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EXHIBIT 4.2
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ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
as Issuer,
H-R WINDOW SUPPLY, INC.
VINYL BUILDING SPECIALTIES OF CONNECTICUT, INC.
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
and
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CO. OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.
as Subsidiary Guarantors
and
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
$100,000,000
10 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006, SERIES A
10 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006, SERIES B
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INDENTURE
Dated as of November 27, 1996
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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) .............................. 7.8; 7.10
(c) .............................. N.A.
311(a) .............................. 7.11
(b) .............................. 7.11
(c) .............................. N.A.
312(a) .............................. 2.5
(b) .............................. 12.3
(c) ............................. 12.3
313(a) .............................. 7.6
(b)(1) .............................. N.A.
(b)(2) .............................. 7.6
(c) .............................. 7.6
(d) .............................. 7.6
314(a) .............................. 4.2
4.10 .............................. 12.2
(b) .............................. N.A.
(c)(1) .............................. 12.4
(c)(2) .............................. 12.4
(c)(3) .............................. N.A.
(d) .............................. N.A.
(e) .............................. 12.5
(f) .............................. 4.9
315(a) .............................. 7.1
(b) .............................. 7.5; 12.2
(c) .............................. 7.1
(d) .............................. 7.1
(e) .............................. 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) .............................. 12.6
(a)(1)(A) .............................. 6.5
(a)(1)(B) .............................. 6.4
(a)(2) .............................. N.A.
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(b) .............................. 6.7
317(a)(1) .............................. 6.8
(a)(2) .............................. 6.9
(b) .............................. 2.4
318(a) .............................. 12.1
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference . 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 1.4. Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE II The Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication. . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. . . . . 30
SECTION 2.5. Securityholder Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 2.7. Replacement Securities. . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 2.8. Outstanding Securities. . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.9. Treasury Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 2.18. Persons Deemed Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 2.19. Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE III Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 3.1. Notices to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 3.2. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed . . . 40
SECTION 3.3. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . 42
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ARTICLE IV Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 4.1. Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 4.2. SEC Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 4.3. Limitation on Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 4.4. Limitation on Restricted Payments . . . . . 45
SECTION 4.5. Limitation on Restrictions on
Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 4.6. Limitation on Sales of Assets and
Subsidiary Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 4.7. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions . . . . 53
SECTION 4.8. Change of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.9. Limitation on Capital Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries. . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Layering . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 4.11. Compliance Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 4.12. Further Instruments and Acts . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 4.13. Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . 57
SECTION 4.15. Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 4.16. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 4.17. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE V Successor Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 5.1. When Company May Merge or Transfer
Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE VI Defaults and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 6.2. Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 6.3. Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 6.5. Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 6.6. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . . . . 65
SECTION 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.10. Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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ARTICLE VII Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 7.2. Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.5. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE VIII Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance . . . . . 72
SECTION 8.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities;
Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 8.2. Conditions to Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 8.3. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 8.4. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 8.5. Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 8.6. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ARTICLE IX Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 9.1. Without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 9.2. With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . 80
SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and
Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . 81
SECTION 9.6. Trustee To Sign Amendments . . . . . . . . . 81
ARTICLE X Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.1. Agreement To Subordinate . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 10.2. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy . . . . 82
SECTION 10.3. Default on Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . 82
SECTION 10.4. Acceleration of Payment of Securities . . . 84
SECTION 10.5. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over . . . . 84
SECTION 10.6. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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SECTION 10.7. Relative Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 10.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors . . . 85
SECTION 10.9. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent . . . . . 85
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative . . 85
SECTION 10.11. Article X Not To Prevent Events of
Default or Limit Right To Accelerate . . . 86
SECTION 10.12. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination . . . . 87
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness and Subsidiary
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness and Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions . 87
ARTICLE XI Subsidiary Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 11.1. Subsidiary Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 11.2. Limitation on Liability . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 11.3. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 11.4. No Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.5. Right of Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.6. No Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.7. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.8. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary
Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.9. Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws . . 94
ARTICLE XII Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 12.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 12.2. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 12.3. Communication by Holders with other
Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 12.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
SECTION 12.5. Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
SECTION 12.6. When Securities Disregarded . . . . . . . . 96
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SECTION 12.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.8. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.9. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.11. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.12. Multiple Originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.13. Variable Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 12.14. Qualification of Indenture . . . . . . . . . 98
SECTION 12.15. Table of Contents; Headings . . . . . . . . 98
SECTION 12.16. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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INDENTURE dated as of November 27, 1996, by and among Atrium Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (as further defined below, the "Company"), each of H-R
Window Supply, Inc., a Texas corporation ("H-R"), Vinyl Building Specialties of
Connecticut, Inc., a Connecticut corporation ("VBS"), Xxxxxx Manufacturing Co.
of New York, Inc., a Connecticut corporation ("BMC"), Xxxxxx Manufacturing
Company, Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation ("BMI"), and Xxxxxx
Manufacturing Company of New England, Inc., a Connecticut corporation ("BMNE"),
as Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined) of the Company's obligations hereunder,
and United States Trust Company of New York, a bank and trust company organized
under the New York Banking Law (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the creation and issuance of up
to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2006, Series A (the "Initial Securities") and $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 10 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006, Series B (the
"Exchange Securities,") and, to provide therefor, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make the Securities (as defined herein),
when duly issued and executed by the Company, and authenticated and delivered
hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, have been done.
The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee agree as
follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
"Additional Assets" means (i) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock) in a Related Business; (ii) the Capital Stock
of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition
of such Capital Stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(iii) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such
time is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (iv) Permitted Investments
of the type and in the amounts described in clause (viii) of the definition
thereof; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such
Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Related Business.
"Adjusted Net Assets" of a Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall
mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of
such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total
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amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, the probable liability of
such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its contingent liabilities (after
giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed
on such date), but excluding liabilities under the Subsidiary Guarantee, of
such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value
of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on
its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities
incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from
any Subsidiary by such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guarantee), excluding debt in respect of
the Subsidiary Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other Person,
directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any
Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such
Security and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1)
105.250% of the principal amount of such Security plus (2) all required
interest payments due on such Security through November 15, 2001, computed
using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 100 basis points, over
(B) the principal amount of such Security.
"Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer, issuance or
other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or
dispositions that are part of a common plan) of shares of Capital Stock of (or
other equity interests in) a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors'
qualifying shares), or of any other property or other assets (each referred to
for the purposes of this definition as a "disposition") by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger,
consolidation or similar transaction) other than (i) a disposition by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (ii) a disposition of inventory in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) a disposition of obsolete or worn out
equipment or equipment that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and that is disposed of in each
case in the ordinary course of business, (iv) dispositions of property for net
proceeds which, when taken collectively with the net proceeds of any other such
dispositions under this clause (iv) that were
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consummated since the beginning of the calendar year in which such disposition
is consummated, do not exceed $1 million, and (v) transactions permitted under
Section 5.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, a
Restricted Payment made in compliance with Section 4.4 shall not constitute an
Asset Disposition except for purposes of determination of the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio and the Leverage Ratio.
"Asset Swap" means the execution of a definitive agreement,
subject only to customary closing conditions that the Company in good faith
believes will be satisfied, for a substantially concurrent purchase and sale,
or exchange, of Productive Assets between the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and another Person or group of affiliated Persons; provided,
however, that any amendment to or waiver of any closing condition that
individually or in the aggregate is material to the Asset Swap shall be deemed
to be a new Asset Swap.
"Attributable Indebtedness" in respect of a Sale/Leaseback
Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value
(discounted at the interest rate borne by the Securities, compounded annually)
of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining
term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any
period for which such lease has been extended).
"Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with
respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of
the products of the numbers of years (rounded upwards to the nearest month)
from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption multiplied by the amount
of such payment by (ii) the sum of all such payments.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of any Person
or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of
Directors.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" means an obligation that is
required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of
Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of
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such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity
thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due
under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without
penalty.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person,
including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible
into such equity.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any Person or
group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act (a "Group") (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture), other than to Permitted Holders; or
(ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of Holding or the
Company (but not a committee thereof) shall consist of Persons who are
not Continuing Directors of Holding or the Company; or
(iii) the acquisition by any Person or Group (other than the
Permitted Holders) of the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or
direct the voting of securities having more than 50% of the ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of Holding or the Company or
of any direct or indirect holding company thereof.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means Atrium Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holding, until a successor replaces it and,
thereafter, means the successor.
"Commission" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or
its successor.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" for any period means the Consolidated
Net Income for such period, plus the following to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) income tax expense, (ii)
Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization
expense, (v) exchange or translation losses on foreign currencies, and (vi) all
other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash
item to the extent it
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represents an accrual of or reserve for cash disbursements for any subsequent
period prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities) and less, to the extent
added in calculating Consolidated Net Income, (x) exchange or translation gains
on foreign currencies and (y) non-cash items (excluding such non-cash items to
the extent they represent an accrual for cash receipts reasonably expected to
be received prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities), in each case for
such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the income tax expense,
depreciation expense and amortization expense of a Subsidiary of the Company
shall be included in Consolidated Cash Flow only to the extent (and in the same
proportion) that the net income of such Subsidiary was included in calculating
Consolidated Net Income.
"Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination
means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow for the
period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the
date of such determination and as to which financial statements are available
to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters: provided,
however, that (1) if the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has
Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period through the date
of determination of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio that remains outstanding or
if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Consolidated Coverage
Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness, or both, Consolidated Cash Flow and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
effect on a pro forma basis to (A) such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness
had been Incurred on the first day of such period (provided, that if such
Indebtedness is Incurred under a revolving credit facility (or similar
arrangement or under any predecessor revolving credit or similar arrangement)
only that portion of such Indebtedness that constitutes the one year projected
average balance of such Indebtedness (as determined in good faith by senior
management of the Company) shall be deemed outstanding for purposes of this
calculation) and (B) the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid,
repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new
Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,
(2) if since the beginning of such period any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has been repaid, repurchased, defeased or
otherwise discharged (other than Indebtedness under a revolving credit or
similar arrangement unless such revolving credit Indebtedness has been
permanently repaid and has not been replaced), Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such Indebtedness had been repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise
discharged on the first day of such period, (3) if since the beginning of such
period the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made any
Asset Disposition or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Asset Disposition, Consolidated Cash Flow
for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Cash
Flow (if positive) attributable to the assets which are the subject of such
Asset Disposition for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated Cash Flow (if negative) attributable thereto for such period, and
Consolidated
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Interest Expense for such period shall be (i) reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries repaid, repurchased, defeased or
otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if
the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is sold, the
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its
continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness
after such sale) and (ii) increased by interest income attributable to the
assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period, (4) if
since the beginning of such period the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (or any Person which becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as a result thereof) or an acquisition of assets
occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made
hereunder which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a
business, Consolidated Cash Flow and Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the
incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred
on the first day of such period and (5) if since the beginning of such period
any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Asset Disposition,
Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment
pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company during such period, Consolidated Cash Flow and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or
acquisition occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this
definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of
assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of
Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in
connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined 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 expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the
rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for
the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable
to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in
excess of 12 months).
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total
interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the
extent not included in such interest expense, (i) interest expense attributable
to capital leases, (ii) amortization of debt discount, (iii) capitalized
interest, (iv) non-cash interest expense, (v) commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing, (vi) interest actually paid by the Company or any such Restricted
Subsidiary under any Guarantee of Indebtedness or other obligation
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of any other Person, (vii) net payments (whether positive or negative) pursuant
to Interest Rate Agreements, (viii) the cash contributions to any employee
stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used
by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the
Company) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust and
(ix) cash and Disqualified Stock dividends in respect of all Preferred Stock of
Subsidiaries and Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than
the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and less (a) to the extent included in
such interest expense, the amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs and
(b) interest income. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Consolidated Interest
Expense with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, that was not
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, shall be included only to the extent (and in the
same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included
in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income
(loss) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: (i) any net
income (loss) of any person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the
date of such acquisition, (ii) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly
or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by
such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company (other than
restrictions in effect on the Issue Date with respect to a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company and other than restrictions that are created or exist
in compliance with Section 4.5 hereof), (iii) any gain or loss realized upon
the sale or other disposition of any assets of the Company or its consolidated
Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction)
which are not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business
and any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital
Stock of any Person, (iv) any extraordinary gain or loss, (v) the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles, (vi) non-cash restructuring
charges or writeoffs recorded within the one year period following the Issue
Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7.5 million, (vii) the net income of
any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the
lesser of (A) dividends or distributions paid to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person and (B) the net income of such Person
(but in no event less than zero), and the net loss of such Person (other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall be included only to the extent of the
aggregate Investment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
such Person and (viii) any non-cash expenses attributable to grants or
exercises of employee stock options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A)
Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be reduced by the aggregate amount
of dividends paid during such period pursuant to clause (v) of paragraph (b) of
Section 4.4 hereof and (B) for the purpose of Section 4.4 hereof only, there
shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of
loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries
to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
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to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of
Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (a)(3)(E)
thereof.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means the total of the amounts shown on
the balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the end of
the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company ending prior to the taking of any
action for the purpose of which the determination is being made and for which
financial statements are available (but in no event ending more than 135 days
prior to the taking of such action), as (i) the par or stated value of all
outstanding Capital Stock of the Company plus (ii) paid in capital or capital
surplus relating to such Capital Stock plus (iii) any retained earnings or
earned surplus less (A) any accumulated deficit and (B) any amounts
attributable to Disqualified Stock.
