year ending December 31,
2003, Holdings may deliver to the Trustee the report described in clause (a)
above at any time on or prior to April 30, 2004 and, in each case, such reports
may (x) exclude the guarantor footnote disclosure required under Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X and (y) indicate that the purchase accounting therein is
reflected on a preliminary basis and is subject to change and (iii) with respect
to reports that Holdings is not required to file with the SEC pursuant to the
immediately preceding proviso, if the Company and the Guarantors have not at
such time failed to comply with their obligations to consummate an exchange
offer (or a shelf registration, if applicable) pursuant to the Registration
Agreement, such reports need not include any financial statements for full
fiscal years ended on or prior to December 31, 2002 other than such financial
statements included in the Offering Memorandum.
In the event that:
(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit Holdings and
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to report at such
parent entity's level on a consolidated basis and
(ii) such parent entity of Holdings is not engaged in any
business in any material respect other than incidental to its
ownership, directly or indirectly, of the capital stock of Holdings,
such consolidated reporting at such parent entity's level in a manner consistent
with that described in this Section 4.02 for Holdings shall satisfy this Section
4.02.
Holdings and the Company shall also furnish to Holders, securities
analysts and prospective investors upon request the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144 and Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (it
being acknowledged and agreed that, prior to the first date on which information
is required to be provided under this Section 4.02, the information contained in
the Offering Memorandum is sufficient for this purpose).
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained
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therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively (subject to Article 7 hereof) on
Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. (a) (i) Holdings shall not, and shall
not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur
any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of
Disqualified Stock; and (ii) Holdings shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the
Company and Holdings and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor may Incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified
Stock and the Company and Holdings and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio of Holdings for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters
for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the
date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified
Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00
determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and
the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such
four-quarter period.
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:
(i) the Incurrence by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the issuance and
creation of letters of credit and bankers' acceptances thereunder (with
letters of credit and bankers' acceptances being deemed to have a
principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) up to an aggregate
principal amount of $1,950 million outstanding at any one time, less
the amount of any such Indebtedness permanently retired with the Net
Proceeds from any Asset Sale applied from and after the Issue Date to
reduce the outstanding amounts pursuant to Section 4.06;
(ii) the Incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by (A) the Original Securities and the Senior
Guarantees, as applicable, (B) the Exchange Securities issued in
exchange for the Original Securities and the Senior Guarantees thereof,
and (C) the Senior Subordinated Notes and the related guarantees, as
applicable;
(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section
4.03(b));
(iv) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations)
Incurred by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance
the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or
equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital
Stock of any Person owning such assets (but no other material assets))
in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the
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principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding that was
Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed 3% of Total
Assets at the time of Incurrence;
(v) Indebtedness Incurred by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to
letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including,
without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers'
compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or
property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, or other
Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workers' compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing
of such letters of credit, such obligations are reimbursed within 30
days following such drawing;
(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in
connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary
of Holdings in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than
guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition;
(vii) Indebtedness of Holdings to a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that any such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment
to the obligations of Holdings under its Senior Guarantee; provided,
further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock
or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary
ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer
of any such Indebtedness (except to Holdings or another Restricted
Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such
Indebtedness;
(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary
issued to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event
which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of
Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a
Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such
shares of Preferred Stock (except to Holdings or another Restricted
Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares
of Preferred Stock;
(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or
another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (1) any such Indebtedness
is made pursuant to an intercompany note and (2) if a Guarantor Incurs
such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Senior
Guarantee of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent
issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any Restricted Subsidiary lending such Indebtedness ceasing
to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any
such Indebtedness (except to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary)
shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such
Indebtedness;
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(x) Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary
course of business (and not for speculative purposes): (1) for the
purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any
Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange
rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the
purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any
commodity purchases;
(xi) obligations in respect of performance, bid and surety
bonds and completion guarantees provided by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings not otherwise permitted hereunder in
an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal
amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness and
Disqualified Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this
clause (xii), does not exceed $175 million at any one time outstanding
(it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause
(xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of
this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section
4.03(a) from and after the first date on which Holdings, or the
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such
Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause
(xii));
(xiii) any guarantee by the Company or a Guarantor of
Indebtedness or other obligations of Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of
this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express
terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or the Senior
Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such
guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be
subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor's Senior Guarantee
with respect to the Securities substantially to the same extent as such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or the Senior Guarantee
of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;
(xiv) the Incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness which serves to refund or refinance any
Indebtedness Incurred as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses
(ii), (iii), (iv), (xv) and (xx) of this Section 4.03(b) or any
Indebtedness issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness
(subject to the following proviso, "Refinancing Indebtedness") prior to
its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing
Indebtedness:
(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the
time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not
less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced;
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(2) has a Stated Maturity which is no earlier than
the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or
refinanced;
(3) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness
refinances Indebtedness junior to the Securities or the Senior
Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such
Refinancing Indebtedness is junior to the Securities or the
Senior Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;
(4) is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or
if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue
price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal
amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the
aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness
being refinanced plus premium and fees Incurred in connection
with such refinancing;
(5) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that is not the Company or a
Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a
Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; and
(6) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness
Incurred to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under clause
(iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have
been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (iv) or
(xx) of this Section 4.03(b), as applicable, and not this
clause (xiv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding
under such clauses (iv) and (xx) of this Section 4.03(b);
provided, further, that subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause (xiv)
shall not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured
Indebtedness;
(xv) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Persons that are
acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged
into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock is not Incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or merger or
to provide all or a portion of the funds or credit support required to
consummate such acquisition or merger; provided, further, however, that
after giving effect to such acquisition and the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness either:
(1) Holdings would be permitted to Incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater
than immediately prior to such acquisition;
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(xvi) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a
Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for
Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(xvii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business
Days of its Incurrence;
(xviii) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of
such letter of credit;
(xix) Contribution Indebtedness;
(xx) (A) if Holdings could Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) after giving effect to such
borrowing, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted
hereunder or (B) if Holdings could not Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) after giving effect to such
borrowing, Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company Incurred
for working capital purposes, provided, however, that the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx), when
aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then
outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xx), does not exceed
the greater of (x) $125 million and (y) 10% of the consolidated assets
of the Foreign Subsidiaries; and
(xxi) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y)
take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case,
in the ordinary course of business.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any
Guarantor may Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(b) if the proceeds
thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to repay, prepay, redeem, defease,
retire, refund or refinance any Subordinated Indebtedness unless such
Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantor's Senior
Guarantee, as applicable, to at least the same extent as such Subordinated
Indebtedness. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, in
the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxi)
above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), Holdings shall,
in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness in any
manner that complies with this Section 4.03 and such item of Indebtedness shall
be treated as having been Incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or
pursuant to Section 4.03(a); provided that all Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement outstanding on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been Incurred
pursuant to clause (i) and Holdings shall not be permitted to reclassify all or
any portion of such Indebtedness. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted
value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the
same terms, the payment of dividends on
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Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same
class and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result
of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies shall not be deemed to be an
Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or
obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which are
otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness
shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness;
provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee
or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section
4.03.
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a)Holdings shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on
account of Holdings' or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity
Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving Holdings (other than (A) dividends or
distributions by Holdings payable solely in Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings; or (B) dividends or distributions
by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or
distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of
securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at
least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance
with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Equity Interests of Holdings, the Company or any direct or indirect
parent company of Holdings or the Company;
(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to
any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated
Indebtedness (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase,
defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness
in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the
date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition
or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and
(ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above
being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of
such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a
pro forma basis, Holdings could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
under Section 4.03(a); and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (i), (iv) (only to the extent of one-half
of the amounts paid pursuant to such clause), (vi), (viii) and (xiii)
of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments
permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the sum of, without
duplication,
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from October
1, 2003 to the end of Holdings' most recently ended fiscal
quarter for which internal financial statements are available
at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such
Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus
100% of such deficit), plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including
cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance
with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than
cash, received by Holdings or the Company after the Issue Date
from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of Holdings or any
direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company
(excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred
Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock),
including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of
Indebtedness or upon exercise of warrants or options (other
than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of Holdings or an
employee stock ownership plan or trust established by Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries), plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to
the capital of Holdings received in cash and the Fair Market
Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding
sentence) of property other than cash after the Issue Date
(other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock,
Designated Preferred Stock, Disqualified Stock and the Cash
Contribution Amount), plus
(D) 100% of the aggregate amount received by Holdings
or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value
(as determined in accordance with the next succeeding
sentence) of property other than cash received by Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary from:
(I) the sale or other disposition (other
than to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings) of Restricted Investments made by Holdings
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases
and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any
Person (other than Holdings or any of its
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Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or
advances which constituted Restricted Investments
(other than in each case to the extent that the
Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause
(vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)),
(II) the sale (other than to Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings) of the Capital
Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(III) a distribution or dividend from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(E) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of
Holdings has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or
has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into,
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, the Fair
Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next
succeeding sentence) of the Investment of Holdings in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation,
combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or
conveyed, as applicable), after deducting any Indebtedness
associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or
combined or any Indebtedness associated with the assets so
transferred or conveyed (other than in each case to the extent
that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section
4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).