"Continuing Director" means, as of the date of determination, any
Person who (i) was a member of the Board of Directors of such Person on the
date of the Indenture, (ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Board
of Directors of such Person with the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of
such nomination or election, or (iii) is a representative of a Permitted
Holder.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address
of the Trustee specified in Section 12.2 or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Currency Agreement" means in respect of a Person any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement as to
which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of
time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
their respective successors and assigns, or such other depository institution
hereinafter appointed by the Company.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) all obligations under
the New Credit Facility in the case of the Company, (ii) any Guarantee by a
Subsidiary Guarantor of such obligations under the New Credit Facility in the
case of such Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) any other Senior Indebtedness in
the case of the Company or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of such
Subsidiary Guarantor which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate
principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination,
the holders thereof are committed to
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lend up to, at least $5 million and is specifically designated by the Company
or such Subsidiary Guarantor in the instrument evidencing or governing such
Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior
Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means, any Capital Stock which, by its terms
(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event other than an event which
would constitute a Change of Control (i) matures (excluding any maturity as the
result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily
redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise or is redeemable
at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
final stated maturity of the Securities, (ii) is convertible into or
exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (a) debt
securities or (b) any Capital Stock referred to in (i) above, in each case at
any time prior to the final stated maturity of the Securities.
"Equity Offering" means an offering for cash by Holding or the
Company of its common stock, or options, warrants or rights with respect to its
common stock.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Securities" has the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Indenture.
"Financial Advisory Agreement" means the Financial Advisory
Agreement between Xxxxx Muse Partners and the Company as in effect on the Issue
Date.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America as in effect as of the date hereof, including those
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 approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in
this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person
and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or
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services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner
the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided,
however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to a
Subsidiary Guarantor, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
issued, any Guarantee of the New Credit Facility by such Subsidiary Guarantor,
all other Guarantees by such Subsidiary Guarantor of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company and all Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, including interest
and fees thereon, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that the obligations
of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of such Indebtedness are not superior
in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Guarantee; provided, however, that Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
shall not include (1) any obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, (2) any liability for Federal,
state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Subsidiary Guarantor, (3) any
accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary
course of business (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such
liabilities) or (4) any Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of such
Subsidiary Guarantor that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, including any Guarantor Senior Subordinated Indebtedness and
Guarantor Subordinated Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
"Guarantor Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means, with respect
to a Subsidiary Guarantor, the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under
the Subsidiary Guarantee and any other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari
passu in right of payment with the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Subsidiary Guarantee and is not subordinated by its terms in right of
payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor
which is not Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
"Guarantor Subordinated Obligation" means, with respect to a
Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.
"Xxxxx Muse" means Hicks, Muse, Xxxx & Xxxxx, Incorporated.
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"Xxxxx Muse Partners" means Xxxxx Muse Partners, an affiliate of
Xxxxx Muse.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Holding" means Atrium Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
the owner of all the outstanding capital stock of the Company as of the date of
this Indenture.
"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 Restricted Subsidiary
(whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to
be incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination (without duplication), (i) the principal of and premium (if any)
in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) the
principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all
obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar
instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) (other
than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other
than obligations described in clauses (i), (ii) and (v)) entered into in the
ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent that such letters of
credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is
reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such
Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of
credit), (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid
purchase price of property or services (except trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is
due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or
taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, (v) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Indebtedness of such Person,
(vi) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (vii) all
Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed by such Person, (viii)
the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption,
repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, any Preferred Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent such obligation arises on or before the Stated
Maturity of the Securities (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends)
and (ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations
under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements. The amount of
Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding principal
amount of all unconditional obligations as described above, as such amount
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would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the
maximum liability of such Person, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving
rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations described above at such
date.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an
installment of interest on the Securities.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means with respect to any Person any
interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest
rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a
beneficiary.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance,
loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that
are recorded as accounts payable on the balance sheet of such Person) or other
extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement, but
excluding any debt or extension of credit represented by a bank deposit other
than a time deposit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of
cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for
the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock,
Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person. For purposes
of Section 4.4 hereof, (i) "Investment" shall include the portion
(proportionate to the Company's equity interest in a Restricted Subsidiary to
be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the
net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such
Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
"Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to
(x) the Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Company's equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is so redesignated a Restricted
Subsidiary; and (ii) 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
and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors certified in an
Officers' Certificate to the Trustee.
"Initial Securities" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Indenture.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Initial Securities are
originally issued.
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"Legal Holiday" has the meaning ascribed in Section 12.8.
"Leverage Ratio" shall mean, as to any Person, the ratio of (i)
the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of Indebtedness of such Person and
its Subsidiaries as of the date of calculation on a consolidated basis to (ii)
the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the last four full fiscal
quarters (the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the date of
determination.
For purposes of this definition, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Indebtedness of the Person and its Subsidiaries for which
such calculation is made shall be determined on a pro forma basis as if the
Indebtedness giving rise to the need to perform such calculation had been
incurred and the proceeds therefrom had been applied, and all other
transactions in respect of which such Indebtedness is being incurred had
occurred, on the date the respective calculation is required. In addition to
the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated Cash Flow" shall
be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to (i) the incurrence of
the Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (and the application of
the proceeds therefrom) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and
any incurrence (and the application of the proceeds therefrom) or repayment of
other Indebtedness, other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness
pursuant to working capital facilities, at any time subsequent to the beginning
of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the date of determination, as if
such incurrence (and the application of the proceeds thereof), or the
repayment, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter
Period and (ii) any Asset Disposition at any time on or subsequent to the first
day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the date of determination, as
if such Asset Disposition occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.
Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Interest Expense" for purposes of the
calculation of "Consolidated Cash Flow," (i) interest on Indebtedness
determined on a fluctuating basis as of the date of determination (including
Indebtedness actually incurred on the date of the transaction giving rise to
the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio) and which will continue to be so
determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum
equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness as in effect on the date of
determination and (ii) notwithstanding (i) above, interest determined on a
fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Interest Rate
Agreements, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after
giving effect to the operation of such agreements so long as the respective
Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
"Maturity Date" means November 15, 2006.
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"Monitoring and Oversight and Agreement" means the Monitoring and
Oversight Agreement between Xxxxx Muse Partners, Holding and the Company as in
effect on the Issue Date.
"Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash
payments received (including 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 any other consideration received
in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other
obligations relating to the properties or assets subject to such Asset
Disposition) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and recording
tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all
Federal, state, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a
liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition, (ii) all
payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to
such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such
assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent
to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds
from such Asset Disposition, (iii) all distributions and other payments
required to be made to any Person owning a beneficial interest in assets
subject to sale or minority interest holders in Subsidiaries orjoint ventures
as a result of such Asset Disposition, (iv) the deduction of appropriate
amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP,
against any liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset
Disposition provided, however, that upon any reduction in such reserves (other
than to the extent resulting from payments of the respective reserved
liabilities), Net Available Cash shall be increased by the amount of such
reduction to reserves, and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company after such Asset Disposition and (v) any portion of the purchase
price from an Asset Disposition placed in escrow (whether as a reserve for
adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of
such Asset Disposition or otherwise in connection with such Asset Disposition);
provided, however, that upon the termination of such escrow, Net Available Cash
shall be increased by any portion of funds therein released to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Net Cash Proceeds" with respect to any issuance or sale of
Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of
attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees,
discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually
incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or
payable as a result of such issuance or sale.
"New Credit Facility" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of
November 27, 1996, among the Company, Holding, Bankers Trust Company, as agent,
and any other financial institutions from time to time party thereto, together
with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any
guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements
may
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be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including by
way of adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any
successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness (i) as to which neither
the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides any guarantee or credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, guarantee, indemnity, agreement
or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or
indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) and (ii) no default with
respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to
take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to
its stated maturity.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum dated
November 22, 1996 relating to the Securities;
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of Holding, the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers.
"Offshore Physical Securities" has the meaning provided in
Section 2.1.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel
who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and which complies, if applicable,
with Section 12.5. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company
or the Trustee.
"Permitted Holders" means Xxxxx Muse, or any of its Affiliates,
officers or directors.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness of the Company
owing to and held by any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary; provided, however, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any
Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary ceasing to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer
of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary)
shall be deemed, in each case,
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to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof; (ii)
Indebtedness represented by (x) the Securities, (y) any Indebtedness (other
than the Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) of Section 4.3(b)
and other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (i) above or clauses
(iv), (v) or (vi) below) outstanding on the Issue Date and (z) any Refinancing
Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in this clause
(ii) or Incurred pursuant to Section 4.3(a); (iii) (A) Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on the date on which such
Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company (other than Indebtedness
Incurred as consideration in, 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 Subsidiary
or was otherwise acquired by the Company); provided, however, that at the time
such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Company, the Company would have
been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.3(a)
after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this
clause (iii) and (B) Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to this clause (iii); (iv) Indebtedness (A) in respect of performance
bonds, bankers' acceptances and surety or appeal bonds provided by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to their customers in the ordinary course
of their business, (B) in respect of performance bonds or similar obligations
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for or in connection with
pledges, deposits or payments made or given in the ordinary course of business
in connection with or to secure statutory, regulatory or similar obligations,
including obligations under health, safety or environmental obligations, (C)
arising from Guarantees to suppliers, lessors, licensees, contractors,
franchises or customers of obligations (other than Indebtedness) incurred in
the ordinary course of business and (D) under Currency Agreements and Interest
Rate Agreements; provided, however, that in the case of Currency Agreements and
Interest Rate Agreements, such Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements
are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
or senior management of the Company) and correspond in terms of notional
amount, duration, currencies and interest rates, as applicable, to Indebtedness
of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred without violation of the
Indenture or to business transactions of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries on customary terms entered into in the ordinary course of
business; (v) Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from
Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any
obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to
such agreements, in each case Incurred in connection with the disposition of
any business assets or Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than
Guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations Incurred by any Person
acquiring all or any portion of such business assets or Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company for the purpose of financing such acquisition) in a principal
amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
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connection with such disposition; provided, however, that the principal amount
of any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (v), when taken together
with all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (v) and then
outstanding, shall not exceed $10 million; (vi) Indebtedness consisting of (A)
Guarantees by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness Incurred by
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary without violation of this Indenture and (B)
Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary of Senior Indebtedness Incurred by the
Company without violation of this Indenture (so long as such Restricted
Subsidiary could have Incurred such Indebtedness directly without violation of
this Indenture); and (vii) 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.
"Permitted Investment" means an Investment by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in (i) a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided, however, that the primary business of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is
a Related Business; (ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such
other Person becomes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its
assets to, the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided,
however, that in each case such Person's primary business is a Related
Business; (iii) Temporary Cash Investments; (iv) receivables owing to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; (v) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover
matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated
as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of
business; (vi) loans or advances to employees for purposes of purchasing the
Company's common stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not
to exceed $500,000 and other loans and advances to employees made in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary; (vii) stock, obligations or securities received in
settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or in satisfaction of judgments
or claims; (viii) a Person engaged in a Related Business or a loan or advance
to the Company the proceeds of which are used solely to make an Investment in a
Person engaged in a Related Business or a Guarantee by the Company of
Indebtedness of any Person in which such Investment has been made; provided,
however, that no Permitted Investments may be made pursuant to this clause
(viii) to the extent the amount thereof would, when taken together with all
other Permitted Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii), exceed $10
million in the aggregate (plus, to the extent not previously reinvested, any
return of capital realized on Permitted Investments made pursuant to this
clause (viii), or any release or other cancellation of any Guarantee
constituting such Permitted Investment); (ix) Persons to the extent such
Investment is received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as
consideration for asset
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dispositions effected in compliance with Section 4.6; (x) prepayments and other
credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with
the past practices of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (xi)
Investments in connection with pledges, deposits, payments or performance bonds
made or given in the ordinary course of business in connection with or to
secure statutory, regulatory or similar obligations, including obligations
under health, safety or environmental obligations.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity.
"Physical Securities" has the meaning provided in Section 2.1.
"Preferred Stock", as applied to the Capital Stock of any
corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated)
which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such
corporation.
"Private Placement Legend" has the meaning provided in Section
2.15.
"Productive Assets" means assets of a kind used or usable by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company's business or any
Related Business.
A "Public Market" exists at any time with respect to the common
stock of Holding or the Company if (a) the common stock of Holding or the
Company, as applicable, is then registered with the Commission pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and traded either on a national
securities exchange or in the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System and (b) at least 15% of the total issued and
outstanding common stock of Holding or the Company, as applicable, has been
distributed prior to such time by means of an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act.
"QIB" means any "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined under
the Securities Act).
"Qualified Capital Stock" of any Person shall mean any Capital
Stock of such Person which is not Disqualified Stock.
"Record Date" means the record dates specified in the Securities,
whether or not a Legal Holiday.
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"Redemption Date" means the date specified by the Company in a
notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 as the date on which the Company has
elected to redeem all of the Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the
Securities after the occurrence of a Change of Control.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that refunds,
refinances, replaces, renews, repays or extends (including pursuant to any
defeasance or discharge mechanism) (collectively, "refinances," and
"refinanced" shall have a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness existing on the
date of the Indenture or Incurred in compliance with the Indenture (including
Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that
refinances Refinancing Indebtedness, provided, however, that (i) the
Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the earlier of
(A) the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Securities and (B)
Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (ii) the Refinancing
Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is
Incurred that is equal to or greater than the lesser of (A) the Average Life of
the Securities and (B) the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced,
and (iii) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal
amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price)
that is equal to (or 101% of, in the case of a refinancing of the Securities in
connection with a Change of Control) or less than the sum of the aggregate
principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate
accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 27, 1996, among the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, and BT Securities Corporation.
"Related Business" means any business which is the same as or
related, ancillary or complementary to any of the businesses of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof, as reasonably determined by the
Company's Board of Directors.
"Representative" means any trustee, agent or representative (if
any) of an issue of Senior Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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"Restricted Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other
than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to
property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Company or a Subsidiary
leases it from such Person.
"Securities" means the Initial Securities and the Exchange
Securities treated as a single class of securities, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant
to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor secured by a Lien.
"Senior Indebtedness" means whether outstanding on the Issue Date
or thereafter issued, all obligations under the New Credit Facility and all
other Indebtedness of the Company, including interest and fees thereon, unless,
in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same
is outstanding, it is provided that the obligations in respect of such
Indebtedness are not superior in right of payment to the Securities; provided,
however, that Senior Indebtedness will not include (1) any obligation of the
Company to any Subsidiary, (2) any liability for Federal, state, foreign, local
or other taxes owed or owing by the Company, (3) any accounts payable or other
liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business
(including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities), or
(4) any Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of the Company that is expressly
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness, Guarantee
or obligation of the Company, including any Senior Subordinated Indebtedness
and any Subordinated Obligations.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means the Securities and any
other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such
Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Securities in right of payment and
is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or
other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness.
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"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that
would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Company within the meaning of Rule
1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal
of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory
redemption provision.
"Subordinated Obligation" means any Indebtedness of the Company
(whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities pursuant to a
written agreement.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, association,
partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership
interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise specified herein, each reference
to a Subsidiary shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means the Guarantee of the Securities by a
Subsidiary Guarantor as set forth in Article XI hereof.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means each Subsidiary of the Company in
existence on the Issue Date and each Subsidiary (other than foreign
subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) created or acquired by the Company
after the Issue Date.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following: (i) any
Investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency
thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency
thereof, (ii) Investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and
money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition
thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America having capital surplus and undivided
profits aggregating in excess of $250 million (or the foreign currency
equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company's
long-term debt, is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by
at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined
in Rule 436 under the Securities Act), (iii) repurchase
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obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the
qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial
paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by
a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in
existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of
which any investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard and Poor's
Ratings Group, (v) Investments in securities with maturities of six months or
less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state,
commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A" by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Group or "A" by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and (vi)
Investments in mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict such funds'
investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (i) through (v)
above.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however,
that, in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
"TIA" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two business days prior
to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001; provided, however, that
if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001 is not equal to the
constant maturity of a United States Treasury security 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 United States Treasury securities for which such yields are
given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United
States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be
used.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in the preamble to this
Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of
Article VII of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President or
any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee
to administer its corporate trust matters.
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"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company
that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate
any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness
of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so
designated; provided, however, that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so
designated has total consolidated total assets of $10,000 or less or (B) if
such Subsidiary has consolidated total assets greater than $10,000, then such
designation would be permitted under Section 4.4 hereof. The Board of
Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such
designation (x) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under
Section 4.3(a) hereof and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution
giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that
such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or
certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the
United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for
the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer's option.
"U.S. Physical Securities" has the meaning provided in Section
2.1.
"Voting Stock" of a corporation means all classes of Capital
Stock of such corporation then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the
election of directors.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, at least 99% of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors'
qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
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SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7
"Agent Members" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16
"Bankruptcy Law" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
"Blockage Notice" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
"covenant defeasance option" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1(b)
"Custodian" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
"Event of Default" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
"Global Note" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
"legal defeasance option" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1(b)
"Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1
"Offer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6
"Offer Amount" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6(c)
"Offer Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6(c)
"pay the Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
"Paying Agent" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
"Payment Blockage Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
"Purchase Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6(c)
"Registrar" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
"Restricted Payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4
"Rule 144A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
"Successor Company" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1
SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which
are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
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"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, each
Subsidiary Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by the TIA reference to another statute or defined under rules
promulgated by the Commission have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
SECTION 1.4. Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in
the plural include the singular;
(6) references to Article and Section numbers refers to the
corresponding Articles and Sections of this Indenture unless otherwise
specified;
(7) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(8) 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; and
(9) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i)
the maximum liquidation preference of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the
maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with
respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater.
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ARTICLE II
The Securities
SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating. The Initial Securities, the
notation thereon relating to the Guarantees and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
The Exchange Securities, the notation thereon relating to the Guarantees and
the Trustee's certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or Depositary rule or usage.
The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall approve the form
of the Securities and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the forms of the
Securities and the Guarantees, annexed hereto as Exhibits A and B, shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Securities offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act ("Rule 144A") shall be issued initially in the form of one or
more permanent global notes in registered form, in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit A (the "Global Note"), deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by
the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the
Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, as hereinafter
provided.
Securities offered and sold in offshore transactions in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated
Securities in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A
(the "Offshore Physical Securities"). Securities offered and sold in reliance
on any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act other than as
described in the preceding paragraph shall be issued, and Securities offered
and sold in reliance on Rule 144A may be issued, in the form of permanent
certificated Securities in registered form, in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit A (the "U.S. Physical Securities"). The Offshore Physical
Securities and the U.S. Physical Securities are sometimes collectively herein
referred to as the "Physical Securities."
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SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication. (a) Two Officers
of the Company (each of whom shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by
all requisite corporate actions) shall sign the Securities for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal shall be reproduced on the
Securities. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds
that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute a Guarantee in
the manner set forth in Section 11.1.
(b) A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
(c) The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Securities for
original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000,
and (ii) Exchange Securities from time to time for issue only in exchange for a
like principal amount of Initial Securities, in each case upon receipt of a
written order of the Company.
(d) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. 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 an Agent to deal with the Company
or an Affiliate.
SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Company
shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, State of New York) where (i) Securities may
be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), (ii)
Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and (iii) notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of
their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars
and one or more additional paying agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The Company shall
notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall notify the Securityholders of the name
and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails
to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor may act as Paying
Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. The Company shall enter into an appropriate
agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall
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
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to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice,
the Trustee shall act as such, and shall be entitled to appropriate
compensation in accordance with Section 7.7.
(b) The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar,
Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notices and demands
in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor on the Securities shall
require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee
of any Default by the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other
obligor on the Securities in making any such payment. While any such Default
continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it
to the Trustee. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor on
the Securities at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by
it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money delivered
to the Trustee. If the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor
on the Securities acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders all money held by it
as Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.5. Securityholder 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 Securityholders and shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor on the
Securities shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before
each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request
in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders, including the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by each thereof, and the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor on the Securities shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange. (a) Where Securities are
presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register the
transfer thereof or exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities
of other denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided, that any
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the
Securityholder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit
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registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request.
(b) The Company and the Registrar shall not be required (i)
to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange Securities during a period
beginning at the opening of business on a Business Day 15 days before the day
of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section 3.2 and ending at
the close of business on the day of selection, (ii) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (iii) to
register the transfer or exchange of a Security between the Record Date and the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any registration of a
transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment by the Securityholder of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(other than such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.6 or 9.5.
(d) Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of
such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global
Note may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder
of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest
in the Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
SECTION 2.7. Replacement Securities. (a) If any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security,
the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt by it of the written
order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company, shall authenticate
a replacement Security if the Trustee's requirements for replacements of
Securities are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge a
Securityholder for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security.
(b) Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of
the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.8. Outstanding Securities. (a) The Securities
outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee
except for those cancelled by the Company or by the Trustee, those delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation and those described in this Section as not
outstanding.
(b) If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it
ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
(c) If the principal amount of any Security is considered
paid under Section 4.1, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases
to accrue.
(d) Subject to Section 2.9, a Security does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor holds the Security.
SECTION 2.9. Treasury Securities. 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, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered as though
not outstanding, except that for purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer knows to be so owned shall be so
considered.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. Until 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, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee consider appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare
and the Trustee, upon receipt of the written order of the Company signed by two
Officers of the Company, shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange
for temporary Securities. Until such exchange, temporary Securities shall be
entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges under this Indenture as
definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Company at any time may
deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying
Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities, if not already cancelled, surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act),
and deliver certification of their destruction to the
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Company, unless by a written order, signed by two Officers of the Company, the
Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it. The Company
may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has redeemed or paid
or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in
a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in
any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the Persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent special record
date, which date shall be at the earliest practicable date but in all events at
least five Business Days prior to the payment date, in each case at the rate
provided in the Securities and in Section 4.1. The Company shall, with the
consent of the Trustee, fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date
and payment date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company
(or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company) shall mail
to Securityholders a notice that states the special record date, the related
payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP
number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to
Securityholders; provided, that no representation shall be deemed to be made by
the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in
the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Securities. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 11:00 a.m. New
York City time on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Company
shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money
sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or
Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying
Agent to remit payment to the Securityholders on such Interest Payment Date or
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends. Each Global Note and
Physical Security that constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the
following legend (the "Private Placement Legend") unless otherwise agreed by
the Company and the Securityholder thereof:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED
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STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS
SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE SECURITYHOLDER (1)
REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR")
OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THREE YEARS
AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C)
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S.
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM THE TRUSTEE OR REGISTRAR), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (F)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN THREE
YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE SECURITYHOLDER MUST, PRIOR
TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS "OFFSHORE
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TRANSACTION" "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the
face thereof:
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY ANY SUCH
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE, TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR
A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S
NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO
THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security. (a)
The Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary
or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section
2.15.
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Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian,
or under the Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of
the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of the Global Note shall be limited to
transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their
respective nominees. Interest of beneficial owners in the Global Note may be
transferred or exchanged for Physical Securities in accordance with the rules
and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.17. In
addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in
exchange for their beneficial interests in the Global Note if (i) the
Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for the Global Note and a successor depository is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written request
from the Depositary to issue Physical Securities.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion
of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Securities
are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in
the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be
transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global
Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the Global Note
shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical
Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Security constituting a Restricted Security
delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) above shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x)
and (c) of Section 2.17, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions
applicable to the Physical Securities set forth in Section 2.15.
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(f) The Holder of the Global Note may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Securityholder
is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors
and Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Security constituting a Restricted
Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any
Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any
Security constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such
Security bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested
transfer is after November 27, 1999 or (y) (1) in the case of a
transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
(excluding Non-U.S.Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to
the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C
hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the
proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
beneficial interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar
of (x) the certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and
(y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary's and the
Registrar's procedures, (a) the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer
of outstanding Physical Securities) a decrease in the principal amount
of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and (b) the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply
with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Security
constituting a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S.
Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the
box provided for on the form of Security stating, or has otherwise
advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has
been effected in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a
transferee
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who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Security
stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in
writing, that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an
account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion
and that any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A,
and it is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding
the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware that
the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the
Securities to be transferred consist of Physical Securities which
after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Note,
upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with
the Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to principal
amount of the Physical Securities to be transferred, and the Trustee
shall cancel the Physical Securities so transferred.
(c) Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of the
transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities not bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Securities that do not bear the
Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of the transfer, exchange or
replacement of Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar
shall deliver only Securities that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i)
the circumstance contemplated by paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this Section 2.17
exists or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that
neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in
order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(d) General. By its acceptance of any Security bearing the
Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture and in
the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Security
only as provided in this Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain for at least two years copies of
all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
Section 2.16 hereof or this Section 2.17. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Registrar.
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SECTION 2.18. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due
presentment of a Security for registration of transfer and subject to Section
2.12, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Registrar and any co-
registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be
registered upon the register of Securities kept by the Registrar as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any notation of the ownership or other writing thereon made
by anyone other than the Company, any Registrar or any co-registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of or interest on such Security and
for all other purposes; and none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent,
any Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 2.19. Record Date. The record date for purposes of
determining the identity of Securityholders entitled to vote or consent to any
action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture shall be
the later of (i) 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or
(ii) the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee, if
applicable, pursuant to Section 2.5.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
SECTION 3.1. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to
redeem Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed.
The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for
in this Section at least 50 days but no more than 60 days before the redemption
date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate from the Company to the effect that
such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the
Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption
shall be selected by the Company and set forth in the related notice given to
the Trustee, which record date shall be not less than 15 days after the date of
such notice.
SECTION 3.2. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed. If
fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by a method that complies with
applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the
Trustee in its sole discretion considers fair and appropriate; provided,
however, that if a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity
Offering, selection of the Securities or
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portion thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a pro rata
basis unless such method is otherwise prohibited. 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. Securities and portions of them
the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of
Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.3. Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall
mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to
be redeemed, at such Holder's registered address.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and
shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(5) if fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
outstanding after such partial redemption;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such
payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on
Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue
on and after the redemption date;
(7) the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Securities
being redeemed;
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed
on the Securities;
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(9) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion
of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that,
after the redemption date upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion shall be issued; and
(10) the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are
being redeemed.
At the Company's request made in writing to the Trustee at
least 45 days (unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to
the date fixed for redemption, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in the name and the expense of the Company to each Holder whose Securities are
to be redeemed at the last address for such Holder then shown on the registry
books. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the
information required by this Section.
SECTION 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable
on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to the redemption date;
provided, that if the redemption date is after a regular Record Date and on or
prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to
the Securityholder 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 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. (a) Prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on
that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the
Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company
in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued
interest on, all Securities to be redeemed.
(b) Except as set forth in the last sentence of this
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on the
Securities or the portions of Securities called for redemption. If a Security
is redeemed on or after an interest Record Date but on or prior to the related
Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to
the Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business
on such record date. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so
paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to
comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid
principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid and, to the
extent lawful, on any
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interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided
in the Securities and in Section 4.1.