The Fair Market Value of property other than cash covered by clauses
(3)(B), (C), (D) and (E) of this Section 4.04(a) shall be determined in
good faith by the Company and
(x) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value
in excess of $10 million, shall be set forth in an Officers'
Certificate or
(y) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value
in excess of $20 million, shall be set forth in a resolution
approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of
the Company.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days
after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration
such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) (A) the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of
any Equity Interests ("Retired Capital Stock") of the Company, Holdings
or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company or
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or Holdings in exchange for,
or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity
Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
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company of Holdings or the Company or contributions to the equity
capital of Holdings (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity
Interests sold to a Subsidiary of Holdings or to an employee stock
ownership plan or any trust established by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries) (collectively, including any such contributions,
"Refunding Capital Stock"); and (B) the declaration and payment of
accrued dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of
the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of
Holdings or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust
established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding
Capital Stock;
(iii) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or
retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or Holdings made
by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company or Holdings which is Incurred
in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as
(A) the principal amount of such new Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or
retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to
be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the
Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired plus any fees incurred in connection
therewith),
(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the
Securities at least to the same extent as such Subordinated
Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired for value,
(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity
date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date
of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed,
repurchased, acquired or retired, and
(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness
being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;
(iv) the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition (or
dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the
Company to finance any such repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition) for value of Equity Interests of the Company, Holdings or
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company held
by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of
the Company, Holdings, or any direct or indirect parent company of
Holdings or the Company or any other Subsidiary of Holdings pursuant to
any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management
or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided,
however, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not
exceed $15 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any
calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding
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calendar years); provided, further, however, that such amount in any
calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) the cash proceeds received by Holdings or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, Holdings or
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the
Company (to the extent contributed to Holdings) to members of
management, directors or consultants of Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings or the Company that occurs after the Issue
Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized
for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or
dividend shall not increase the amount available for
Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(3)); plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance
policies received by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings or the Company (to the extent contributed
to Holdings) and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue
Date;
(provided that Holdings may elect to apply all or any portion of the
aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any
calendar year);
(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions
to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance
with Section 4.03;
(vi) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions
to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date and the
declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings or the Company, the proceeds of which will be used
to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any
direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company issued
after the Issue Date; provided, however, that (A) for the most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such
Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and
the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis,
Holdings would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.25
to 1.00 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid
pursuant to this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds
actually received by Holdings or the Company from any such sale of
Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after
the Issue Date;
(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an
aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments
made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding,
not to exceed $50 million at the time of
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such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being
measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value);
(viii) the payment of dividends on Holdings' common stock (or
the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings
or the Company, as the case may be, to fund the payment by any direct
or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, of
dividends on such entity's common stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the
net proceeds received by Holdings or the Company from any public
offering of common stock or contributed to Holdings or the Company by
any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company from any
public offering of common stock;
(ix) Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $50 million;
(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares
of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) (A) with respect to each tax year or portion thereof
that Holdings qualifies as a Flow Through Entity, the distribution by
Holdings to the holders of Capital Stock of Holdings of an amount equal
to the product of (i) the amount of aggregate net taxable income of
Holdings allocated to the holders of Capital Stock of Holdings for such
period and (ii) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period; and (B) with
respect to any tax year or portion thereof that Holdings does not
qualify as a Flow Through Entity, the payment of dividends or other
distributions to any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings in
amounts required for such parent company to pay federal, state or local
income taxes (as the case may be) imposed directly on such parent
company to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income
of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, by virtue of such parent company being the common parent of
a consolidated or combined tax group of which Holdings and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries are members); provided, however, that in each
case the amount of such payments in respect of any tax year does not
exceed the amount that Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries would
have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local taxes
(as the case may be) in respect of such year if Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries paid such taxes directly as a stand-alone
taxpayer (or stand-alone group);
(xiii) the payment of dividends, other distributions or other
amounts by Holdings or the Company, if applicable:
(A) in amounts equal to the amounts required for any
direct parent of Holdings or the Company, if applicable, to
pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes)
required to maintain its corporate existence,
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customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers
and employees of any direct parent of Holdings or the Company,
if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any
direct parent of Holdings or the Company, if applicable, in
each case to the extent such fees and expenses are
attributable to the ownership or operation of Holdings or the
Company, if applicable, and their respective Subsidiaries; and
(B) dividends paid to any direct parent of Holdings
or the Company, if applicable, in amounts equal to amounts
required for any direct parent of Holdings or the Company, if
applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness
the proceeds of which have been contributed to Holdings or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed
by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, Holdings
Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(xiv) cash dividends or other distributions on Holdings'
Capital Stock used to, or the making of loans to any direct or indirect
parent of Holdings to, fund the payment of fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the Transactions or owed by Holdings, the Company or
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company, as
the case may be, or Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings to Affiliates,
in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;
(xv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion
of the exercise price of such options;
(xvi) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables
Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Financing;
(xvii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness, including,
without limitation, the Senior Subordinated Notes, pursuant to
provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08;
provided that all Securities tendered by Holders in connection with a
Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been
repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; and
(xviii) any payments made in connection with the consummation
of the Transactions or as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents
(other than payments to any Permitted Holder or any Affiliate thereof);
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any
Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xvii) of
this Section 4.04(b), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
(c) As of the Issue Date, all of Holdings' Subsidiaries shall be
Restricted Subsidiaries. Holdings shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to become a Restricted
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Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary." For
purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
all outstanding Investments by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except
to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be
Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of
the definition of "Investments." Such designation shall only be permitted if a
Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such
Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings may not at any time designate the
Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary for any purpose under this Indenture or
the Securities.
SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries. Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction
on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital
Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in,
or by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) make loans or advances to Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the
Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other
Senior Credit Documents;
(2) this Indenture, the Securities, the Senior Subordinated
Notes and the indenture relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes;
(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or
order;
(4) any agreement or other instrument relating to Indebtedness
of a Person acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary which was
in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or
credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
property or assets of the Person, so acquired;
(5) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the
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Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the
closing of such sale or disposition;
(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred
pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor
to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(9) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature
discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that
impose restrictions of the type described in clause (c) above on the
property subject to such lease;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables
Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such
Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) other Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings (i) that is the Company or a Guarantor that is Incurred
subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03 or (ii) that is
Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of Holdings subsequent to the Issue
Date pursuant to clauses (iv), (xii) or (xx) of Section 4.03(b); or
(13) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to
in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments
or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above; provided
that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good
faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such
dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the
dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment,
modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding,
replacement or refinancing.
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x)
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or
otherwise disposed of and (y) at least 75% of the consideration
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therefor received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on Holdings' or such Restricted
Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings (other than
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities)
that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,
(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or
assets received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings
from such transferee that are converted by Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof
(to the extent of the cash received), and
(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale
having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other
Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause
(iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 1%
of Total Assets and $50 million at the time of the receipt of such
Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each
item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time
received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).
(b) Within 365 days after Holdings' or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings' receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its
option:
(i) to permanently reduce Obligations under the Credit
Agreement (and, in the case of revolving Obligations, to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto) or other Pari
Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Company or any Guarantor shall
so reduce Obligations under other Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Company
shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Securities by
making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for
an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest the pro rata principal amount of Securities) or Indebtedness
of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case other
than Indebtedness owed to Holdings or an Affiliate of Holdings,
(ii) to an investment in any one or more businesses (provided
that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital
Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings), or capital expenditures, in each
case used or useful in a Similar Business, and/or
(iii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses
(provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of
Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings),
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properties or assets that replace the properties and assets that are
the subject of such Asset Sale.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a
revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale
that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of
such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Securities, as described in
clause (i) above, shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such
offer is accepted) shall be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20 million, the Company shall make
an offer to all Holders of Securities (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the
maximum principal amount of Securities that is an integral multiple of $1,000 or
(euro)1,000, as applicable, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at
an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for the closing of
such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06.
The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds
within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $20 million
by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 4.06(f), with a
copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Securities
tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the
Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If
the aggregate principal amount of Securities surrendered by Holders thereof
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of
any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent
such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of
any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described
in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale
Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess
Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant
to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such
allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Company
shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if
the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as a Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be
invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Company, and to be
held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon
the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the
"Offer Period"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for
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cancellation the Securities or portions thereof that have been properly tendered
to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee (or a Paying Agent, if not
the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each
tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the
Excess Proceeds delivered by the Company to the Trustee is greater than the
purchase price of the Securities tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess
to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for
application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(e) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to
surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company
at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the
purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered
by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Security purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more
Securities are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Company is
required to purchase, selection of such Securities for purchase shall be made by
the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, or if such
Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as
complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Dollar Securities
of $1,000 or less or Euro Securities of (euro)1,000 or less shall be purchased
in part.
(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date
to each Holder of Securities at such Holder's registered address. If any
Security is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to
such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that is to
be purchased. So long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange, such notices shall also be published in a Luxembourg newspaper of
general circulation.
(g) A new Security in principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion
of any Security purchased in part shall be issued in the name of the Holder
thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. On and after the purchase
date, unless the Company defaults in payment of the purchase price, interest
shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof purchased.
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Holdings shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its
properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into
or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any
Affiliate of Holdings (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction")
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, unless:
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(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not
materially less favorable to Holdings or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated
Person; and
(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $20 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a resolution
adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company or Holdings, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth
in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with clause (i) above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:
(i) (A) transactions between or among Holdings and/or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any merger of Holdings and any
direct parent company of Holdings; provided that such parent company
shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than
cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of Holdings and such
merger is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and
effected for a bona fide business purpose;
(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04;
(iii) the entering into of any agreement to pay, and the
payment of, annual management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees
and expenses to the Sponsors in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year
not to exceed the greater of (x) $10 million and (y) 2% of EBITDA of
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding
fiscal year;
(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and
indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or
consultants of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings or the Company;
(v) payments by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, financing,
underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment
banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with
acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority
of the Board of Directors of the Company or Holdings in good faith;
(vi) transactions in which Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from
an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair
to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of
view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);
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(vii) payments or loans to employees or consultants in the
ordinary course of business which are approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Company or Holdings in good faith;
(viii) any agreement (other than with the Sponsors) as in
effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any
such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole,
is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any
material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue
Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby;
(ix) the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of,
Acquisition Documents, any stockholders agreement (including any
registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to
which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any amendment thereto or
similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided,
however, that the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future
amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement
entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this
clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement
together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new
agreement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the
Securities in any material respect than the original agreement as in
effect on the Issue Date;
(x) the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
Transactions, including fees to the Sponsors, which are described in
the Offering Memorandum;
(xi) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or
purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the
ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture, which are fair to Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors
or the senior management of the Company, and are on terms at least as
favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an
unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or
Unrestricted Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of chemicals,
equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business
and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(xii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified
Receivables Financing; and
(xiii) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company or Holdings to any Permitted Holder
or to any director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or
Holdings.