SECTION 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of
a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate for and in the name of the Holder (at the Company's
expense), a new Security equal in a principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV
Covenants
SECTION 4.1. Payment of Securities. The Company shall
promptly pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities
on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this
Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid
on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in
accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and
interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is
not prohibited from paying such money to the Securityholders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-position
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at
the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest
(including post-position interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law)
on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law,
deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States
of America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.2. SEC Reports. (a) The Company will file with
the Trustee and provide to the Holders of the Securities, within 15 days after
it files them with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions
of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company files with the Commission pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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(b) In the event that the Company is not required to file
such reports with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company will
nevertheless deliver such Exchange Act information to the holders of the
Securities within 15 days after it would have been required to file it with the
Commission. Upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, the Company
shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
(c) The Company and each of the Guarantors shall provide to
any Securityholder any information reasonably requested by such Securityholder
concerning the Company and the Guarantors (including financial statements)
necessary in order to permit such Securityholder to sell or transfer Securities
in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 4.3. Limitation on Indebtedness. (a) The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur
any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness if on the date thereof the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 : 1.00, if such Indebtedness is
Incurred on or prior to the second anniversary of the Issue Date, and 2.25 :
1.00, if such Indebtedness is Incurred thereafter.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.3(a), the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness: (i) Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to (A) the New Credit Facility (including, without
limitation, any renewal, extension, refunding, restructuring, replacement or
refinancing thereof referred to in the definition thereof) or (B) any other
agreements or indentures governing Senior Indebtedness; provided, however, that
the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this
clause (i) does not exceed $20 million at any time outstanding, less the
aggregate principal amount thereof repaid with the net proceeds of Asset
Dispositions (to the extent, in the case of a repayment of revolving credit
Indebtedness, the commitment to advance the loans repaid has been terminated);
(ii) Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage
financings or purchase money obligations, in each case Incurred for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property used in a Related Business or Incurred to Refinance any
such purchase price or cost of construction or improvement, in each case
Incurred no later than 365 days after the date of such acquisition or the date
of completion of such construction or improvement; provided, however, that the
principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section
4.3(b)(ii) shall not exceed $10 million at any time outstanding; (iii)
Permitted Indebtedness; and (iv) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
described in clauses (i) - (iii) above) in a principal amount which, when taken
together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant
to this Section 4.3(b)(iv) and then outstanding, will not exceed $15 million
(it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (iv)
shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause
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(iv) (but shall be deemed to be Incurred for purposes of Section 4.3(a) hereof)
from and after the first date on which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.3(a) without
reliance upon this clause (iv)).
(c) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall
Incur any Indebtedness under Section 4.3(b) if the proceeds thereof are used,
directly or indirectly, to refinance any Subordinated Obligations of the
Company unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Securities to at
least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations. No Restricted
Subsidiary shall Incur any Indebtedness under Section 4.3(b) hereof if the
proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to refinance any Guarantor
Subordinated Obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness
shall be subordinated to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Guarantee to at least the same extent as such Guarantor Subordinated
Obligation.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not Incur any Secured
Indebtedness which is not Senior Indebtedness unless contemporaneously
therewith effective provision is made to secure the Securities equally and
ratably with such Secured Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness
is secured by a Lien. No Subsidiary Guarantor shall Incur any Secured
Indebtedness which is not Guarantor Senior Indebtedness unless
contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure such
Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee equally and
ratably with such Secured Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness
is secured by a Lien.
(e) The Company will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to incur any Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt.
SECTION 4.4. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, to (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any
distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) except (A) dividends or distributions payable in its
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or in options, warrants or other
rights to purchase such Capital Stock, and (B) dividends or distributions
payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which holds
the equity interest in the paying Restricted Subsidiary (and if such Restricted
Subsidiary paying the dividend or making the distribution is not a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary, to its other holders of Capital Stock on a pro rata basis), (ii)
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of
the Company held by Persons other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
or any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any
Affiliate of the Company, other than another Restricted Subsidiary (in either
case, other than in exchange for its
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (xxxxx xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx)), (xxx) purchase, repurchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled
maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any
Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase or other
acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying
a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each
case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition) or
(iv) make any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (any
such dividend, distribution, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance,
other acquisition, retirement or Investment as described in clauses (i) through
(iv) being referred to as a "Restricted Payment"), if at the time the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment: (1) a Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom); or (2) the
Company is not able to incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 4.3(a); or (3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all
other Restricted Payments declared or made subsequent to the Issue Date would
exceed the sum of: (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the
period (treated as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal
quarter beginning on or after the Issue Date to the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment as to which
financial results are available (but in no event ending more than 135 days
prior to the date of such Restricted Payment) (or, in case such Consolidated
Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); (B) the aggregate
net proceeds received by the Company from the issue or sale of its Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or other capital contributions subsequent
to the Issue Date (other than net proceeds received from an issuance or sale of
such Capital Stock to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock
ownership plan or similar trust); provided, however, that the value of any non-
cash net proceeds shall be as determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith, except that in the event the value of any non-cash net proceeds shall be
$5 million or more, the value shall be as determined in writing by an
independent investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing; (C) the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the issue or sale of
its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to an employee stock
ownership plan or similar trust subsequent to the Issue Date; provided,
however, that if such plan or trust Incurs any Indebtedness to or Guaranteed by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the acquisition of
such Capital Stock, such aggregate amount shall be limited to such Net Cash
Proceeds less such Indebtedness Incurred or Guaranteed by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries and any increase in the Consolidated Net Worth of
the Company resulting from principal repayments made by such plan or trust with
respect to Indebtedness Incurred by it to finance the purchase of such Capital
Stock; (D) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is reduced on the
Company's balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Issue Date of any
Indebtedness of the Company convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock of
the Company (less the amount of any cash, or other property, distributed by the
Company upon such conversion or exchange); (E) the amount equal to the net
reduction in Investments (other than
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Permitted Investments) made after the Issue Date by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from (i) repurchases or
redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized upon the sale
of such Investment to an unaffiliated purchaser, and repayments of loans or
advances or other transfers of assets by such Person to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) the redesignation of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in the
definition of "Investment") not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary, the amount of Investments previously included in the calculation of
the amount of Restricted Payments; provided, however, that no amount shall be
included under this clause (E) of this Section 4.4(a) to the extent it is
already included in Consolidated Net Income; and (F) the aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds received by a Person in consideration for the issuance of such
Person's Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) which are held by such
Person at the time such Person is merged with and into the Company in
accordance with Section 5.1 subsequent to the Issue Date; provided, however,
that concurrently with or immediately following such merger the Company uses an
amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds to redeem or repurchase the Company's
Capital Stock.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.4(a) hereof shall not
prohibit: (i) any purchase or redemption of Capital Stock or Subordinated
Obligations of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary
or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust); provided, however, that
(A) such purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation of the
amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale
shall be excluded from clause (3) (B) of Section 4.4(a) hereof; (ii) any
purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations of the Company made by
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of,
Subordinated Obligations of the Company; provided, however, that such purchase
or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted
Payments; (iii) any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations from Net
Available Cash to the extent permitted under Section 4.6 hereof; provided,
however, that such purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation
of the amount of Restricted Payments; (iv) dividends paid within 60 days after
the date of declaration if at such date of declaration such dividend would have
complied with this provision; provided, however, that such dividend shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (v) payments
by the Company to fund the payment by any direct or indirect holding company
thereof of audit, accounting, legal or other similar expenses, to pay franchise
or other similar taxes and to pay other corporate overhead expenses, so long as
such dividends are paid as and when needed by its respective direct or indirect
holding company and so long as the aggregate amount of payments pursuant to
this clause (v) does not exceed $500,000 in any calendar year; (vi) payments by
the Company to fund taxes of Holding for a given taxable year in an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the lesser of (x) the Company's
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"separate return liability" and (y) the portion of the tax liability of the
"affiliated group" (within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(1) of the Code) of
which the Company is a member in accordance with the method described in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.1552-1(a)(1) and (B) to the extent that the
Company files a combined or consolidated income tax return with Holding under
any state or local income tax law for a taxable year, payments by the Company
to Holding to fund such tax liability for such taxable year shall be provided
for in a manner as similar as possible to that provided for United States
federal income taxes in (A) of this clause (vi); provided that, for purposes of
this clause (vi), "separate return liability" for a given taxable year shall
mean the hypothetical United States federal income tax liability of the Company
determined as if the Company had filed its own U.S. federal income tax return
for such taxable year; (vii) payments of dividends on the Company's common
stock after an initial public offering of common stock of the Company or of
Holding in an annual amount not to exceed 6.0% of the gross proceeds (before
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of
the offering) received by the Company (directly or as a common equity
contribution from Holding) from shares of common stock sold for the account of
the Company or of Holding, as the case may be (and not for the account of any
stockholder), in such initial public offering; (viii) payments by the Company
to repurchase, or to enable Holding to repurchase, Capital Stock or other
securities of Holding from members of management of Holding or the Company in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $2 million; (ix) payments to enable Holding
to redeem or repurchase stock purchase or similar rights granted by Holding
with respect to its Capital Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1
million; (x) payments, not to exceed $200,000 in the aggregate, to enable
Holding to make cash payments to holders of its Capital Stock in lieu of the
issuance of fractional shares of its Capital Stock; (xi) payments made pursuant
to any merger, consolidation or sale of assets effected in accordance with
Section 5.1; provided, however, that no such payment may be made pursuant to
this clause (xi) unless, after giving effect to such transaction (and the
incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith and the use of the
proceeds thereof), the Company would be able to Incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness in compliance with paragraph (a) under Section 4.3 and such that,
after Incurring that $1.00 of additional Indebtedness, the Leverage Ratio would
be less than 3.50 : 1.00; (xii) the redemption payments to be made by the
Company on the Issue Date in connection with the Transaction as described in
the Offering Memorandum; and (xiii) payments to the former Xxxxxx stockholders
required pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 22, 1996
relating to the Company's acquisition of Xxxxxx, which payments shall not
exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, however, that in the case of
clauses (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred or be continuing at the time of such payment or as a result
thereof.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with the covenant
set forth in this Section 4.4, Restricted Payments may be made with cash or
non-cash assets, provided that any Restricted Payment made other than in cash
shall be valued at the fair market value (determined,
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subject to the additional requirements of the immediately succeeding proviso,
in good faith by the Company) of the assets so utilized in making such
Restricted Payment, provided, further, that (i) in the case of any Restricted
Payment made with capital stock or indebtedness, such Restricted Payment shall
be deemed to be made in an amount equal to the greater of the fair market value
thereof and the liquidation preference (if any) or principal amount of the
capital stock or indebtedness, as the case may be, so utilized, and (ii) in the
case of any Restricted Payment in an aggregate amount in excess of $5.0
million, a written opinion as to the fairness of the valuation thereof (as
determined by the Company) for purposes of determining compliance with the
covenant set forth in this Section 4.4 shall be issued by an independent
investment banking firm of national standing.
SECTION 4.5. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or permit to exist or become effective
any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted
Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital
Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company, (ii)
make any loans or advances to the Company or (iii) transfer any of its property
or assets to the Company; except: (a) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant
to an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date, including the
New Credit Facility; (b) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to such a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness
issued by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such
Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company and outstanding on such date
(other than Indebtedness issued as consideration in, 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 of the Company or was acquired by the Company);
(c) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to such a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to an agreement evidencing Indebtedness Incurred without violation of
the Indenture or effecting a refinancing of Indebtedness issued pursuant to an
agreement referred to in clauses (a) or (b) above or this clause (c) or
contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in clauses (a) or (b) or
this clause (c); provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions with
respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any of such agreement,
refinancing agreement or amendment, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to
the Holders in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the senior
management of the Company or Board of Directors of the Company, than
encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary
contained in agreements in effect at, or entered into on, the Issue Date; (d)
in the case of clause (iii) of this Section 4.5, any encumbrance or restriction
(A) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer
of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or
similar property or asset, (B) by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to
transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by the
Indenture, (C) that is included
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in a licensing agreement to the extent such restrictions limit the transfer of
the property subject to such licensing agreement or (D) arising or agreed to in
the ordinary course of business and that does not, individually or in the
aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in any manner material to the Company or any such
Restricted Subsidiary; (e) in the case of clause (iii) of this Section 4.5,
restrictions contained in security agreements, mortgages or similar documents
securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such
restrictions restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security
agreements; (f) any restriction with respect to such a Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of
all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted
Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition; and (g)
encumbrances or restrictions arising or existing by reason of applicable law.
SECTION 4.6. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary
Stock. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any Asset Disposition unless (i) the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset
Disposition at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good
faith by the Company's senior management or the Board of Directors (including
as to the value of all non-cash consideration), of the shares and assets
subject to such Asset Disposition, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration
thereof received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of
cash or cash equivalents and (iii) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available
Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company (or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) (A) first, to the extent the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary elects (or is required by the terms of any Senior
Indebtedness), to prepay, repay or purchase (x) Senior Indebtedness or (y)
Indebtedness (other than Preferred Stock) of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (in each
case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company) within 180 days from the
later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net
Available Cash; (B) second, within one year from the receipt of such Net
Available Cash, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after
application in accordance with clause (A), at the Company's election either (x)
to the investment in or acquisition of Additional Assets or (y) to prepay,
repay or purchase (1) Senior Indebtedness or (2) Indebtedness (other than
Preferred Stock) of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (in each case other than
Indebtedness owed to the Company); (C) third, within 45 days after the later of
the application of Net Available Cash in accordance with clauses (A) and (B)
and the date that is one year from the receipt of such Net Available Cash, to
the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in
accordance with clauses (A) and (B), to make an offer to purchase Securities at
par plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon; and (D) fourth, to the
extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in
accordance with clauses (A), (B) and (C), to (w) the investment in or
acquisition of Additional Assets, (x) the making of Temporary Cash Investments,
(y) the prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness of the Company (other
than Indebtedness owing to any Subsidiary of the Company)
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or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company)
or (z) any other purpose otherwise permitted under the Indenture, in each case
within the later of 45 days after the application of Net Available Cash in
accordance with clauses (A), (B) and (C) or the date that is one year from the
receipt of such Net Available Cash; provided, however, that, in connection with
any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A),
(B), (C) or (D) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall retire
such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid,
repaid or purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available
Cash in accordance herewith except to the extent that the aggregate Net
Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions which are not applied in accordance
with this covenant at any time exceed $5 million. The Company shall not be
required to make an offer for Securities pursuant to this covenant if the Net
Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as
provided in clauses (A) and (B)) is less than $5 million for any particular
Asset Disposition (which lesser amounts shall be carried forward for purposes
of determining whether an offer is required with respect to the Net Available
Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition).
For the purposes of this covenant, the following will be
deemed to be cash: (x) the assumption by the transferee of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and
the release of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on
such Senior Indebtedness or Indebtedness in connection with such Asset
Disposition (in which case the Company shall, without further action, be deemed
to have applied such assumed Indebtedness in accordance with clause (A) of the
preceding paragraph) and (y) securities received by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company from the transferee that are promptly
converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Swap if (i) at the time
of entering into such Asset Swap or immediately after giving effect to such
Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing
or would occur as a consequence thereof, (ii) in the event such Asset Swap
involves an aggregate amount in excess of $1 million, the terms of such Asset
Swap have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
of the Company, and (iii) in the event such Asset Swap involves an aggregate
amount in excess of $5 million, the Company has received a written opinion from
an independent investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing that
such Asset Swap is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, from a financial point of view.
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(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the
purchase of Securities pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(iii)(C), the Company will be
required to purchase Securities tendered pursuant to an offer (the "Offer") by
the Company for the Securities at a purchase price of 100% of their principal
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date in
accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of
oversubscription) set forth in Section 4.6(c). If the aggregate purchase price
of the Securities tendered pursuant to the offer is less than the Net Available
Cash allotted to the purchase of the Securities, the Company will apply the
remaining Net Available Cash in accordance with Section 4.6(a)(iii)(D) above.
(c) (1) Promptly, and in any event within 10 days after the
Company is required to make an Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
and send, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice stating that the
Holder may elect to have his Securities purchased by the Company either in
whole or in part (subject to prorating as hereinafter described in the event
the Offer is oversubscribed) in integral multiples of $1,000 of principal
amount, at the applicable purchase price. The notice shall specify a purchase
date not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice
(the "Purchase Date").
(2) Not later than the date upon which such written notice
of an Offer is delivered to the Trustee and the Holders, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the amount of
the Offer (the "Offer Amount"), (ii) the allocation of the Net Available Cash
from the Asset Dispositions as a result of which such Offer is being made and
(iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.6(a).
Upon the expiration of the period (the "Offer Period") for which the Offer
remains open, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the
Securities or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to
be accepted by the Company. The Trustee shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or
deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price of
the Securities tendered by such Holder to the extent such funds are available
to the Trustee.
(3) Holders electing to have a Security purchased will be
required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to
the Company at the address specified in the notice prior to the expiration of
the Offer Period. Each Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election if the
Trustee or the Company receives, not later than one Business Day prior to the
expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter from such Holder setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal
amount of the Security or Securities which were delivered for purchase by such
Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have
such Security or Securities purchased. If at the expiration of the Offer
Period the aggregate principal amount of Securities surrendered by Holders
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Securities to be
purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed
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appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000,
or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased). Holders whose Securities
are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal
amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(d) The Company will 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 4.6. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.6, the Company will
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.7. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions. (a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of
related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any
property or the rendering of any service) with or for the benefit of any
Affiliate of the Company other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (an "Affiliate
Transaction") unless: (i) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are no less
favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm's-
length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate; (ii) in the event
such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of $2.5
million, the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company and by a majority of the
disinterested members of such Board, if any (and such majority or majorities,
as the case may be, determines that such Affiliate Transaction satisfies the
criteria in (i) above); and (iii) in the event such Affiliate Transaction
involves an aggregate amount in excess of $5 million, the Company has received
a written opinion from an independent investment banking firm of nationally
recognized standing that such Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view.
(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 4.7(a) shall not
apply to (i) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section
4.4, (ii) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in
cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment
arrangements, or any stock options and stock ownership plans for the benefit of
employees, officers and directors, consultants and advisors approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company, (iii) loans or advances to employees in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (iv) any transaction between Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, (v)
indemnification agreements with, and the payment of fees and indemnities to,
directors, officers and employees of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (vi)
transactions pursuant to agreements as in existence on the Issue Date which are
(x)
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described in the Offering Memorandum or (y) otherwise, in the aggregate,
immaterial to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(vii) any employment, non-competition or confidentiality agreements entered
into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with its employees in
the ordinary course of business, (viii) payments made in connection with the
Transaction, including fees to Xxxxx Muse, as described in the Offering
Memorandum, (ix) the issuance of Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) and (x) any obligations of the Company pursuant to the
Monitoring and Oversight Agreement and the Financial Advisory Agreement as in
effect on the Issue Date.
SECTION 4.8. Change of Control. (a) Upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require that the
Company 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 purchase (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the
relevant Interest Payment Date), such repurchase to be made in accordance with
Section 4.8(b) below.
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless
the Company has mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding
Securities in connection with such Change of Control, the Company shall mail a
notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such
Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase 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 purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record
Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
(2) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30
days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(3) the procedures 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 will 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. Each Holder will be entitled to withdraw its
election if the Company receives, not later than one Business Day prior to the
purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter from such
Holder setting forth the name of
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such Holder, the principal amount of the Security or Securities which were
delivered for purchase by such Holder and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Security or Securities purchased.
(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,
if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.
(e) 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 4.8. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.9. Limitation on Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to issue any Capital Stock (other than Preferred Stock) to any Person (other
than to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company) to
own any Capital Stock (other than Preferred Stock) of a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company, if in either case as a result thereof such Restricted
Subsidiary would no longer be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided,
however, that this Section 4.9 shall not prohibit (x) the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries from selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of all of
the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary or (y) the designation of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with this
Indenture.
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Layering. The Company shall not
incur any indebtedness if such indebtedness is subordinate or junior in ranking
in any respect to any Senior Indebtedness unless such indebtedness is Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness or is contractually subordinated in right of payment
to all Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (including the Securities). No
Subsidiary Guarantor shall incur any indebtedness if such indebtedness is
contractually subordinate or junior in ranking in any respect to any Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such indebtedness is
Guarantor Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor or is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to all Guarantor Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including its Guarantee
of the Securities).
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SECTION 4.11. Compliance Certificate. (a) Each of the
Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee within 45
days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company and 90 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 or such Guarantor they would normally have knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of
Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall
describe the Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor also shall comply with TIA
Section 314(a)(4).
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current
recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.2 above shall be
accompanied by a written statement of (x) the Company's independent public
accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements
nothing has come to their attention which would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of Article 4, 5 or 6 of this Indenture
insofar as they relate to accounting matters or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation and (y) if
any Restricted Subsidiary's or Guarantor's financial statements are not
prepared on a consolidated basis with the Company's, such Restricted
Subsidiary's or Guarantor's independent public accountants (who shall be a firm
of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary
for certification of such financial statements nothing has come to their
attention which would lead them to believe that any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries or Guarantors is in Default under this Indenture or, if any such
Default has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it
being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or
indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such
violation.
(c) The Company and each of the Guarantors shall, so long as
any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon
any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers'
Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default and what action the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.12. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of
the Trustee, the Company will 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 4.13. Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net
proceeds from the sale of the Securities to consummate, the transactions
contemplated in the sections of the Offering Memorandum entitled "Use of
Proceeds" and "The Transaction."
SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency. (a) The
Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, an
office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the
Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or 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 prior written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
(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, in the City of New York for such purposes.
The Company shall give prior 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 as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.3.
SECTION 4.15. Taxes. The Company and each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall pay, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to
pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 4.16. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture (including,
but not limited to, the payment of the principal of or interest on the
Securities); and the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that
they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of
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any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
SECTION 4.17. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article V, the
Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence, and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of each Subsidiary, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to
time) of each Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Subsidiary, if the
Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Securityholders.
ARTICLE V
Successor Company
SECTION 5.1. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the
"Successor Company") shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or
limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor
Company or any Subsidiary of the Successor Company 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;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the
Successor Company would be able to incur an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.3(a); and
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(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and such supplemental
indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture, but in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets,
the Company shall not be released from its obligation to pay the principal of
and interest on the Securities.
Notwithstanding clauses (ii) and (iii) of the first sentence
of this Section 5.1: (1) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may
consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and
assets to the Company; and (2) the Company may merge with an Affiliate
incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another
jurisdiction to realize tax or other benefits.
ARTICLE VI
Defaults and Remedies
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs
if:
(1) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any
Security when the same becomes due and payable, whether or not such
payment shall be prohibited by Article X, and such default continues
for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of
any Security when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated
Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon
declaration or otherwise, whether or not such payment shall be
prohibited by Article X;
(3) the Company fails to comply with Section 5.1;
(4) the Company fails to comply with Section 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 or 4.10 (in each case other than a failure to
repurchase Securities when required pursuant to Section 4.6 or 4.8
which failure shall constitute an Event of Default under Section
6.1(2)) and such failure continues for 30 days after the notice
specified below;
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(5) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to comply
with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other
than those referred to in (1), (2), (3) or (4) above) and such failure
continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
(6) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or
is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the
total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $5.0
million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time and such
default shall not have been cured or such acceleration rescinded
within a 10 day period;
(7) the Company or a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
for any substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors;
(E) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a
bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it, or
(F) takes any corporate action to authorize or effect
any of the foregoing;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of the
property of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries; or
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(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order,
decree or relief remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(9) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in
excess of $5 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time
(to the extent not covered by insurance) is entered against the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such judgment or decree
remains undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such
judgment becomes final and non-appealable; or
(10) any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Significant Subsidiary
ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the
terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a
Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under this
Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Default continues for
10 days.
The foregoing will 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Default under clause (4) or
(5) of this Section 6.1 will not constitute an Event of Default until the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such
Default within the time specified in said clause (4) or (5) after receipt of
such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied
and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default."
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after
the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate
of any Default or Event of Default under clauses (4), (5), (6), (9) or (10) of
this Section 6.1.
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SECTION 6.2. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the Securities by
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued
and 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 6.1(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company or a Significant Subsidiary occurs, the principal of and accrued and
unpaid 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 Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration
and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of
acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event
of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.3. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee and the Securityholders may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this
Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder 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 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the
Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences
except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on a Security or (ii) a Default or Event of
Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.2 cannot be amended
without the consent of each Securityholder affected. When a Default or Event
of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent
right.
SECTION 6.5. 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
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Section 7.1, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of
other Securityholders or 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 hereunder, 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 6.6. Limitation on Suits. A Securityholder may not
pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating
that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal
amount of the Securities make a written request to the Trustee to
pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or
indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in outstanding principal
amount of the Securities do not give the Trustee a direction that, in
the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request during
such 60-day period.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over
another Securityholder.
SECTION 6.7. Rights of 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 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 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2) or an acceleration pursuant to
Section 6.2 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
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Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other obligor of the Securities for
the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid
interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.7.
SECTION 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee
may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Securityholders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its Subsidiaries
or their respective creditors or properties and, unless prohibited by law or
applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any
Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money
or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money or property
in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7;
SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness to the extent required by Article X;
THIRD: if the Securityholders are forced to proceed against
the Company directly without the Trustee, to the Securityholders for
their collection costs;
FOURTH: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal 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
FIFTH: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before
such record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustee
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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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, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not
apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a
suit by Holders of more than 10% in outstanding principal amount of the
Securities.
ARTICLE VII
Trustee
SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee. (a) If a Default or 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 a Default or an Event
of Default:
(1) 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
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph
(b) of this Section;
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(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5.
(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.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) 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, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(h) 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 7.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to TIA Section
315(a) through (d):
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting 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 which shall conform
to Section 12.5. 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.
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(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not
constitute wilful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, 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 to 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 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 Securityholders, unless such Securityholders shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against the losses, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Securityholders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
involving the exercise of any right, duty, trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee under the TIA or this Indenture.
SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for
and otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with
like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the 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 in this Indenture or in any document issued in
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connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the
Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.5. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of
Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer has knowledge thereof,
the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(a) notice of the Default or Event of Default
within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default has
been cured. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Security (including payments
pursuant to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such
Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its
board of directors, the executive committee of its board of directors or a
committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of Securityholders.
SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as
practicable and within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 15 in each
year, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder, if required by TIA Section
313(a) a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section
313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b), (c) and (d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be filed with the Commission if required by law 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 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall
pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and advances incurred or made
by it, including but not limited to costs of collection, costs of preparing and
reviewing reports, certificates and other documents, costs of preparation and
mailing of notices to Securityholders and reasonable costs of counsel retained
by the Trustee in connection with the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel or
otherwise, 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 shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and
all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred
by it in connection with the administration of this trust and
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the performance of its duties hereunder and under the Securities, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture and the Securities (including
this Section 7.7) and of defending itself against any claims or liabilities
(whether asserted by any Securityholder, the Company or otherwise) and of
complying with any process served upon it or any of its officers in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall
defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's own wilful misconduct, negligence
or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
7.7, 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 Trustee's
right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.7 shall not be
subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section
shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs
expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.1(7) or (8)
with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign
at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the
Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall
remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
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If the Trustee resigns or 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.
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 Securityholders. 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 7.7.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.8.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.9. 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
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shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this
Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture
shall at all times have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at
least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided,
however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section
310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or
certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company
are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section
310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated.
ARTICLE VIII
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
SECTION 8.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities;
Defeasance. (a) When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.7) for
cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable,
whether at maturity or as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption
pursuant to Article III hereof and the Company irrevocably deposits with the
Trustee funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.7), including
interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date, and if in either case the
Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this
Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.1(c), cease to be of further effect. The
Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on
demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) and
at the cost and expense of the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.1(c), 8.2 and 8.6, the Company at
any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture and all obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary
Guarantees and this Indenture ("legal defeasance
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option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.2(b), 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, , 4.11, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 5.1(iii) and 5.1(iv) and the
operation of Sections 6.1(4), 6.1(5), 6.1(6), 6.1(7) (but only with respect to
a Significant Subsidiary), 6.1(8) (but only with respect to a Significant
Subsidiary), 6.1(9) and 6.1(10) ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company
may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of
its covenant defeasance option.