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control. (a) Upon a Change of Control, each
Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
of such
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Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record
date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in
accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall
not be obligated to purchase any Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the
event that it has exercised its right to redeem such Securities in accordance
with Article 3 of this Indenture. In the event that at the time of such Change
of Control the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the
repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08, then prior to the
mailing of the notice to the Holders provided for in Section 4.08(b) but in any
event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall (i)
repay in full all Bank Indebtedness, or (ii) obtain the requisite consent, if
required, under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the
repurchase of the Securities as provided for in Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the
extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in
accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture, the Company shall mail a notice (a
"Change of Control Offer") to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee and, so
long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, publish such
notice in a Luxembourg newspaper of general circulation, stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder
has the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of
such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
date of purchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest
payment date);
(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial
information regarding such Change of Control;
(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30
days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(iv) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent
with this Section, that a Holder must follow in order to have its
Securities purchased.
(c) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to
surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company
at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the
purchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered
for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Security purchased. Holders whose Securities are
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purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount
to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(d) On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Company under
this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company
shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Holders
entitled thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section
4.08(b) applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of
Control Offer.
(f) At the time the Company delivers Securities to the Trustee which
are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Company
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Security
shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee,
directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the
surrendering Holder.
(g) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
contained herein to the right of the Company to make such offer have been
complied with.
(h) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with provisions of this Section, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an
Officers' Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the
signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have
knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that
occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the
Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of
the TIA.
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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SECTION 4.11. Future Guarantors. Holdings shall cause each Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a
Receivables Subsidiary) that:
(a) guarantees any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(b) Incurs any Indebtedness or issues any shares of
Disqualified Stock permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to
clause (i) or (xii) of Section 4.03(b) or not permitted to be Incurred
by such Section
to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in
the form of Exhibit F pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee payment
of the Securities.
SECTION 4.12. Liens. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or
suffer to exist any Lien on any asset or property of Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey
any right to receive income therefrom, that secures any obligations of Holdings
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless the Securities are equally and
ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities) the obligations so secured
or until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. The
preceding sentence shall not require Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings to secure the Securities if the Lien consists of a Permitted Lien.
(b) No Guarantor shall directly or indirectly create, Incur or suffer
to exist any Lien on any asset or property of such Guarantor or any income or
profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom,
that secures any obligation of such Guarantor unless the Senior Guarantee of
such Guarantor is equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in
the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor's
Senior Guarantee) the obligations so secured or until such time as such
obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. The preceding sentence shall not
require any Guarantor to secure its Senior Guarantee if the Lien consists of a
Permitted Lien.
SECTION 4.13. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, in London, England and, so long as the Euro Securities are listed on
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange so require,
in Luxembourg, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and
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demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee as
set forth in Section 11.02.
(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in London, England and, so long as
the Euro Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of
such stock exchange so require, in Luxembourg for such purposes. The Company
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The Company hereby designates the corporate trust office of the
Trustee or its Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and in
London, England and the office of the Luxembourg Paying Agent in Luxembourg, in
each case as such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section
2.04.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. (a) The
Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or
not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or
assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:
(i) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of
Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company or such Person, as the
case may be, being herein called the "Successor Company");
(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Company)
expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities pursuant to supplemental indentures or
other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such
transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such
transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period, either
(A) the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a);
or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than
such ratio for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries
immediately prior to such transaction;
(v) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the
transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture
confirmed that its Senior Guarantee shall apply to such Person's
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and
(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if
any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the
Company under this Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing
clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary may
consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and
assets to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, and (b) the Company
may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the Company in another state of the United States so long as the
amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not
increased thereby.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(b) (which govern the
release of a Senior Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings that is a Guarantor), each Guarantor shall not, and the
Company shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or
wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or
sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related
transactions to, any Person (other than any such sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or disposition in connection with the Transactions described
in the Offering Memorandum) unless:
(i) such Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of
Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as
the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Guarantor");
(ii) the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor)
expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this
Indenture and such
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Guarantors' Senior Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or
other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as
having been Incurred by the Successor Guarantor or such Subsidiary at
the time of such transaction) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor)
shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if
any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Senior Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Guarantor may merge with an Affiliate
incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in another
state of the United States, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the
Guarantor is not increased thereby, (2) Holdings may merge with the Company and
(3) a Guarantor may merge with another Guarantor or the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor (other than
Holdings) may consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its properties or assets (collectively, a "Transfer") to, any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor; provided that at the time of
each such Transfer the aggregate amount of all such Transfers since the Issue
Date shall not exceed 5% of the consolidated assets of the Company and the
Guarantors as shown on the most recent available balance sheet of Holdings and
the Restricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to each such Transfer and
including all Transfers occurring from and after the Issue Date (excluding
Transfers in connection with the Transactions described in the Offering
Memorandum).
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any
Security when the same becomes due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of 30 days,
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of principal or
premium, if any, of any Security when due at its Stated Maturity, upon
optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or
otherwise,
(c) the Company fails to comply with its obligations under
Section 5.01,
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(d) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
comply with any of its obligations under the covenants set forth in
Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.11 and 4.12 (in
each case, other than a failure to purchase Securities when required
under Section 4.06 or 4.08) and such failure continues for 30 days
after the notice specified below,
(e) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
comply with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture
(other than those referred to in (a), (b), (c), or (d) above) and such
failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below,
(f) Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails
to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings) within any applicable grace period
after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by
the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total
amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $35 million
or its foreign currency equivalent,
(g) Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of
Holdings pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign
laws relating to insolvency,
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against Holdings, the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary of Holdings in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of Holdings, the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary of Holdings or for any substantial
part of its property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of
Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of
Holdings;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days,
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(i) Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails
to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $35 million or its
foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by
enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which
judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days
following the entry thereof, or
(j) the Senior Guarantee of Holdings or any Senior Guarantee
of a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect
(except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Guarantor denies
or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Senior
Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after the notice
specified below.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason
for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any
similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian"
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official
under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (d), (e) or (j) above shall not constitute an
Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Company
and the Trustee of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within
the time specified in clauses (d), (e) or (j) above after receipt of such
notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and
state that such notice is a "Notice of Default". The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written
notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of any event which is, or with
the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with respect to Holdings or the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities by notice
to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any,
and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable.
Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with
respect to Holdings or the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or
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interest that has become due solely because of acceleration. No such rescission
shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f), such
Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting
payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and
without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, if within 20
days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an Officers'
Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that
is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders
thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case
may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the
basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no
event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Securities as
described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such
events.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to
collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing
upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any
other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Securities are not
then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may
waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising
from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that
under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder
affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights
under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or,
subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal
liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to
taking any action
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under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused
by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. (a) Except to enforce the right to
receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder
may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating
that an Event of Default is continuing;
(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense;
(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or
indemnity; and
(v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the
request during such 60-day period.
(b) A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on
or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Securities,
or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount then due and
owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on
any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Securities) and the amounts
provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee
(including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the
Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders allowed in
any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Guarantor, their
creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member,
voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such
matters and, unless prohibited by law or
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applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any
Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property
pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the
following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest,
respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee collects
any amount for any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
the Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the
record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party
litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a
suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by
Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Company nor
any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, in the case of certificates or opinions
required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability
in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of
any of its rights or powers.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
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(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely
on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for
the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute
willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the
advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this
Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture,
note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if
the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Company and shall
incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
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(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and
each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the
same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and
7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture, any Senior Guarantee or the Securities, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it
shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company or any Guarantor in
this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the
Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of
authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (i) or (j) or of the
identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall
have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received notice
thereof in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof from the Company, any Guarantor
or any Holder.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each
Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30
days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is
received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders. As promptly as
practicable after each September 30 beginning with the September 30 following
the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to September 30 in each year,
the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such September
30 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required
thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall
be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities
are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the
Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the
Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust.
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The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in
addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company and each
Guarantor, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Guarantee against the Company or a
Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or
investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Guarantor, any
Holder or any other Person). The Trustee shall notify the Company of any claim
for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge
thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Company shall not
relieve the Company or any Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The
Company shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide
reasonable cooperation at the Company's expense in the defense. Such indemnified
parties may have separate counsel and the Company and the Guarantors, as
applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it
assumes such indemnified parties' defense and, in such indemnified parties'
reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and
the Guarantors, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party's own
willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's and the Guarantors' payment obligations in this
Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in
trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.
The Company's and the Guarantors' payment obligations pursuant to this
Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any
rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the
resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights
available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses
after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with
respect to Holdings or the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may resign at any
time by so notifying the ompany. The Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may
appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
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(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not
reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien
provided for in Section 7.07.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders
of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition at the expense of the
Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the
Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any
Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six months may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its
corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in
case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of
any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in
all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere
in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have.
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all
times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty
to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA;
provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section
310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued under this Indenture and
any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of
interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if
the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA
are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor
relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent
indicated.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance. This
Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as
to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, as
expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Securities:
(a) when (i) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 which have
been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii)
all of the Securities (a) have become due and payable, (b) will become
due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (c) if
redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds
(i) in respect of the Dollar Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S.
Government Obligations or a combination thereof or (ii) in respect of
the Euro Securities, cash in Euros, EU Government Obligations or a
combination thereof in each case, in an amount sufficient in the
written opinion of a firm of independent public accountants delivered
to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if Government
Obligations have been so deposited) to pay and discharge the entire
Indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities to the date of deposit together with irrevocable
instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds
to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
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(b) the Company and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums
payable under this Indenture; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions
precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may
terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Dollar Securities and/or the Euro
Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) ("legal
defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04,
4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.11 and 4.12 and the operation of Section 5.01 and
Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(h) (with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(i) and 6.01(j) ("covenant defeasance
option"). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding
its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the
Company terminates all of its obligations under the Dollar Securities and/or the
Euro Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) by
exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, the
obligations of each Guarantor under its Senior Guarantee of such Securities
shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If
the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities
so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(h) (with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(i) or 6.01(j) or because of the failure
of the Company to comply with Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(d) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in
this Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall
survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. (a) The Company may exercise
its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(i) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee
(x) in respect of the Dollar Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S.