(c) If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option,
payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of
the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified
in Sections 6.1(4), 6.1(5), 6.1(6), 6.1(7) (but only with respect to a
Significant Subsidiary), 6.1(8) (but only with respect to a Significant
Subsidiary), 6.1(9) and 6.1(10) or because of the failure of the Company to
comply with Section 5.1(iii) and Section 5.1(iv).
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) 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.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.1(a) and
(b), the Company's obligations in Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 7.7, 7.8,
8.1(d), 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in
full. Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.7, 8.4 and 8.5 and
the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Article XI in respect
thereof shall survive.
SECTION 8.2. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may
exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the
Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations in amounts (including
interest, but without consideration of any reinvestment of such
interest) and maturities sufficient, but in the case of the legal
defeasance option only, not more than such amounts, to pay and
discharge at their stated maturity (or such earlier redemption date as
the Company shall have specified to the Trustee) the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on all outstanding Securities to
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maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all of the sums
payable by it hereunder; provided, that the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such
U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said principal,
premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities;
(2) 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 and
interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as
the case may be;
(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, subject to certain customary qualifications, to
the effect that (i) the funds so deposited will not be subject to any
rights of any other holders of Indebtedness of the Company, and (ii)
the funds so deposited will not be subject to avoidance under
applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(4) the deposit does not constitute a default under any
other agreement binding on the Company and is not prohibited by
Article X;
(5) 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;
(6) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) 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 Securityholders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;
(7) in the case of the legal defeasance option only, 123
days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123 day period no
Default specified in Section 6.1(7) or (8) with
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respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor occurs which is
continuing at the end of the period;
(8) 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 Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
(9) 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
and this Indenture as contemplated by this Article VIII have been
complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of
Securities at a future date in accordance with Article III.
SECTION 8.3. Application of Trust Money. Subject to Section
8.6, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply
the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the
Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the
payment of principal of and interest on the Securities. Money and securities
so held in trust are not subject to Article X.
SECTION 8.4. Repayment to Company. Subject to Sections 7.7,
8.1 and 8.2, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the
Company upon request set forth in an Officers' Certificate any excess money or
securities held by them upon payment of all the obligations under this
Indenture and thereupon shall be relieved from all liability with respect to
such money.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by
them for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities that remains
unclaimed for two years; provided, however, that the Company shall have either
caused notice of such payment to be mailed to each Securityholder entitled
thereto no less than 30 days prior to such repayment or within such period
shall have published such notice in a financial newspaper of widespread
circulation published in the City of
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New York and, thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to
the Company for payment as general creditors and all liability of the Trustee
and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.5. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or
the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.6. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent
is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
this Article VIII 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 obligations of the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII;
provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or
principal of any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities
to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
SECTION 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. (a) The Company
and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or
consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
inconsistency; provided, that such amendment or supplement does not,
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee,
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any respect;
(2) to comply with Article V;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered
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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;
(4) to make any change in Article X that would limit or
terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness
or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or Representatives therefor) under
Article X;
(5) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or to
secure the Securities;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company;
(7) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection
with qualifying this Indenture under the TIA;
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Securityholder;
(9) to provide for a replacement Trustee under Section 7.8
hereof; or
(10) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Securities,
which will have terms substantially identical in all material respects
to the Initial Securities (except that the transfer restrictions
contained in the Initial Securities will be modified or eliminated, as
appropriate), and which will be treated, together with any outstanding
Initial Securities, as a single issue of securities;
provided, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that any such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of
this Section 9.1.
(b) Upon the request of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors accompanied by Board Resolutions of their respective Boards of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.6, the
Trustee shall join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the
execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of
this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations
which may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter
into such supplemental indenture which affects its own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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(c) An amendment under this Section may not make any change
that adversely affects the rights under Article X of any holder of Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or any
group or representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such
change.
(d) After an amendment under this Section becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under
this Section.
SECTION 9.2. With Consent of Holders. (a) The Company and
the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in outstanding principal amount of the
Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for the Securities) and any existing Default and its
consequences (including, without limitation, an acceleration of the Securities)
or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities). Furthermore, subject to
Sections 6.4 and 6.7, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities) may waive compliance
in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or
the Securities. However, without the consent of each Holder of a Security then
outstanding, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of
interest on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of
any Security;
(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or
repurchase of any Security or change the time at which any Security
may or shall be redeemed or repurchased in accordance with this
Indenture;
(5) make any Security payable in money other than that
stated in the Security;
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(6) modify or affect in any manner adverse to the Holders,
the terms and conditions of the obligation of the Company for the due
and punctual payment of the principal of or interest on Securities or
to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to the Securities;
(7) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption payment
with respect to, any Security (excluding any principal or interest due
solely as a result of the occurrence of a Declaration); or
(8) make any change in Section 6.4 or 6.7 or the third
sentence of this Section.
(b) Upon the request of the Company and the Guarantors
accompanied by Board Resolutions of their respective Boards of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent
of the Securityholders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
documents described in Section 9.6, the Trustee shall join with the Company and
the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture.
(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders
under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(d) An amendment under this Section may not make any change
that adversely affects the rights under Article X of any holder of Senior
Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or any group or representative thereof
authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
(e) After an amendment under this Section becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under
this Section.
SECTION 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then
in effect.
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SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
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 the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every
Securityholder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Securityholders 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
Securityholders 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
become valid or effective more than 120 days after such record date.
SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an
amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder
of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an
appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it
to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the
Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the
validity of such amendment.
SECTION 9.6. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall
sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article IX 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 to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
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ARTICLE X
Subordination
SECTION 10.1. Agreement To Subordinate. The Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor agree, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security and
the related Subsidiary Guarantee agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities and the related Subsidiary Guarantees is subordinated in right of
payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article X, to the
prior payment of (i) all Senior Indebtedness in the case of the Securities and
(ii) all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor in the case
of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and that the subordination is
for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of Senior Indebtedness and
such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness. The Securities shall in all respects rank
pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, the
related Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor shall in all respects
rank pari passu with all Guarantor Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and only Indebtedness of the Company which is Senior
Indebtedness will rank senior to the Securities and only Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor which is Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall rank senior to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
under its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions set forth
herein. All provisions of this Article X shall be subject to Section 10.12.
SECTION 10.2. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or
partial dissolution of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor or in a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor or their respective
properties:
(1) holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case of the
Company or holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor in the case of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled
to receive payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness in the case of
the Company or all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of
such Subsidiary Guarantor before Securityholders shall be entitled to
receive any payment of principal of or interest on or other amounts
with respect to the Securities from the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, whether directly by the Company or pursuant to the
Subsidiary Guarantees; and
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(2) until the Senior Indebtedness in the case of the Company
or such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of such Subsidiary
Guarantor is paid in full, any payment or distribution to which
Securityholders would be entitled but for this Article X shall be made
to holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case of payments or
distributions made by the Company or the holders of such Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness in the case of payments or distributions made by
such Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as their respective interests
may appear.
SECTION 10.3. Default on Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor may pay
the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the Securities or make any
deposit pursuant to Section 8.1 or repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any
Securities, whether directly by the Company or by such Subsidiary Guarantor
under its Subsidiary Guarantee (collectively, "pay the Securities") if (i) any
Senior Indebtedness in the case of the Company or any Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of such Subsidiary
Guarantor is not paid when due or (ii) any other default on Senior Indebtedness
in the case of the Company or such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of
such Subsidiary Guarantee occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness
in the case of the Company or such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of
such Subsidiary Guarantor is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless,
in either case, (x) the default has been cured or waived and any such
acceleration has been rescinded or (y) such Senior Indebtedness in the case of
the Company or such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of such
Subsidiary Guarantor has been paid in full; provided, however, that the Company
or such Subsidiary Guarantor may pay the Securities, whether directly or
pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee, without regard to the foregoing if the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice
approving such payment from the Representative of the Senior Indebtedness in
the case of the Company or such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in the case of
such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to which either of the events set forth
in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence has occurred or is continuing. During
the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (i) or
(ii) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated
immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to
effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods,
neither the Company (in the case of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the
Company) nor any Subsidiary Guarantor (in the case of Designated Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor) may pay the Securities, either
directly or pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee (except (i) in Qualified
Capital Stock issued by the Company to pay interest on the Securities or issued
in exchange for the Securities, (ii) in securities substantially identical to
the Securities issued by the Company in payment of interest accrued thereon or
(iii) in securities issued by the Company
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(which may be guaranteed by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors) which are
subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness (and, to the extent guaranteed by one
or more Subsidiary Guarantors, to the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness) at least
to the same extent as the Securities and having an Average Life at least equal
to the remaining Average Life of the Securities) for a period (a "Payment
Blockage Period") commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to
the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor) of written notice (a "Blockage
Notice") of such default from the Representative of the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment
Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment
Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Trustee and the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor from the Person or Persons who gave such
Blockage Notice, (ii) by repayment in full of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness or (iii) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice
is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence, but subject to the provisions of the first sentence of this
paragraph and the provisions of Section 10.2, the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor may resume payments on the Securities, either directly or pursuant to
the Subsidiary Guarantee, after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. Not
more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period,
irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior
Indebtedness during such period.
SECTION 10.4. Acceleration of Payment of Securities. If
payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the
Company or the Trustee shall promptly notify the Representative (if any) of any
issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness which is then outstanding; provided,
however, that the Company and the Trustee shall be obligated to notify such a
Representative only if such Representative has delivered or caused to be
delivered an address for the service of such a notice to the Company and the
Trustee (and the Company and the Trustee shall only be obligated to deliver the
notice to the address so specified). If a notice is required pursuant to the
immediate preceding sentence, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor
may pay the Securities until five Business Days after the respective
Representative of the Designated Senior Indebtedness receives notice (at the
address specified in the preceding sentence) of such acceleration and,
thereafter, may pay the Securities only if the provisions of this Article X
otherwise permit payment at that time.
SECTION 10.5. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a
distribution is made to Securityholders that because of this Article X should
not have been made to them, the Securityholders who receive the distribution
shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness and promptly pay it over to them as their respective interests may
appear.
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SECTION 10.6. Subrogation. After all Senior Indebtedness and
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash and until the Securities
are paid in full, Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders
of Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article X to holders of Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been
made to Securityholders is not, as between the Company and Securityholders, a
payment by the Company of Senior Indebtedness or, as between a Subsidiary
Guarantor and Securityholders, a payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 10.7. Relative Rights. This Article X defines the
relative rights of Securityholders and holders of Senior Indebtedness and
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(1) impair, as between the Company or the Subsidiary
Guarantors, as the case may be, and Securityholders, the obligation of
the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the
Securities in accordance with their terms; or
(2) prevent the Trustee or any Securityholder from
exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default,
subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to
Securityholders.
SECTION 10.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company or
the Subsidiary Guarantors. No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities or the related Subsidiary Guarantee shall be
impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or by the failure of any of them to comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 10.9. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 10.3, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make
payments on the Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless,
not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust
Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not
be made under this Article X. The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the
Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; provided,
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however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the
Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled
to all the rights set forth in this Article X with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by
it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article VII shall deprive the Trustee of
any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article X shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7.
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and
the notice given to their Representative (if any).
SECTION 10.11. Article X Not To Prevent Events of Default or
Limit Right To Accelerate. The failure to make a payment in respect of the
Securities, whether directly or pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantees, by
reason of any provision in this Article X shall not be construed as preventing
the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default. Nothing in this Article X
shall have any effect on the right of the Securityholders or the Trustee to
accelerate the maturity of the Securities or to make a claim for payment under
the Subsidiary Guarantees.
SECTION 10.12. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money
or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article VIII
by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities
shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or subject to the restrictions set forth in this
Article X, and none of the Securityholders shall be obligated to pay over any
such amount to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, any holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or any
other creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely. Upon any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article X, the Trustee and the Securityholders
shall be entitled to rely (i) upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.2
are pending, (ii) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders or
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(iii) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the
Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article X. In the event that the Trustee determines, in
good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person
as a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article X, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness or
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such
Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other
facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article X, and, if such
evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment. The provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 shall be applicable to all
actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article X.
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. Each
Securityholder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on
his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Securityholders and the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as provided in
this Article X and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness and Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall
not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if
it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Securityholders or the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other Person, money or assets to which any
holders of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article X or otherwise.
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness and
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions. Each Securityholder
by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing
subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a
consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to
acquire and continue to hold, or to
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continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and
such holder of Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be
deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in
acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE XI
Subsidiary Guarantee
SECTION 11.1. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the
subordination provisions contained in Article X, each Subsidiary Guarantor
hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, Guarantees, as
a primary obligor and not a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its
successors and assigns (a) the due, full and punctual payment of principal of
and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity or interest
payment date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise (including amounts
that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section
362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), and all other monetary obligations of the
Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the
Securities; (b) the full and punctual payment of interest on the overdue
principal and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, and
(c) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all
other obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities (all
the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Obligations"). The
Subsidiary Guarantors further agree that the Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the
Subsidiary Guarantors, and that the Subsidiary Guarantors will remain bound
under this Article XI notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
Obligation.
The Subsidiary Guarantors waive presentation to, demand of,
payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Obligations and also
waive notice of protest for nonpayment. The Subsidiary Guarantors waive notice
of any default under the Securities or the Obligations. The obligations of the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall not be affected by (a) 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; (b) any extension or renewal of
any Obligation; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment, modification or
supplement of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture (other than this
Article XI), the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any
security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Obligations or any of them;
(e) the failure of any Holder or Trustee
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to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Obligations;
or (f) any change in the ownership of the Company.
The Subsidiary Guarantors further agree that their Guarantees
herein constitute a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due
(and not a guarantee of collection) and waive any right to require that any
resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of
the Obligations.
The Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is, to the extent
and in the manner set forth in Article X, subordinated and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor
and this Guarantee is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
Upon failure of payment when due of any Obligation for
whatever reason, each Subsidiary Guarantor will be obligated to pay the same
immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be continuing, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: the
recovery of any judgment against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; any
extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any
obligation of the Company under this Indenture or any Security, by operation of
law or otherwise; any modification or amendment of or supplement to this
Indenture or any Security; any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or
other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting
release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in this
Indenture or any Security; the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights
which any Subsidiary Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the
Trustee, any Securityholder or any other Person, whether in connection herewith
or any unrelated transactions, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise; provided, that nothing herein
shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim; any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the
Company for any reason of this Indenture or any Security, or any provision of
applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company
of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or any other
Obligation; or any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the
Company, the Trustee, any Securityholder or any other Person or any other
circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Subsidiary Guarantors'
obligations hereunder. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding
first against the Company, protest,
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notice and all demand whatsoever and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee
will not be discharged except by the complete performance of the obligations
contained in the Securities, this Indenture and in this Article XI. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect until the Indenture shall have terminated and the principal of and
interest on the Securities and all other Obligations shall have been paid in
full. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security or any other payment in respect of any Obligation is rescinded or must
be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Company or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor's
obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as
though such payment had been due but not made at such time, and this Article
XI, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and
effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to
which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any
payment hereunder to be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the
Company with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified
or exonerated by the Company in respect thereof.
The Subsidiary Guarantors further agree that their Guarantees
herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
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 the
Subsidiary Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay
any 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 Obligation, the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby promise to and will, 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 Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest
on such Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii)
all other monetary Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.
The Subsidiary Guarantors agree that, as between the
Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the
other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Guarantee herein,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in
Article VI, such Obligations
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(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Subsidiary Guarantors for the purposes of this Section.
The Subsidiary Guarantors also agree to pay any and all costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by the Trustee or
any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.1.
SECTION 11.2. Limitation on Liability. Any term or provision
of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving
effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary
Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees under the New Credit
Facility) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by
or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to
its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of
such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, Federal
and state fraudulent conveyance laws or other legal principles. To effectuate
the foregoing intention, the Securityholders and each Subsidiary Guarantor
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will,
after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of
the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee or pursuant to Section 11.5 hereof, result in the obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting such
fraudulent transfer or conveyance under federal or state law.
SECTION 11.3. Successors and Assigns. (a) This Article XI
shall be binding upon the Subsidiary Guarantors and their successors and
assigns and shall enure 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.
(b) Nothing contained in this Article XI shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Company or
another Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety, to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all obligations of a
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article XI shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged upon any sale, exchange or transfer to
any Person (whether or not an Affiliate of the Subsidiary Guarantor) which is
not the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, of all or substantially all of
the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary Guarantor owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that
(i) such sale, exchange or transfer is in compliance with and not prohibited by
this Indenture and (ii) all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect
of the New Credit Facility and under all of its Guarantees of, and in respect
of all Liens on its assets securing, Indebtedness of the Company are also
released and discharged upon such sale, exchange or transfer.
SECTION 11.4. 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 XI 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 XI at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 11.5. Right of Contribution. In order to provide for
just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary
Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is
made by any Subsidiary Guarantor (a "Funding Guarantor") under the Guarantee,
such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other
Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each
Subsidiary Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments,
damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the
Company's obligations with respect to the Securities or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor's obligations with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantee.
SECTION 11.6. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or
payments made by any of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, no Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the
Trustee or any Securityholder against the Company or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by
the Trustee or any Securityholder for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall
any Subsidiary Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or
reimbursement from the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of
payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing
to the Trustee and the Securityholders by the Company on account of the
Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary
Guarantor on account
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of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not
have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor
in trust for the Trustee and the Securityholders, segregated from other funds
of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received
by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.
SECTION 11.7. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. Concurrently
with the creation or acquisition by the Company of any Subsidiary (other than a
foreign subsidiary and other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Company,
such Subsidiary and the Trustee shall execute and deliver a supplement to this
Indenture providing that such Subsidiary will be a Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder. Each such supplement shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee.
SECTION 11.8. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
(a) To evidence each Subsidiary Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in
this Article XI each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be placed on each Security authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee.
(b) This Indenture shall be executed on behalf of each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and an Officer of each Subsidiary Guarantor shall sign
the notation of the Subsidiary Guarantee on the Securities by manual or
facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or the
notation of Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Security on which the Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Security a notation of the Subsidiary Guarantee.
(c) The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the
Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Subsidiary
Guarantor.
SECTION 11.9. Modification. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Article XI, nor the consent to any departure by
the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 the Subsidiary Guarantors in any
case
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shall entitle the Subsidiary Guarantors to any other or further notice or
demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 11.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law
or other law that would prohibit or forgive each such Subsidiary Guarantor from
performing its Subsidiary Guarantee as contemplated herein, wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
each such Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 12.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which
is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required
by the TIA shall control.
SECTION 12.2. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be
in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as
follows:
if to the Company of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors:
Atrium Companies, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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if to the Trustee:
United States Trust Company of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
The Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or the Trustee
by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall
be mailed to the Securityholder at the Securityholder's address as it appears
on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if
so mailed within the time prescribed.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Securityholders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered
by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in
the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be
mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to its address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so
mailed to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required
by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders.
If a notice or communication is mailed to any Person in the
manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or
not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to
Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same
time.
SECTION 12.3. Communication by Holders with other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
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SECTION 12.4. 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:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 12.5) stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 12.5) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 12.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or
condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such 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
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with and such
other opinions as the Trustee may reasonably request.
SECTION 12.6. 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
or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company 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
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Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the
foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any
such determination.
SECTION 12.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Securityholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules
for their functions.
SECTION 12.8. Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" is a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to
be open in the State of New York. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday,
payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday,
and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record
date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 12.9. Governing Law. This Indenture and the
Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of
conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another
jurisdiction would be required thereby.
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director,
officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder
shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 12.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their
respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
SECTION 12.12. 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 12.13. Variable Provisions. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent and Registrar and custodian with respect
to any Global Notes.
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SECTION 12.14. Qualification of Indenture. The Company shall
qualify this Indenture under the TIA in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and shall pay all reasonable
costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees for the Company, the Trustee and
the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to,
costs and expenses of qualification of the Indenture and the Securities and
printing this Indenture and the Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to
receive from the Company any such Officers' Certificates, Opinions of Counsel
or other documentation as it may reasonably request in connection with any such
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
SECTION 12.15. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of
contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not
intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of
the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 12.16. Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first written above.
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
H-R WINDOW SUPPLY, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
VINYL BUILDING SPECIALTIES OF
CONNECTICUT, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
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XXXXXX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF
NEW ENGLAND, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK
as Trustee
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF, THE SECURITYHOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THREE
YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE
UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO
THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
(THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE OR
REGISTRAR), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
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PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT
WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR, THE SECURITYHOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO
THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT
SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,"
"UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE
BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE, TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL
BE LIMITED TO
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TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A
SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS
OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
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CUSIP No:
(Front of Security)
No. 1 $___________
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
10 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note due 2006, Series A
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to
pay to Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository Trust Company, or its
registered assigns, the principal sum of $100,000,000 on November 15, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15, and November 15, commencing May 15, 1997.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1 (whether or not a Business Day).
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
Dated:
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
(Trustee's Certificate of Authentication)
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This is one of the Securities referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture
United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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(Reverse of Security)
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
10 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2006, SERIES A
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture (as defined below) unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. Atrium Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate and in the manner specified below. The Company shall pay,
in cash, interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per
annum of 10 1/2%. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on May
15 and November 15 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing
May 15, 1997, or if any such day is not a Business Day on the next succeeding
Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall accrue from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from the date of the original issuance of the Securities. To the
extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
of 2% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the
Securities; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without
regard to any applicable grace periods) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the
Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Securities at the close of business on the Record Date immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are cancelled
after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date.
Securityholders 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 that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check
payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest
payment to the Paying Agent or to a Securityholder at the Securityholder's
registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee will act
as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Registrar or
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co-registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an
Indenture, dated as of November 27, 1996 (the "Indenture"), among the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the TIA as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities
are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. The terms of the
Indenture shall govern any inconsistencies between the Indenture and the
Securities. The Securities are senior subordinated Obligations of the Company
limited to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.
5. (a) Optional Redemption. Except as indicated in the next
succeeding paragraph, the Securities are not redeemable at the Company's option
prior to November 15, 2001. Thereafter, the Securities will be redeemable, at
the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Securities) if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15 of the years set
forth below, plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right
of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the
relevant Interest Payment Date):
ANNUAL PERIOD BEGINNING REDEMPTION PRICE
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.250%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.500
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.750
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000
(b) Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings. In addition,
at any time and from time to time prior to November 15, 2000, the Company may,
at its option, redeem the Securities, in part, with net cash proceeds of one or
more Equity Offerings by the Company or Atrium Corporation ("Holding") (to the
extent, in the case of Holding, that net cash proceeds thereof are contributed
to the common or non-redeemable preferred equity capital of the Company) so
long as there is a Public Market at the time of such redemption, at a
redemption price equal to 110.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption;
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provided, however, that after any such redemption the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities outstanding must equal at least $65 million. In order
to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering,
the Company shall make such redemption not more than 12 months after the
consummation of any such Equity Offering.
At any time on or prior to November 15, 2001, the Securities
may also be redeemed as a whole at the option of the Company upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice (but in no event more than 90 days after the occurrence of such
Change of Control) mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered
address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date") (subject to the right of holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date).
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any
Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such
Security and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1) the
redemption price of such Security at November 15, 2001 (such redemption price
being described under 5(a) above) plus (2) all required interest payments due
on such Security through November 15, 2001, computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Rate plus 100 basis points, over (B) the principal amount
of such Security.
"Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two business days prior
to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001; provided, however, that
if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001 is not equal to the
constant maturity of a United States Treasury security 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 United States Treasury securities for which such yields are
given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United
States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be
used.
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6. Mandatory Redemption. The Securities are not subject to
mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments.
7. Repurchase at Option of Securityholder. (a) If there is a
Change of Control, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a
repurchase price 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). Within 30 days following any Change of
Control, unless the Company has mailed a redemption notice with respect to all
the outstanding Securities in connection with such Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Securityholder stating (i) that a Change of
Control has occurred and that such Securityholder has the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Securityholder's Securities at a
repurchase 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); (ii) the repurchase date (which will be
no earlier then 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed); and (iii) the instructions, determined by the Company, consistent with
the Indenture, that a Securityholder must follow in order to have its
Securities repurchased. Securityholders that are subject to an offer to
repurchase may elect to have such Securities repurchased by completing the form
entitled "Option of Securityholder to Elect Purchase" appearing below.
(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the
purchase of Securities pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will be required
to purchase Securities tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the
Securities at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase in accordance with the
procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in
the Indenture. If the aggregate purchase price of the Securities tendered
pursuant to the offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the
purchase of the Securities, the Company will apply the remaining Net Available
Cash in accordance with the Indenture.
8. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date by
first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its
registered address. Securities may be redeemed in part but only in whole
multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Securities held
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by a Securityholder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date,
interest ceases to accrue on Securities or portions of them called for
redemption.
9. Subordination. The Securities are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the
Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the Securities may be paid.
The Company agrees, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to
the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the
Trustee to give them effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for
such purpose.
10. Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, and subject to certain terms and conditions stated therein, the
Company will be obligated to consummate an Exchange Offer pursuant to which the
Holders of the Initial Securities shall have the right to exchange this
Security for Exchange Securities, which have been registered under the
Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all
material respect to the Initial Security. In certain circumstances, and subject
to certain terms and conditions, Holders of the Initial Securities shall have
the right to receive liquidated damages if the Company shall have failed to
fulfill its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
11. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Securities may be registered and
Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and
the Trustee may require a Securityholder among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not exchange
or register the transfer of any Security or portion of a Security selected for
redemption. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Business
Day 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities to be redeemed and
ending at the close of business on the day of selection or during the period
between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
12. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment to the
Trustee for registration of the transfer of this Security, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Security
is registered as its absolute owner for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Security is overdue,
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and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice
to the contrary. The registered Securityholder shall be treated as its owner
for all purposes.
13. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions
provided in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities, and any existing Default or Event of Default (except a
payment default) may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. Without the consent of
any Securityholder, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended to, among
other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to comply with the
requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain qualification of
the Indenture under the TIA or to make any change that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Securityholder.
14. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Securities may declare the unpaid principal of, and any
accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities to be due and payable
immediately; provided, that in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, all outstanding Securities shall become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. Securityholders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Securityholders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment
of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interests. The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the
Trustee.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept
deposits from, and perform services for the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
or any Affiliate of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, and may otherwise
deal with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Affiliates as if it were not Trustee.
16. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
among other things, incur
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additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock or
certain Indebtedness, enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend
or other payment restrictions affecting Subsidiaries, merge or consolidate with
any other Person or, sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose
of all or substantially all of its assets or adopt a plan of liquidation. Such
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions
provided for in the Indenture. The Company must annually report to the Trustee
on compliance with such limitations.
17. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating
agent.
18. Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor has jointly and
severally irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior subordinated
basis, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest (including
interest on overdue principal and overdue interest, if lawful) on the
Securities; provided, however, each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment
or distribution under a Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each
other Subsidiary Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net
Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.
19. Defeasance. Subject to certain conditions provided for
in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its
obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with
the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal,
premium (if any) and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as
the case may be.
20. Governing Law. The Laws of the State of New York shall
govern this Security and the Indenture, without regard to principles of
conflict of laws.