Government Obligations or a combination thereof or (y) in respect of
the Euro Securities, cash in Euros, EU Government Obligations or a
combination thereof in each case, in an amount sufficient or Government
Obligations, the principal of and the interest on which will
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be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay the
principal of, and premium (if any) and interest on the applicable
Securities when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be,
including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;
(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their
opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and
without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus
any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times
and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if
any, and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or
redemption, as the case may be;
(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the
123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) with
respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the
period;
(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company;
(v) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not
constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(vi) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this
Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion
of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income,
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities to be so
defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article 8 have been
complied with.
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(b) Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future
date in accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in
trust money or Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited
with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the
money from Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance
with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the
Securities so discharged or defeased.
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company. Each of the Trustee and each Paying
Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any money or
Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the
written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if Government
Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which
would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or
defeasance in accordance with this Article.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each
Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by
them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two
years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall
have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall
pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against deposited Government Obligations or the principal and
interest received on such Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with this
Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities so discharged or defeased shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until
such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money or Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided,
however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest
on, any such Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders. The Company and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent
of any Holder:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to comply with Article 5;
(iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(iv) to add additional Senior Guarantees with respect to the
Securities or to secure the Securities;
(v) to add to the covenants of the Company or Holdings for the
benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company or Holdings;
(vi) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection
with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture
under the TIA;
(vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder; or
(viii) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities
or Additional Securities, which shall have terms substantially
identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities, and which
shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Securities, as
a single issue of securities.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The
failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of the Holders. (a) The Company and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities); provided, however, that if
any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect the Dollar
Securities or the Euro Securities, only the consent of the Holders of at least a
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majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Dollar Securities or Euro
Securities (and not the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of all
Securities), as the case may be, shall be required. However, without the consent
of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, an amendment may not:
(i) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent
to an amendment,
(ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of
interest on any Security,
(iii) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of
any Security,
(iv) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any
Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in
accordance with Article 3,
(v) make any Security payable in money other than that stated
in such Security,
(vi) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second
sentence of this Section 9.02,
(vii) expressly subordinate the Securities or any Senior
Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, or
(viii) modify the Senior Guarantees in any manner adverse to
the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(b) After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.
The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. From the date on
which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, every amendment, waiver or
supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then
in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. (a) A
consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if
notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such
Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's
Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of
revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers'
Certificate
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from the Company certifying that the requisite principal amount of Securities
have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind
every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by
the Company or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set
forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such
amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or
supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee.
(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or
take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken
pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record
date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be
entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to
take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after
such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120
days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment,
supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Company may require
the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place
an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return
it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines,
the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the
appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of
such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any
amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the
amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In
signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or
waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the
Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to
customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section
9.03).
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent. Neither Holdings nor any Affiliate
of Holdings shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for
or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or
provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is
offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
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SECTION 9.08. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount.
Except as provided in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 9.02(a), all
Securities issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all
matters (as to which any of such Securities may vote) as one class and no series
of Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or
consent shall be made in accordance with this Article Nine and Section 2.14.
ARTICLE 10
SENIOR GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01. Senior Guarantees. (a) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and
severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and
not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and
assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity,
by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company
under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities,
whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect
of the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within
applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for
fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the
Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the
"Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or
further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall
remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of
any Guaranteed Obligation.
(b) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and
protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives
notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default
under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each
Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or
the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy
against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or
any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this
Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture,
the Securities or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by
any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v)
the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any
other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the
ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(c) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled
to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such
Guarantor's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each
Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets
of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company's or such
Guarantor's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts
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being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby
waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued
prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(d) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Senior Guarantee herein
constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not
a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be
had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations.
(e) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06,
the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the
Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof,
by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of
the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any
other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the
risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor
as a matter of law or equity.
(f) Each Guarantor agrees that its Senior Guarantee shall remain in
full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Senior Guarantee herein shall continue to
be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or
any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
(g) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other
right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any
Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal
of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to
perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby
promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith
pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal
to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations,
(ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the
extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary
obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.
(h) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each
Guarantor further agrees
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that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the
other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may
be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Senior Guarantee
herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby,
and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed
Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor
for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(i) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or
any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
(j) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Liability. (a) Any term or provision of
this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of
the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not
exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this
Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law
relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) A Senior Guarantee as to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article 10 upon:
(i) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through
merger or consolidation) of the Capital Stock (including any sale,
disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), or all or
substantially all the assets, of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor if
such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with
this Indenture,
(ii) Holdings designating such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth
under Section 4.04 and the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary,"
(iii) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary which after the
Issue Date is required to guarantee the Securities pursuant to Section
4.11, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary or the repayment of the
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, which resulted in the
obligation to guarantee the Securities, and
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(iv) in the case of clause (b)(i) above, such Subsidiary
Guarantor being released from its guarantees, if any, of, and all
pledges and security, if any, granted in connection with, the Credit
Agreement and any other Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings.
A Senior Guarantee also shall be automatically released upon the
applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure
of any pledge or security interest securing Bank Indebtedness or other exercise
of remedies in respect thereof or if such Subsidiary is released from its
guarantees of, and all pledges and security interests granted in connection
with, the Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness of Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings which results in the obligation to guarantee
the Securities.
SECTION 10.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article 10 shall be binding
upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the
event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the
rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or
assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of
either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege
under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the
Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 10 at law,
in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 10.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of
any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any
Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to
any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
SECTION 10.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future
Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a
Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit F hereto pursuant to
which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Guarantor under this
Article 10 and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate to the effect
that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the
application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or
transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to
the principles of equity, whether considered in a
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proceeding at law or in equity, the Senior Guarantee of such Guarantor is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such
Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the
Trustee may reasonably request.
SECTION 10.07. Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Senior
Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any
provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by, or with another provision (an "incorporated provision") included in
this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such
imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.
SECTION 11.02. Notices. (a) Any notice or communication required or
permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile
or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
if to the Company or a Guarantor:
Nalco Company
0000 X. Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention of: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. 21W
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed,
first class mail, to the Holder at the Holder's address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed
within the time prescribed. So long as the Euro Securities are listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and it is required by the rules of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange, such notice to the Holders of the Euro Securities will be
published in English in a leading newspaper having general circulation in
Luxembourg
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(which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) or, if such publication is not
practicable, in one other leading English language daily newspaper with general
circulation in Europe, such newspaper being published on each business day in
morning editions, whether or not it shall be published in Saturday, Sunday or
holiday editions.
(c) Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect
in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a
notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the
Trustee are effective only if received.
SECTION 11.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders. The
Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection
of Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon
any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
at the request of the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall
include:
(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of
Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of public
officials.
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SECTION 11.06. When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the
Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any
direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company, any Guarantor or
by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee knows are so
owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities
outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The
Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 11.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no
interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on
such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a
regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be
affected.
SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Company (other
than Holdings) or of any Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation,
as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the
Guarantors under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of
Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.
SECTION 11.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company and each
Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of
copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this
Indenture.
SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents,
cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended
to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms
or provisions hereof.
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SECTION 11.14. Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any
provision of the Securities limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 11.15. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
SECTION 11.16. Currency of Account; Conversion of Currency; Foreign
Exchange Restrictions. (a) U.S. Dollars are the sole currency of account and
payment for all sums payable by the Company and the Guarantors under or in
connection with the Dollar Securities, the Senior Guarantees of the Dollar
Securities or this Indenture to the extent it relates to the Dollar Securities,
including damages related thereto, and Euros are the sole currency of account
and payment for all sums payable by the Company and the Guarantors under or in
connection with the Euro Securities, the Senior Guarantees of the Euro
Securities or this Indenture to the extent it relates to the Euro Securities,
including damages related thereto. Any amount received or recovered in a
currency other than U.S. Dollars by a Holder of Dollar Securities or Euro by a
Holder of Euro Securities (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a
judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or
dissolution of the Company or otherwise) in respect of any sum expressed to be
due to it from the Company shall only constitute a discharge to the Company to
the extent of the U.S. Dollar or Euro amount, as the case may be, which the
recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that
other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not
practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is
practicable to do so). If that U.S. Dollar or Euro amount is less than the U.S.
Dollar or Euro amount expressed to be due to the recipient under the applicable
Securities, the Company shall indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a
result as set forth in Section 11.16(b). In any event, the Company and the
Guarantors shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such
purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.16, it will be sufficient for the
Holder of a Note to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating sources of
information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of
U.S. Dollars or Euros, as the case may be, been made with the amount so received
in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of
U.S. Dollars or Euros, as applicable, on such date had not been practicable, on
the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that
the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). The
indemnities set forth in this Section 11.16 constitute separate and independent
obligations from other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, shall give
rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of
any indulgence granted by any Holder of the Securities and shall continue in
full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a
liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under the Securities.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and
agree that the following provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the
case of the Securities, the Senior Guarantees and this Indenture:
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(1) (A) If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in,
or enforcing the judgment of, any court in
any country, it becomes necessary to convert
into a currency (the "Judgment Currency") an
amount due in any other currency (the "Base
Currency"), then the conversion shall be
made at the rate of exchange prevailing on
the Business Day before the day on which the
judgment is given or the order of
enforcement is made, as the case may be
(unless a court shall otherwise determine).
(B) If there is a change in the rate of exchange
prevailing between the Business Day before
the day on which the judgment is given or an
order of enforcement is made, as the case
may be (or such other date as a court shall
determine), and the date of receipt of the
amount due, the Company and the Guarantors
will pay such additional (or, as the case
may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may
be necessary so that the amount paid in the
Judgment Currency when converted at the rate
of exchange prevailing on the date of
receipt will produce the amount in the Base
Currency originally due.
(2) In the event of the winding-up of the Company or any
Guarantor at any time while any amount or damages owing under the
Securities, the Senior Guarantees and this Indenture, or any judgment
or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the
Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the
Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any
variation in rates of exchange between (i) the date as of which the
Applicable Currency Equivalent of the amount due or contingently due
under the Securities, the Senior Guarantees and this Indenture (other
than under this subsection (b)(2)) is calculated for the purposes of
such winding-up and (ii) the final date for the filing of proofs of
claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this subsection (b)(2),
the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of
the Company or any Guarantor shall be the date fixed by the liquidator
or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable
law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the
Company or such Guarantor may be ascertained for such winding-up prior
to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in subsections (a), (b)(1)(B) and (b)(2)
of this Section 11.16 shall constitute separate and independent obligations from
the other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture,
shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Company
and the Guarantors, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted
by any Holder or the Trustee or either of them from time to time and shall
continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
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judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of the
Company or any Guarantor for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due
hereunder (other than under subsection (b)(2) above) or under any such judgment
or order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss
suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or
evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Company or any Guarantor or
the liquidator or otherwise or any of them. In the case of subsection (b)(2)
above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any
variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the
date of any liquidating distribution.
(d) The term "rate(s) of exchange" shall mean the rate of exchange
quoted by Reuters at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) for spot purchases of the Base
Currency with the Judgment Currency other than the Base Currency referred to in
subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) above and includes any premiums and costs of
exchange payable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
NALCO COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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GUARANTORS:
NALCO HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ADX CORP.
By: /s/ X. Xxxxxx Kodiak
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Kodiak
Title: President
BOARD CHEMISTRY INCORPORATED
By: /s/ X. Xxxxxx Kodiak
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Kodiak
Title: Assistant Secretary
NALCO DELAWARE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
NALCO FT, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
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NALCO INDUSTRIAL OUTSOURCING COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
NALCO LEASING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
NALCO PWS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
NALCO RESOURCES INVESTMENT COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
NALCO TWO, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
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NALGREEN, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
NALTECH, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
ONDEO NALCO COMPANY LLC
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES MIDDLE EAST
HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
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ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES, L.P.
BY: ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES, INC., as
General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
ONDEO NALCO GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
ONDEO NALCO HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
ONDEO NALCO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
ONDEO NALCO U.S. HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
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ONDEO NALCO WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
ONES EQUATORIAL GUINEA LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
ONES WEST AFRICA LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
PAPER CHEMICALS, INC.
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
PURE-CHEM PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
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VISCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES, ADDITIONAL SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
SECURITIES
1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated below:
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, or any
successor securities clearing agency.
"Common Depository" means, with respect to the Euro Securities, The
Bank of New York ,London Branch as common depository for Euroclear and
Clearstream or another Person designated as common depository by the Company,
which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
"Definitive Dollar Security" means a certificated Initial Dollar
Security or Exchange Dollar Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend
if the transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not
include the Global Securities Legend.
"Definitive Euro Security" means a certificated Initial Euro Security
or Exchange Euro Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the
transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not include
the Global Securities Legend.
"Definitive Securities" means, collectively, Definitive Dollar
Securities and Definitive Euro Securities.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Dollar Securities, The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
"Euroclear" means the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor
securities clearing agency.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend set forth under that
caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.
"IAI" means an institutional "accredited investor" as described in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Initial Purchasers" means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of
America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (in the
case of the Dollar Securities) and Citigroup
Global Markets Limited, Banc of America Securities Limited, Deutsche Bank AG
London, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Ltd., UBS Limited,
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Lyonnais and The Royal Bank of Scotland
plc (in the case of the Euro Securities) and such other initial purchasers party
to the Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with the offer and sale of
the Securities.
"Purchase Agreement" means (a) the Purchase Agreement dated October 29,
2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (b) any
other similar Purchase Agreement relating to Additional Securities.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Registered Exchange Offer" means the offer by the Company, pursuant to
the Registration Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue
and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Securities, a like
aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities registered under the
Securities Act.
"Registration Agreement" means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of November 4, 2003 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers relating to the Securities and (b) any other similar Registration
Rights Agreement relating to Additional Securities.
"Registration Default Damages" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Agreement.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Securities" means all Initial Securities offered and sold
outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
"Restricted Period", with respect to any Securities, means the period
of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on
which such Securities are first offered to persons other than distributors (as
defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S,
notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee, and
(b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Securities that are
Transfer Restricted Securities, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive
days.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.2(f)(i) herein.
"Rule 501" means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Securities" means all Initial Securities offered and sold to
QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
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"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a Global
Security (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who
shall initially be the Trustee.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed by
the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities
pursuant to the Registration Agreement.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Definitive Securities and any
other Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the
Restricted Securities Legend.
"Unrestricted Definitive Security" means Definitive Securities and any
other Securities that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the
Restricted Securities Legend.
1.2 Other Definitions.
Term: Defined in Section:
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"Agent Members" 2.1(b)
"Global Dollar Securities" 2.1(b)
"Global Euro Securities" 2.1(b)
"Global Securities" 2.1(b)
"Regulation S Global Dollar Securities" 2.1(b)
"Regulation S Global Euro Securities" 2.1(b)
"Regulation S Global Securities" 2.1(b)
"Rule 144A Global Dollar Security" 2.1(b)
"Rule 144A Global Euro Security" 2.1(b)
"Rule 144A Global Securities" 2.1(b)
2. The Securities.
2.1 Form and Dating; Global Securities. (a) The Initial Securities
issued on the date hereof will be (i) offered and sold by the Company pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in
reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in
Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Securities may
thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on
Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501.
Additional Securities offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by
the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more Purchase Agreements in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) Global Securities. (i) Rule 144A Securities that are
Dollar Securities initially shall be represented by one or more
Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form without
interest coupons (collectively, the "Rule 144A Global Dollar
Securities"). Rule 144A Securities that are Euro Securities initially
shall be represented by one or more Securities in definitive, fully
registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the
"Rule 144A Global Euro Securities" and, together with the Rule 144A
Global Dollar Securities, the "Rule 144A Global Securities").
Regulation S Securities that are Dollar Securities initially shall be
represented by one or more Securities in fully registered, global form
without interest coupons (collectively, the
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"Regulation S Global Dollar Securities"). Regulation S Securities
that are Euro Securities initially shall be represented by one or more
Securities in fully registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the "Regulation S Global Euro Securities" and, together
with the Regulation S Global Dollar Securities, the "Regulation S
Global Securities"). The term "Global Dollar Securities" means the Rule
144A Global Dollar Securities and the Regulation S Global Dollar
Securities. The term "Global Euro Securities" means, collectively, the
Rule 144A Global Euro Securities and the Regulation S Global Euro
Securities. The term "Global Securities" means, collectively, the Rule
144A Global Securities and the Regulation S Global Securities. The
Global Securities shall bear the Global Security Legend. The Global
Dollar Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the
Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit
to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities
Legend. The Global Euro Securities initially shall (i) be registered in
the name of the Common Depository or the nominee of such Common
Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member,
(ii) be delivered to the Euro Paying Agent as custodian for such Common
Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the
Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream ("Agent Members") shall have no
rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depository or the Common Depository, or the Trustee
as its custodian, or under the Global Securities. The Depository may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Dollar Securities for all
purposes whatsoever. The Common Depository may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of the Global Euro Securities for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent
the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depository or the Common Depository, as
the case may be, or impair, as between the Depository, Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, and their respective Agent Members,
the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a Holder of any Security.
(ii) Transfers of Global Dollar Securities shall be limited to
transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors
or their respective nominees. Transfers of Global Euro Securities shall
be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Common
Depository, its successor and their respective nominees. Interests of
beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or
exchanged for Definitive Securities only in accordance with the
applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, and the provisions of Section 2.2. In
addition, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Securities if (i) in the case of a Global Dollar Security, the
Depository (x) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as depository for such Global Security and the Company
thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (y) has ceased to
be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (ii) in the
case of a Global Euro Security, (x) Euroclear or Clearstream notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as clearing
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agency or (y) the Common Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as common depository for such Global
Euro Security and the Company fails to appoint a successor common
depository within 120 days of such notice or (iii) in the case of any
Global Security, there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event
of Default with respect to such Global Security. In all cases,
Definitive Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Security or
beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and
issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
Depository or the Common Depository, as applicable, in accordance with
its customary procedures.
(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Security as
an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this
Section 2.1(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange
for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
(iv) Any Transfer Restricted Security delivered in exchange
for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2 shall,
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted
Securities Legend.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted
Period, a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security may
be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made
in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.
(vi) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons
that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which
a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
2.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may
not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global
Securities will not be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Securities except
under the circumstances described in Section in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global
Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided
in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global
Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) or
2.2(g).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Dollar
Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the
Depository. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Euro
Securities shall be effected through the Common Depository, in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of
Euroclear and
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Clearstream. Beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities shall be
subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the
extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Dollar
Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in
Global Dollar Securities. Beneficial interests in Global Euro Securities shall
be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Euro
Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global
Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global
Security. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted
Securities Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a
Regulation S Global Security 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). A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Dollar
Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Dollar
Security. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Euro Security
may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of
a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Euro Security. No
written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests
in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests in any Global Dollar Security that is not subject
to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must
deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given
to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and
procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or
cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Dollar
Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with
the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing
information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such
increase. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests in any Global Euro Security that is not subject to Section
2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to
the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the
Common Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and
procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream directing the Common Depository
to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
Global Euro Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to
be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance
with the applicable rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream
containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be
credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global
Securities contained in this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise
applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the
principal amount of the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section
2.2(g).
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(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted
Global Security. A beneficial interest in (x) a Transfer Restricted
Global Dollar Security may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Transfer Restricted Global Dollar Security and (y) a Transfer
Restricted Global Euro Security may be transferred to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Transfer Restricted Global Euro Security, in each case if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached
to the applicable Security; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
attached to the applicable Security.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Transfer Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in (x) a Transfer
Restricted Global Dollar Security may be exchanged by any holder
thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Dollar
Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Dollar Security
or (y) a Restricted Global Euro Security may be exchanged by any holder
thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Euro
Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Euro Security,
in each case if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements
of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder
in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Security 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 Security, a certificate from such holder
in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests or if the
applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear or
Clearstream, as applicable, 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 Restricted
Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is
effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an
Unrestricted Global
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Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon
receipt of an written order of the Company in the form of an Officers'
Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).
(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Security. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global
Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Security.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities
for Definitive Securities. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be
exchanged for a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in
Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any
case, beneficial interests in Global Dollar Securities shall be transferred or
exchanged only for Definitive Dollar Securities and beneficial interests in
Global Euro Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive
Euro Securities.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial
Interests in Global Securities. Definitive Dollar Securities shall be
transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Dollar
Securities. Definitive Euro Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only
for beneficial interests in Global Euro Securities. Transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with
either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i) Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Securities. If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted
Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such
Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security,
then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted
Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted
Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached
to the applicable Security;
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from
such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act,
a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the
applicable Security;
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(D) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in
the form attached to the applicable Security;
(E) if such Transfer Restricted Security 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 from such Holder in the
form attached to the applicable Security, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if
applicable; or
(F) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, a
certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the
applicable Security;
the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Security, and increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
appropriate Restricted Global Security.
(ii) Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of a Transfer Restricted
Security may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Security for
a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer
such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted
Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted
Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached
to the applicable Security; or
(B) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted
Securities proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted
Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached
to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests or if the
applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear or
Clearstream, as applicable, 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 Restricted
Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions
of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer
Restricted Securities and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security. If any
such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph
(ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been
issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order
of the Company in the
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form of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of an
Unrestricted Definitive Security may exchange such Unrestricted
Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global
Securities. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to
this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security
has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of
an written order of the Company in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Securities
transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive
Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Security.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for
Definitive Securities. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Securities and
such Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the
Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities.
Definitive Dollar Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for
Definitive Dollar Securities. Definitive Euro Securities shall be transferred or
exchanged only for Definitive Euro Securities. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by
such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and
information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of
this Section 2.2(e).
(i) Transfer Restricted Securities to Transfer Restricted
Securities. A Transfer Restricted Security may be transferred to and
registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Transfer Restricted Security 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 attached to the applicable
Security;
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(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903
or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable
Security;
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a
certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(D) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs
(A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to
the applicable Security; and
(E) if such transfer will be made to the Company or a
Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the
applicable Security.
(ii) Transfer Restricted Securities to Unrestricted Definitive
Securities. Any Transfer Restricted Security may be exchanged by the
Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or transferred
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted
Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted
Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a
certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the
applicable Security; or
(2) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted
Security proposes to transfer such Securities to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the
form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, 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
Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted
Definitive Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security
may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a
transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive
Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Transfer Restricted
Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged
for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of, a Transfer Restricted Security.
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At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global
Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global
Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation,
if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and
an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the
Depository or the Common Depository, as applicable, 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 Security, such other Global
Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository or the Common Depository, as
applicable, at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(f) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) or
(iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the
Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form
(each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the
legend only):
"THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR
WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER
SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE") THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: TWO YEARS] [IN THE CASE
OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE
DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH
SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
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STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS
GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D)
PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES
OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE
COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO
EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED
A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL
BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE."
Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legend:
"IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS
SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER
COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security that
is a Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to
exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does
not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer
of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Holder certifies in writing to the
Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144
(such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial
Security).
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(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities during the period of
the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Securities Legend on
such Initial Securities shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such
Initial Securities be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect
to the Initial Securities pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Securities
are offered Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial Securities, all
requirements pertaining to Initial Securities that Initial Securities be issued
in global form shall continue to apply, and Exchange Securities in global form
without the Restricted Securities Legend shall be available to Holders that
exchange such Initial Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted
Period of any Initial Security acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all
requirements that such Initial Security bear the Restricted Securities Legend
shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Security be
issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(vi) Any Additional Securities sold in a registered offering shall not
be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for
Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security
shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a
Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and
an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the
Depository or the Common Depository, as applicable, 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 Security, such other Global
Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository or the Common Depository, as
applicable, at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and
Global Securities at the Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any
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such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and
treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest
on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the
Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
(i) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any
beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the
Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of
the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with
respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the
delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other
than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or
repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such
Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to the Holders under the Securities shall be given or made
only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in
the case of a Global Security). In addition, for so long as the Securities are
listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such securities
exchange so require, notices to the Holders of the Securities shall be published
in a newspaper having a general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to
be the Luxemburger Wort). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security
shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules
and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect
to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine
or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest
in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository
participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to
require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms
of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance
as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL DOLLAR SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), NEW YORK, NEW
YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A)
IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN
BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED
SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE
DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE
144A NOTES: TWO YEARS] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY
OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO
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THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS
THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A
MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION
IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN
INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Each Definitive Dollar Security shall bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH
THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF INITIAL DOLLAR SECURITY]
No. $__________
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
CUSIP No. [144A:629885 AD 9]/[REG S:U6291A AD 1]
ISIN No. [144A:US629855AD98]/[REG S: USU6291AAD10]
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [_______], or
registered assigns, the principal sum [of _______________ Dollars] [listed on
the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Dollar Security attached
hereto](1) on November 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Additional provisions of this Dollar Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
NALCO COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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(1) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Dollar Security is
in Global Form.
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies that this is
one of the Dollar Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
*/ If the Dollar Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global
Securities Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
GLOBAL SECURITY."
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL DOLLAR SECURITY]
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
1. Interest
(a) NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Dollar Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay
interest semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15,
2004. Interest on the Dollar Securities shall accrue from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for, from November 4, 2003 until the principal hereof is
due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Dollar Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
(b) Registration Rights Agreement. The Holder of this Dollar Security
is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
November 4, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Dollar Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of
business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date
even if Dollar Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before
the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). The Holders must
surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the
United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Dollar Securities
represented by a Global Dollar Security (including principal, premium, if any,
and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor
depositary. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated
Dollar Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest), at the
office of each Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment
of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each
Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Dollar Securities may
also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Dollar Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account
maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects
payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or a Paying
Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee
may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the
"Trustee"), will act as Dollar Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
appoint and
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change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company or
any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying
Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Dollar Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 4, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Dollar Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (sections)77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the
date of the Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms defined in the Indenture and not
defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Dollar
Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the
Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement of such terms and provisions
The Dollar Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Dollar Security is one of the Initial Dollar Securities referred to in the
Indenture. The Dollar Securities include the Initial Dollar Securities and any
Exchange Dollar Securities issued in exchange for Initial Dollar Securities
pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Dollar Securities and any Exchange Dollar
Securities together with the Initial Euro Securities and any Exchange Euro
Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and
other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur
Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain
dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell
shares of capital stock of Holdings and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into
or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make
asset sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the
Company and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest, on the Dollar Securities and all other amounts payable by the Company
under the Indenture and the Dollar Securities when and as the same shall be due
and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the
terms of the Dollar Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior
basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Dollar
Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
November 15, 2007. Thereafter, the Securities shall be redeemable at the option
of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon on not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following redemption
prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid
interest, to the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest
payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15
of the years set forth below:
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YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2007 103.875%
2008 101.938%
2009 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, prior to November 15, 2007, the Company may redeem the
Dollar Securities at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to
time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Dollar Securities redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, to, the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or
prior to November 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of
the original aggregate principal amount of the Dollar Securities (calculated
after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Dollar Securities) with the
net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company, in each
case, to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common
equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price equal to
107.75% of the principal amount thereof plus, accrued and unpaid interest, to
the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date); provided, however, that at least 65% of the original aggregate principal
amount of the Dollar Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance
of Additional Dollar Securities) must remain outstanding after each such
redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90
days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Securities
being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
6. Sinking Fund
The Dollar Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of
Dollar Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Dollar
Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only
in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued and unpaid interest on all Dollar Securities (or portions thereof)
to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or
before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and
after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Dollar Securities (or such
portions thereof) called for redemption.
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8. Repurchase of Dollar Securities at the Option of Holders
upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Dollar Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the
right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the
terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company will be
required to offer to purchase Dollar Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Dollar Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register
the transfer of or exchange of Dollar Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Dollar Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Dollar Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Dollar Security not
to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Dollar Securities for a period of
15 days prior to a selection of Dollar Securities to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Dollar Security shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a
Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
12. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some of or all its obligations under the Dollar Securities and the
Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government
Obligations for the payment of principal of, and interest on the Dollar
Securities to redemption, or maturity, as the case may be.
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13. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities (voting as a single class) and (ii) any past default or compliance
with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities; provided,
however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect
the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, only the consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Dollar
Securities or Euro Securities (and not the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of all Securities), as the case may be, shall be required. Subject to
certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply
with Article 5 of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities
in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to add additional covenants of
the Company or Holdings for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights
and powers conferred on the Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the
SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
TIA; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder; or (viii) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities or
Additional Securities.
14. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating
to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings or the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
Holdings or the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to
enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that
an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to
pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the
request and the offer of
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security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity
interests in the Company (other than Holdings) or of any Guarantor or any direct
or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities, the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability.
17. Authentication
This Dollar Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Dollar Security.
18. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
19. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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20. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Codes
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the
Euro Securities, Common Codes, to be printed on the Securities and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the Euro
Securities, Common Codes, in notices of redemption as a convenience to the
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint _____________________________ agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Your Signature:
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
Signature Guarantee:
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Date: Signature of Signature Guarantee
Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED DOLLAR SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Dollar Securities
held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the
undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for
its beneficial interest in the Global Dollar Security held by the
Depository a Dollar Security or Dollar Securities in definitive,
registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal
amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Dollar Security
(or the portion thereof indicated above);
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the
transfer of a Dollar Security or Dollar Securities.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Dollar Securities evidenced by
this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Dollar
Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) [ ] to the Company; or
(2) [ ] to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder,
without transfer; or
(3) [ ] pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) [ ] inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer"
(as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933)
that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that
such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each
case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) [ ] outside the United States in an offshore transaction within
the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in
compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and
such Security shall be held immediately after the transfer
through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the
Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
(6) [ ] to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933)
that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing
certain representations and agreements;
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or
(7) [ ] pursuant to another available exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register
any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however,
that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal
opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has
reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date:
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Your Signature
Signature Guarantee:
Date:
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Signature of Signature Guarantee
Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Dollar Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or
has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive
officer
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL DOLLAR SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL DOLLAR SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Dollar Security is
$_____________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Dollar
Security have been made:
Amount of decrease Amount of increase Principal amount of this
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount Global Dollar Security Signature of authorized
Date of of this Global of this Global following such decrease signatory of Trustee or
Exchange Dollar Security Dollar Security or increase Securities Custodian
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS DOLLAR SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS DOLLAR SECURITY
PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE
OF CONTROL) OF THE INDENTURE, STATE THE AMOUNT ($1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE
THEREOF):
$
DATE: YOUR SIGNATURE:
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(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR
NAME APPEARS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS
SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE
GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR OTHER SIGNATURE GUARANTOR PROGRAM
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL EURO SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN A NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON
BRANCH), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO THE COMMON DEPOSITORY, TO NOMINEES OF
THE COMMON DEPOSITORY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR
ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH
REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1)
REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT
HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY,
PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") THAT IS [IN THE
CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: TWO YEARS] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS]
AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO
THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS
THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A
MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF THE EURO EQUIVALENT OF $250,000,
FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F)
PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE
THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON
TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE
REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Each Definitive Euro Security shall bear the following additional
legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH
THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF INITIAL EURO SECURITY]
No. (Euro)__________
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
CUSIP No. [144A:629855 AC 1]/[REG S:U6291A AC 3]
ISIN No. [144A: XS0179153126]/[REG S:XS0179151930]
Common Code [144A: 017915355]/[REG S: 017915398]
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [_______], or
registered assigns, the principal sum [of ________________ Euros] [listed on the
Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Euro Security attached hereto](2)
on November 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Additional provisions of this Euro Security are set forth on the other
side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
NALCO COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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(2) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Euro Security is
in Global Form.
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THEBANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
certifies that this is
one of the Euro Securities referred to
in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
*/ If the Euro Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global
Securities Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
GLOBAL SECURITY."
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL EURO SECURITY]
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
1. Interest
(a) NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Euro Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest
semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2004.
Interest on the Euro Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or
duly provided for, from November 4, 2003 until the principal hereof is due.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Euro Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
(b) Registration Rights Agreement. The Holder of this Euro Security is
entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
November 4, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers
named therein.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Euro Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on
the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Euro
Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest
payment date. The Holders must surrender Euro Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any,
and interest in money of a member state of the European Union that at the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in
respect of the Euro Securities represented by a Global Security (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all payments in
respect of a certificated Euro Security (including principal, premium, if any,
and interest), at the office of a Paying Agent, except that, at the option of
the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the
registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on
the Euro Securities may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least
(Euro)1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Euro Securities, by wire transfer
to a Euro account maintained by the payee with a bank in member state of the
European Union if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written
notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to such effect designating such account
no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment
(or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York, London Branch will act as Euro Paying
Agent. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice. The
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Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may
act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Euro Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 4, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee"). The terms of
the Euro Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. xx.xx.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms
defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Euro Securities are subject to all terms and
provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are
referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and
provisions
The Euro Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Euro Security is one of the Initial Euro Securities referred to in the
Indenture. The Euro Securities include the Initial Euro Securities and any
Exchange Euro Securities issued in exchange for Initial Euro Securities pursuant
to the Indenture. The Initial Euro Securities and any Exchange Euro Securities
together with the Initial Dollar Securities and the Exchange Dollar Securities
are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture
imposes certain limitations on the ability of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other
Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness,
enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and
distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital
stock of Holdings and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain
transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make asset sales. The
Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each
Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest
on the Euro Securities and all other amounts payable by the Company under the
Indenture and the Euro Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the
Euro Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior basis pursuant
to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption.
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Euro
Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
November 15, 2007. Thereafter, the Euro Securities shall be redeemable at the
option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following
redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders
of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
November 15 of the years set forth below:
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YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2007 103.875%
2008 101.938%
2009 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, prior to November 15, 2007, the Company may redeem the
Euro Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to
time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Securities redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or
prior to November 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of
the original aggregate principal amount of the Euro Securities (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Euro Securities) with the net cash
proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by Holdings
or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company, in each case, to
the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity
capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price equal to
107.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);
provided, however, that at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount
of the Euro Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of
Additional Euro Securities) must remain outstanding after each such redemption;
and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the
date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and
otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Sinking Fund
The Euro Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Euro
Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Euro Securities
in denominations larger than (Euro)1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in
whole multiples of (Euro)1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price
of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Euro Securities (or portions thereof)
to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or
before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and
after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Euro Securities (or such
portions thereof) called for redemption.
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8. Repurchase of Euro Securities at the Option of the Holders
upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Euro Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the
right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the
terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company will be
required to offer to purchase Euro Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Euro Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of (Euro)1,000 and whole multiples of (Euro)1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange of Euro Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Euro Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Euro Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Euro Security not to be
redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Euro Securities for a period of 15 days
prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Euro Security shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a
Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
12. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture
if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or EU Government Obligations for
the payment of principal of, and interest on the Securities to redemption, or
maturity, as the case may be.
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13. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities (voting as a single class) and (ii) any past default or compliance
with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities; provided,
however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect
the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, only the consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Dollar
Securities or Euro Securities (and not the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of all Securities), as the case may be, shall be required. Subject to
certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply
with Article 5 of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities
in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to add additional covenants of
the Company or Holdings for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights
and powers conferred on the Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the
SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
TIA; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder; or (viii) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities or
Additional Securities.
14. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating
to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings or the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
Holdings or the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to
enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that
an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to
pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the
request and the offer of
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security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity
interests in the Company (other than Holdings) or of any Guarantor or any direct
or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities, the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability.
17. Authentication
This Euro Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of
the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Euro Security.
18. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
19. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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20. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Codes
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the
Euro Securities, Common Codes, to be printed on the Securities and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the Euro
Securities, Common Codes, in notices of redemption as a convenience to the
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint _______________________________ agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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Date: Your Signature:
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Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this
Security.
Signature Guarantee:
Date:---------------------- -------------------------------------
Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED EURO SECURITIES
This certificate relates to (Euro)_________ principal amount of Euro Securities
held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the
undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the Global Euro Security held by the Depository a
Euro Security or Euro Securities in definitive, registered form of
authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its
beneficial interest in such Global Euro Security (or the portion thereof
indicated above);
[ ] has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the
transfer of a Euro Security or Euro Securities.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Euro Securities evidenced by this
certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Euro
Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) [ ] to the Company; or
(2) [ ] to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder,
without transfer; or
(3) [ ] pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) [ ] inside the United States to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account
of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given
that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) [ ] outside the United States in an offshore transaction within
the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in
compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933
and such Security shall be held immediately after the
transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the
expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the
Indenture); or
(6) [ ] to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of
1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements;
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or
(7) [ ] pursuant to another available exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register
any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however,
that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal
opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has
reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date:
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Your Signature
Signature Guarantee:
Date:
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Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to
request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying
upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive
officer
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL EURO SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL EURO SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Euro Security is
(Euro)______________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Euro
Security have been made:
Amount of decrease Amount of increase Principal amount of this
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount Global Euro Security Signature of authorized
Date of of this Global Euro of this Global Euro following such decrease signatory of Trustee or
Exchange Security Security or increase Securities Custodian
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS EURO SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS EURO SECURITY PURCHASED
BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL)
OF THE INDENTURE, STATE THE AMOUNT ((Euro)1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE
THEREOF):
(Euro)
DATE: YOUR SIGNATURE:
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(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE
GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR OTHER SIGNATURE GUARANTOR PROGRAM
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE DOLLAR SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), NEW YORK, NEW
YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
No. $__________
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
CUSIP No. ______
ISIN No. ______
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
[___________], or registered assigns, the principal sum [of
_________________________ Dollars] [listed on the Schedule of Increases or
Decreases in Global Dollar Security attached hereto](3) on November 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Additional provisions of this Dollar Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
NALCO COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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(3) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Dollar Security is
in Global Form.
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee, certifies that this is
one of the Dollar Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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*/ If the Dollar Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global
Securities Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
GLOBAL SECURITY."
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE DOLLAR SECURITY]
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
1. Interest
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Dollar Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay
interest semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15,
2004. Interest on the Dollar Securities shall accrue from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for, from November 4, 2003 until the principal hereof is
due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Dollar Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Dollar Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of
business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date
even if Dollar Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before
the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). The Holders must
surrender Dollar Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the
United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Dollar Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest)
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The
Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Dollar Security
(including principal, premium, if any, and interest), at the office of a Paying
Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof;
provided, however, that payments on the Dollar Securities may also be made, in
the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Dollar
Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee
with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer
by giving written notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in
its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the
"Trustee"), will act as Dollar Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company or
any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying
Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Company issued the Dollar Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 4, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Dollar Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date
of the Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined
herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are
subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as
defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a
statement of such terms and provisions.
The Dollar Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Security is one of the Exchange Dollar Securities referred to in the
Indenture. The Dollar Securities include the Initial Dollar Securities, the
Additional Dollar Securities and any Exchange Dollar Securities issued in
exchange for the Initial Dollar Securities pursuant to the Indenture. The
Initial Dollar Securities and Exchange Dollar Securities together with the
Initial Euro Securities, and any Exchange Euro Securities are treated as a
single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among
other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay
dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual
restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of Holdings and
such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with
Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also
imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease
all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest, if any, on the Dollar Securities and all other amounts payable by the
Company under the Indenture and the Dollar Securities when and as the same shall
be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according
to the terms of the Dollar Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on
a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Dollar
Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
November 15, 2007. Thereafter, the Dollar Securities shall be redeemable at the
option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following
redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of the
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on November 15 of the years set forth below:
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YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2007 103.875%
2008 101.938%
2009 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, prior to November 15, 2007, the Company may redeem the
Dollar Securities at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to
time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Dollar Securities redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or
prior to November 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of
the original aggregate principal amount of the Dollar Securities (calculated
after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Dollar Securities), with the
net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company, in each
case, to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common
equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price equal to
107.75% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);
provided, however, that at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount
of the Dollar Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of
Additional Dollar Securities) must remain outstanding after each such
redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90
days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Securities
being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
6. Sinking Fund
The Dollar Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of
Dollar Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Dollar
Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only
in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued and unpaid interest on all Dollar Securities (or portions thereof)
to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or
before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and
after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Dollar Securities (or such
portions thereof) called for redemption.
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8. Repurchase of Dollar Securities at the Option of the Holders
upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Dollar Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the
right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the
terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company will be
required to offer to purchase Dollar Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Dollar Securities are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register
the transfer of or exchange of Dollar Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Dollar Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Dollar Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Dollar Security not
to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Dollar Securities for a period of
15 days prior to a selection of Dollar Securities to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Dollar Security shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a
Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
12. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some of or all its obligations under the Dollar Securities and the Indenture if
the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for
the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption, or
maturity, as the case may be.
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13. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities (voting as a single class) and (ii) any past default or compliance
with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities; provided,
however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect
the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, only the consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Dollar
Securities or Euro Securities (and not the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of all Securities), as the case may be, shall be required. Subject to
certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply
with Article 5 of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities
in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to add additional covenants of
the Company or Holdings for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights
and powers conferred on the Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the
SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
TIA; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder; or (viii) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities or
Additional Securities.
14. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating
to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings or the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
Holdings or the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to
enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that
an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to
pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the
request and the offer of
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security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity
interests in the Company (other than Holdings) or of any Guarantor or any direct
or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities, the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability.
17. Authentication
This Dollar Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Dollar Security.
18. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
19. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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20. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Codes
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the
Euro Securities, Common Codes to be printed on the Securities and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the Euro
Securities, Common Codes, in notices of redemption as a convenience to the
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint __________________________ agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Your Signature:
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Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this
Security.
Signature Guarantee:
Date:
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Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY
THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF
THE INDENTURE, STATE THE AMOUNT ($1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE THEREOF):
$
DATE: YOUR SIGNATURE:
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(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS
SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE
GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR OTHER SIGNATURE GUARANTOR PROGRAM
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL DOLLAR SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL DOLLAR SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Dollar Security is
$_____________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Dollar
Security have been made:
Amount of decrease Amount of increase Principal amount of this
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount Global Dollar Security Signature of authorized
Date of of this Global of this Global following such decrease signatory of Trustee or
Exchange Dollar Security Dollar Security or increase Securities Custodian
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE EURO SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN A NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON
BRANCH), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO THE COMMON DEPOSITORY, TO NOMINEES OF THE COMMON
DEPOSITORY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS
OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF.
No. (Euro)__________
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
CUSIP No. ______
ISIN No. ______
Common Code___
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [_______], or
registered assigns, the principal sum [of _________________ Euros] [listed on
the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Euro Security attached
hereto](4) on November 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Additional provisions of this Euro Security are set forth on the other
side of this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
NALCO COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies that this is
one of the Euro Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
_____________
(4) Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Euro Security
is in Global Form.
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*/ If the Euro Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global
Securities Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
GLOBAL SECURITY."
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE EURO SECURITY]
7 3/4% Senior Note due 2011
1. Interest
NALCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest
semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2004.
Interest on the Euro Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or
duly provided for, from November 4, 2003 until the principal hereof is due.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by
the Euro Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Euro Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on
the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Euro
Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest
payment date (whether or not a Business Day). The Holders must surrender Euro
Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall
pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of a member state of the
European Union that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts. Payments in respect of the Euro Securities represented by a
Global Euro Security (including principal, premium and interest) shall be made
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The
Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all
payments in respect of a certificated Euro Security (including principal,
premium, if any, and interest), at the office of a Paying Agent, except that, at
the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to
the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments
on the Euro Securities may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least
(Euro)1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Euro Securities, by wire transfer
to a Euro account maintained by the payee with a bank in a member state of the
European Union if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written
notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to such effect designating such account
no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment
(or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, The Bank of New York, London Branch, will act as Euro Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 4, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee"). The terms of
the Euro Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. xx.xx.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms
defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Euro Securities are subject to all terms and
provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are
referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and
provisions.
The Euro Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Euro Security is one of the Exchange Euro Securities referred to in the
Indenture. The Euro Securities include the Initial Euro Securities, the
Additional Euro Securities and any Exchange Euro Securities issued in exchange
for the Initial Euro Securities pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Euro
Securities and Exchange Euro Securities together with the Initial Dollar
Securities and any Exchange Dollar Securities are treated as a single class of
securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the
ability of Holdings, and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things,
make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other
distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the
payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries,
issue or sell shares of capital stock of Holdings, and such Restricted
Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create
or incur Liens and make asset sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on
the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest, if any, on the Euro Securities and all other amounts payable by the
Company under the Indenture and the Securities when and as the same shall be due
and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the
terms of the Euro Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior
basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Euro
Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
November 15, 2007. Thereafter, the Euro Securities shall be redeemable at the
option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following
redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders
of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
November 15 of the years set forth below:
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YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2007 103.875%
2008 101.938%
2009 and thereafter 100.000%
In addition, prior to November 15, 2007, the Company may redeem the
Euro Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to
time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Securities redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or
prior to November 15, 2006, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of
the original aggregate principal amount of the Euro Securities (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Euro Securities), with the net cash
proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by Holdings
or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Company, in each case, to
the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity
capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price equal to
107.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);
provided, however, that at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount
of the Euro Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of
Additional Euro Securities) must remain outstanding after each such redemption;
and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the
date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and
otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Sinking Fund
The Euro Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Euro
Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Securities in
denominations larger than (Euro)1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole
multiples of (Euro)1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and
accrued and unpaid interest on all Euro Securities (or portions thereof) to be
redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before
the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after
such date interest ceases to accrue on such Euro Securities (or such portions
thereof) called for redemption.
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8. Repurchase of Euro Securities at the Option of the Holders
upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase
price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of,
the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company will be
required to offer to purchase Euro Securities upon the occurrence of certain
events.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Euro Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of (Euro)1,000 and whole multiples of (Euro)1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange of Euro Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Euro Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Euro Security not to be
redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Euro Securities for a period of 15 days
prior to a selection of Euro Securities to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Euro Security shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a
Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
12. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some of or all its obligations under the Euro Securities and the
Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or EU Government
Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to
redemption, or maturity, as the case may be.
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13. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities (voting as a single class) and (ii) any past default or compliance
with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities; provided,
however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification will only affect
the Dollar Securities or the Euro Securities, only the consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Dollar
Securities or Euro Securities (and not the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of all Securities), as the case may be, shall be required. Subject to
certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply
with Article 5 of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities
in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Senior
Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to add additional covenants of
the Company or Holdings for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights
and powers conferred on the Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the
SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
TIA; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder; or (viii) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities, or
Additional Securities.
14. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating
to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings or the
Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
Holdings or the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to
enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that
an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to
pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the
request and the offer of
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security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity
interests in the Company (other than Holdings) or of any Guarantor or any direct
or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities, the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability.
17. Authentication
This Euro Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of
the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Euro Security.
18. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
19. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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20. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Codes
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the
Euro Securities, Common Codes, to be printed on the Securities and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs and, in the case of the Euro
Securities, Common Codes, in notices of redemption as a convenience to the
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF SECURITIES UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint __________________________ agent to transfer
this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Your Signature:
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Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security.
Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized
signature guaranty medallion
program or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the
Trustee.
Signature Guarantee:
Date:
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Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee
participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other
signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE
INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
ASSET SALE [ ] CHANGE OF CONTROL [ ]
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY
THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 (ASSET SALE) OR 4.08 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF
THE INDENTURE, STATE THE AMOUNT ((Euro)1,000 OR AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE THEREOF):
(Euro)
DATE: YOUR SIGNATURE:
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(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME
APPEARS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A PARTICIPANT IN A RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE
GUARANTY MEDALLION PROGRAM OR OTHER SIGNATURE GUARANTOR PROGRAM
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL EURO SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL EURO SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Euro Security is
(Euro)______________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Euro
Security have been made:
Amount of decrease Amount of increase Principal amount of this
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount Global Euro Security Signature of authorized
Date of of this Global Euro of this Global Euro following such decrease signatory of Trustee or
Exchange Security Security or increase Securities Custodian
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EXHIBIT E
Form of
Transferee Letter of Representation
Nalco Company
x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. 00 X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $/(Euro)[ ]
principal amount of the 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (the "Securities") of NALCO
COMPANY (the "Company").
Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the
new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:________________________
Address:_____________________
Taxpayer ID Number:__________
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an
institutional "accredited investor" at least $250,000 principal amount of the
Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer
or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act.
We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities,
and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal
course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each
able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
2. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in
the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor
account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise
transfer such Securities prior to the date that is two years after the later of
the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any
affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor
thereto) (the "Resale Restriction Termination Date") only (a) to the Company,
(b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule
144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), to a person we reasonably believe
is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a "QIB") that is
purchasing for its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is
given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to
offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such
an institutional "accredited investor," in each case in a minimum principal
amount of Securities of $250,000, or (f) pursuant to any other available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in
each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of
our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all
times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state
securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent
to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of
the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the
Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an
institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for
investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act.
Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right
prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clause (d), (e) or (f) above to
require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other
information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.
Dated: TRANSFEREE: ,
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by_______________________________
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of [ ],
among [GUARANTOR] (the "New Guarantor"), a subsidiary of NALCO COMPANY (or its
successor), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
New York banking corporation, as trustee under the indenture referred to below
(the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Company and the existing Guarantors has heretofore executed
and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "Indenture") dated as of November 4, 2003, providing for the
issuance of the Company's U.S. Dollar-denominated 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011
(the "Dollar Securities") and Euro-denominated 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (the
"Euro Securities" and, together with the Dollar Securities, the "Securities"),
initially in the aggregate principal amount of $665,000,000 and
(Euro)200,000,000, respectively;
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain
circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and
deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New
Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Company's obligations under
the Securities pursuant to a Senior Guarantee on the terms and conditions set
forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the
Company and the existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New
Guarantor, the Company, and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:
1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined
in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein
defined, except that the term "Holders" in this Guarantee shall refer to the
term "Holders" as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of
and for the benefit of such Holders. The words "herein," "hereof" and hereby and
other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this
Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and
severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee
the Company's obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other
applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of
the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
4. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor
shall be given as provided in Section 11.02 of the Indenture.
3. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of
Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a
part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities
heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation
as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
NALCO COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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