21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in
the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
22. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated
by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Securityholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as
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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 Securityholder upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:
Atrium Companies, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE
SENIOR SUBORDINATED GUARANTEE
The Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture (the
"Indenture") referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed
and each hereinafter referred to as a "Guarantor," which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture) (i) have jointly and severally
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed as a primary obligor and not a
surety (such guarantee by each Guarantor being referred to herein as the
"Guarantee"), (a) the due, full and punctual payment of the principal, premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities, whether at stated maturity or interest
payment date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, (b) the due
and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (c) the due and punctual
performance of all other monetary Obligations of the Company under the
Indenture and the Securities to the Securityholders or the Trustee, all in
accordance with the terms set forth in Article XI of the Indenture and (d) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any
such Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity by acceleration or otherwise and (ii) have agreed to pay any and all
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by the
Trustee or any Securityholder in enforcing any rights under this Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor to the Securityholders of
Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are
expressly set forth in Article XI of the Indenture and reference is hereby made
to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee. The Obligations of
each Guarantor to the Securityholders of Securities and to the trustee pursuant
to this Guarantee and the Indenture are subordinated to Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such,
past, present or future of any Guarantor shall have any liability under this
Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director
or incorporator.
This is a continuing Guarantee and, except as otherwise expressly
provided for in Article XI of the Indenture, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns
until full and final payment of all of the Company's Obligations under the
Securities and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors
and assigns of the Trustee and the Securityholders and,
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in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Securityholder or
the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall
automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all
subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and
not of collectibility.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture
by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
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THE TERMS OF ARTICLE XI OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED
HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in
the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subsidiary Guarantors:
H-R WINDOW SUPPLY, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
VINYL BUILDING SPECIALTIES OF
CONNECTICUT, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CO. OF
NEW YORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXXX MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, INCORPORATED
By:
----------------------------
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING COMPANY
OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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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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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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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:
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Your Signature:
-------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
--------------------------
(Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements will include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring
prior to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by
the Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of
this Security (which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated
at the date of the transfer) and (ii) November 27, 1999, the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general
advertising in connection with the transfer and that this Security is being
transferred:
Check One
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(1) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
---
(2) pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the
--- Securities Act; or
(3) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined
--- in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act) that has furnished to the Trustee a
signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained
from the Trustee); or
(4) outside the United States to a "foreign person" in
--- compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act; or
(5) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided
--- by Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or
(6) pursuant to an effective registration statement under
--- the Securities Act; or
(7) pursuant to another available exemption from the
--- registration requirements of the Securities Act.
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 Securityholder thereof; provided that if box (3), (4), (5)
or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering
any such transfer of the Securities, in its sole discretion, such legal
opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the
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case of box (3) or (4)) and other information as the Trustee or the Company has
reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. If none of the foregoing boxes is checked,
the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Security in
the name of any person other than the Securityholder hereof unless and until
the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in
Section 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name appears on
the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) 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 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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OPTION OF SECURITYHOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Security
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.8 of the
Indenture check the appropriate box:
[ ] Section 4.6 [ ] Section 4.8
If you want to have only part of the Security purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.8 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$______________________
Date:_________________
Your Signature:
-------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
----------------------------------
(Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements will include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY ANY SUCH
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR
A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE.
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CUSIP No:
(Front of Security)
No. 1 $
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ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
10 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note due 2006, Series B
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to
pay to Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository Trust Company, or its
registered assigns, the principal sum of $100,000,000 on November 15, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 1997.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1 (whether or not a Business Day).
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
Dated:
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
(Trustee's Certificate of Authentication)
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This is one of the Securities referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture
United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
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(Reverse of Security)
ATRIUM COMPANIES, INC.
10 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2006, SERIES B
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture (as defined below) unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. Atrium Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate and in the manner specified below. The Company shall pay,
in cash, interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per
annum of 10-1/2%. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on May
15 and November 15 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing
May 15, 1997, or if any such day is not a Business Day on the next succeeding
Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall accrue from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from the date of the original issuance of the Securities. To the
extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
of 2% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the
Securities; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without
regard to any applicable grace periods) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the
Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered
Securityholders at the close of business on the Record Date immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are cancelled
after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date.
Securityholders 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 that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Securityholder at the Securityholder's registered address.
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3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The
Company, or any Subsidiary Guarantor may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an
Indenture, dated as of November 27, 1996 (the "Indenture"), among the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the TIA as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities
are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. The terms of the
Indenture shall govern any inconsistencies between the Indenture and the
Securities. The Securities are senior subordinated Obligations of the Company
limited to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.
5. (a) Optional Redemption. Except as indicated in the next
succeeding paragraph, the Securities are not redeemable at the Company's option
prior to November 15, 2001. Thereafter, the Securities will be redeemable, at
the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Securities) if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15 of the years set
forth below, plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right
of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the
relevant Interest Payment Date):
ANNUAL PERIOD BEGINNING REDEMPTION PRICE
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.250%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.500
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.750
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000
(b) Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings. In addition,
at any time and from time to time prior to November 15, 2000, the Company may,
at its option, redeem the Securities, in part, with net cash proceeds of one or
more Equity Offerings by the Company or Atrium Corporation ("Holding") (to the
extent, in the case of
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Holding, that net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common or non-
redeemable preferred equity capital of the Company) so long as there is a
Public Market at the time of such redemption, at a redemption price equal to
110.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of redemption; provided, however, that after any
such redemption the aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding
must equal at least $65 million. In order to effect the foregoing redemption
with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, the Company shall make such
redemption not more than 12 months after the consummation of any such Equity
Offering.
At any time on or prior to November 15, 2001, the Securities
may also be redeemed as a whole at the option of the Company upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice (but in no event more than 90 days after the occurrence of such
Change of Control) mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered
address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date") (subject to the right of holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date).
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any
Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such
Security and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1) the
redemption price of such Security at November 15, 2001 (such redemption price
being described under 5(a) above) plus (2) all required interest payments due
on such Security through November 15, 2001, computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Rate plus 100 basis points, over (B) the principal amount
of such Security.
"Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two business days prior
to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001; provided, however, that
if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001 is not equal to the
constant maturity of a United States Treasury security 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 United
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States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the
period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2001 is less than one year, the
weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
6. Mandatory Redemption. The Securities are not subject to
mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments.
7. Repurchase at Option of Securityholder. (a) If there is a
Change of Control, each Holder of Securities will have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a
repurchase price 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). Within 30 days following any Change of
Control, unless the Company has mailed a redemption notice with respect to all
the outstanding Securities in connection with such Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Securityholder stating (i) that a Change of
Control has occurred and that such Securityholder has the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Securityholder's Securities at a
repurchase 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); (ii) the repurchase date (which will be
no earlier then 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed); and (iii) the instructions, determined by the Company, consistent with
the Indenture, that a Securityholder must follow in order to have its
Securities repurchased. Securityholders that are subject to an offer to
repurchase may elect to have such Securities repurchased by completing the form
entitled "Option of Securityholder to Elect Purchase" appearing below.
(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the
purchase of Securities pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will be required
to purchase Securities tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the
Securities at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase in accordance with the
procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in
the Indenture. If the aggregate purchase price of the Securities tendered
pursuant to the offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the
purchase of the Securities, the Company will apply the remaining Net Available
Cash in accordance with the Indenture.
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8. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date by
first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its
registered address. Securities may be redeemed in part but only in whole
multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Securities held by a Securityholder are
to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on
Securities or portions of them called for redemption.
9. Subordination. The Securities are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the
Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the Securities may be paid.
The Company agrees, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to
the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the
Trustee to give them effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for
such purpose.
10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Securities may be registered and
Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and
the Trustee may require a Securityholder among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not exchange
or register the transfer of any Security or portion of a Security selected for
redemption. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any
Securities during a period beginning on the opening of business on a Business
Day 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities to be redeemed and
ending on the close of business on the day of selection or during the period
between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment to the
Trustee for registration of the transfer of this Security, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Security
is registered as its absolute owner for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the
Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The registered Securityholder shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.
12. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions
provided in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities, and any
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existing default or Event of Default (except a payment default) may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities. Without the consent of any Securityholder, the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to comply with the requirements of the
Commission in order to effect or maintain qualification of the Indenture under
the TIA Securityholders or to make any change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Securityholder.
13. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Securities may declare the unpaid principal of, and any
accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities to be due and payable
immediately; provided, that in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, all outstanding Securities shall become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. Securityholders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Securityholders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment
of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interests. The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the
Trustee.
14. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept
deposits from, and perform services for the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
or any Affiliate of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, and may otherwise
deal with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Affiliates as if it were not Trustee.
15. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
among other things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of
its Capital Stock or certain Indebtedness, enter into transactions with
Affiliates, create dividend or other payment restrictions affecting
Subsidiaries, merge or consolidate with any other Person or, sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets or adopt a plan of liquidation. Such limitations are subject to a
number of important
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qualifications and exceptions provided for in the Indenture. The Company must
annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
16. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating
agent.
17. Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor has jointly and
severally irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest (including interest on overdue principal and
overdue interest, if lawful) on the Securities; provided, however, each
Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Guarantee
shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in a
pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.
18. Defeasance. Subject to certain conditions provided for
in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its
obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with
the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal,
premium (if any) and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as
the case may be.
19. Governing Law. The Laws of the State of New York shall
govern this Security and the Indenture, without regard to principles of
conflict of laws.
20. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in
the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
21. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated
by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Securityholders. 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.
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The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:
Atrium Companies, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE
SENIOR SUBORDINATED GUARANTEE
The Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture (the
"Indenture") referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed
and each hereinafter referred to as a "Guarantor," which term includes any
successor person under the Indenture) (i) have jointly and severally
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed as a primary obligor and not a
surety, (such guarantee by each Guarantor being referred to herein as the
"Guarantee") (a) the due, full and punctual payment of the principal, premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities, whether at stated maturity or interest
payment date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, (b) the due
and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, (c) the due and punctual
performance of all other monetary Obligations of the Company under the
Indenture and the Securities to the Securityholders or the Trustee, all in
accordance with the terms set forth in Article XI of the Indenture and (d) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any
such Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity by acceleration or otherwise and (ii) have agreed to pay any and all
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by the
Trustee or any Securityholder in enforcing any rights under this Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor to the Securityholders of
Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are
expressly set forth in Article XI of the Indenture and reference is hereby made
to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee. The Obligations of
each Guarantor to the Securityholders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant
to this Guarantee and the Indenture are subordinated to Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness as defined in the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such,
past, present or future of any Guarantor shall have any liability under this
Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director
or incorporator.
This is a continuing Guarantee and, except as otherwise
expressly provided for in Article XI of the Indenture, shall remain in full
force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and
assigns until full and final payment of all of the Company's Obligations under
the Securities and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the
successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Securityholders and, in the event
of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Securityholder or the Trustee,
the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically
extend to
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and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and
conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and not of collectibility.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture
by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
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THE TERMS OF ARTICLE XI OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED
HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in
the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subsidiary Guarantors:
H-R WINDOW SUPPLY, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
VINYL BUILDING SPECIALTIES OF
CONNECTICUT, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CO. OF
NEW YORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXXX MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, INCORPORATED
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF
NEW ENGLAND, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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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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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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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:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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(Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements will include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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OPTION OF SECURITYHOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Security
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.8 of the
Indenture check the appropriate box:
[ ] Section 4.6 [ ] Section 4.8
If you want to have only part of the Security purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.8 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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(Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements will include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
United States Trust Company of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: Atrium Companies, Inc.
10-1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 10-1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Securities") of Atrium Companies, Inc. (the
"Company"), we confirm that:
1. We have received a copy of the Offering Memorandum (the
"Offering Memorandum"), dated November 22, 1996 relating to the Securities and
such other information as we deem necessary in order to make our investment
decision. We acknowledge that we have read and agreed to the matters stated on
pages A-1 and A-2 of the Offering Memorandum and in the section entitled
"Transfer Restrictions" of the Offering Memorandum including the restrictions
on duplication and circulation of the Offering Memorandum.
2. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the
Securities is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the
Indenture relating to the Securities (as described in the Offering Memorandum)
and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or
otherwise transfer the Securities except in compliance with, such restrictions
and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
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3. We understand that the offer and sale of the Securities
have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Securities may
not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We
agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting
as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell or otherwise transfer any
Securities prior to the date which is three years after the original issuance
of the Securities, we will do so only (i) to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) inside the United States in accordance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act), (iii) inside the United States to an
institutional "accredited investor" (as defined below) that, prior to such
transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to
the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture relating to the Securities), a signed
letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the
restrictions on transfer of the Securities, (iv) outside the United States in
accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (v) pursuant
to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities
Act (if available), or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person
purchasing any of the Securities from us a notice advising such purchaser that
resales of the Securities are restricted as stated herein.
4. We are not acquiring the Securities for or on behalf of,
and will not transfer the Securities to, any pension or welfare plan (as
defined in Section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974),
except as permitted in the section entitled "Transfer Restrictions" of the
Offering Memorandum.
5. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any
Securities, we will be required to furnish to the Trustee and the Company such
certification, legal opinions and other information as the Trustee and the
Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with
the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Securities
purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
6. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act)
and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to
be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the
Securities, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of our or their investment, as the case may be.
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7. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our
account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional
"accredited investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and
are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
By:
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Name:
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Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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United States Trust Company of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: Atrium Companies, Inc.
(the "Company") 10 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2006 (the "Securities")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $_____________
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has
been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we
represent that:
(1) the offer of the Securities was not made to a Person in
the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting
on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the
United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through
the facilities of a designated off-shore securities
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market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that
the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United
States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United
States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule
904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Securities.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and
are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate
have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:
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Authorized Signature
