ELAN FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, ELAN FINANCE CORP., ELAN CORPORATION, PLC, The SUBSIDIARY NOTE GUARANTORS Party Hereto AND BNY CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED, as TRUSTEE AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (LUXEMBOURG)...
Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION
COPY
ELAN
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY,
ELAN
FINANCE CORP.,
ELAN
CORPORATION, PLC,
The
SUBSIDIARY NOTE GUARANTORS Party Hereto
AND
BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED,
as
TRUSTEE
AND
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.,
as
REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT
8.750%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
Dated
as of October 2, 2009
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page |
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.1.
|
Definitions
|
1
|
Section
1.2.
|
Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
|
34
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Section
1.3.
|
Rules
of Construction
|
34
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ARTICLE
II
THE
NOTES
Section
2.1.
|
Form
and Dating
|
35
|
Section
2.2.
|
Execution
and Authentication
|
35
|
Section
2.3.
|
Registrar
and Paying Agent
|
36
|
Section
2.4.
|
Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust
|
37
|
Section
2.5.
|
Holder
Lists
|
37
|
Section
2.6.
|
Global
Note Provisions
|
37
|
Section
2.7.
|
Legends
|
38
|
Section
2.8.
|
Transfer
and Exchange.
|
38
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Section
2.9.
|
No
Obligation of the Trustee.
|
43
|
Section
2.10.
|
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
|
43
|
Section
2.11.
|
Temporary
Notes
|
44
|
Section
2.12.
|
Cancellation
|
44
|
Section
2.13.
|
Defaulted
Interest
|
45
|
Section
2.14.
|
Additional
Notes
|
45
|
Section
2.15.
|
[intentionally
omitted.]
|
46
|
Section
2.16.
|
CUSIP/ISIN
Numbers
|
46
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ARTICLE
III
COVENANTS
Section
3.1.
|
Payment
of Notes
|
47
|
Section
3.2.
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency
|
47
|
Section
3.3.
|
Corporate
Existence
|
47
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Section
3.4.
|
Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims
|
48
|
Section
3.5.
|
Compliance
Certificate
|
48
|
Section
3.6.
|
Further
Instruments and Acts
|
48
|
Section
3.7.
|
Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
|
49
|
Section
3.8.
|
Limitation
on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness
|
49
|
Section
3.9.
|
Limitation
on Restricted Payments
|
53
|
Section
3.10.
|
Limitation
on Asset Sales
|
57
|
Section
3.11.
|
Limitation
on Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
|
60
|
Section
3.12.
|
Limitation
on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
|
61
|
Section
3.13.
|
Limitation
on Liens
|
62
|
Section
3.14.
|
Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
|
63
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section
3.15.
|
Reports
to Holders
|
64
|
Section
3.16.
|
Change
of Control
|
65
|
Section
3.17.
|
Payment
of Additional Amounts
|
66
|
Section
3.18.
|
Covenant
Suspension
|
68
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ARTICLE
IV
SURVIVING
ENTITY
Section
4.1.
|
Merger,
Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
|
69
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ARTICLE
V
OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section
5.1.
|
Optional
Redemption
|
71
|
Section
5.2.
|
Election
to Redeem
|
71
|
Section
5.3.
|
Notice
of Redemption
|
71
|
Section
5.4.
|
Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part
|
72
|
Section
5.5.
|
Deposit
of Redemption Price
|
73
|
Section
5.6.
|
Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
|
73
|
Section
5.7.
|
Unredeemed
Portions of Partially Redeemed Note
|
73
|
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
6.1.
|
Events
of Default
|
74
|
Section
6.2.
|
Acceleration
|
75
|
Section
6.3.
|
Other
Remedies
|
75
|
Section
6.4.
|
Waiver
of Past Defaults
|
76
|
Section
6.5.
|
Control
by Majority
|
76
|
Section
6.6.
|
Limitation
on Suits
|
76
|
Section
6.7.
|
Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
|
76
|
Section
6.8.
|
Collection
Suit by Trustee
|
77
|
Section
6.9.
|
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim, etc
|
77
|
Section
6.10.
|
Priorities
|
77
|
Section
6.11.
|
Undertaking
for Costs
|
78
|
ARTICLE
VII
TRUSTEE
Section
7.1.
|
Duties
of Trustee
|
78
|
Section
7.2.
|
Rights
of Trustee
|
79
|
Section
7.3.
|
Individual
Rights of Trustee
|
81
|
Section
7.4.
|
Trustee’s
Disclaimer
|
81
|
Section
7.5.
|
Notice
of Defaults
|
81
|
Section
7.6.
|
Reports
by Trustee to Holders
|
81
|
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page |
Section
7.7.
|
Compensation
and Indemnity
|
81
|
Section
7.8.
|
Replacement
of Trustee
|
82
|
Section
7.9.
|
Successor
Trustee by Merger
|
83
|
Section
7.10.
|
Eligibility;
Disqualification
|
83
|
Section
7.11.
|
Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuers
|
84
|
Section
7.12.
|
Requests
for Documentation in Connection with Qualification of the
Indenture
|
84
|
ARTICLE
VIII
DEFEASANCE;
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section
8.1.
|
Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
|
84
|
Section
8.2.
|
Conditions
to Defeasance
|
85
|
Section
8.3.
|
Application
of Trust Money
|
87
|
Section
8.4.
|
Repayment
to Issuers
|
87
|
Section
8.5.
|
Indemnity
for U.S. Government Obligations
|
87
|
Section
8.6.
|
Reinstatement
|
87
|
Section
8.7.
|
Satisfaction
and Discharge
|
88
|
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS
Section
9.1.
|
Without
Consent of Holders
|
88
|
Section
9.2.
|
With
Consent of Holders
|
89
|
Section
9.3.
|
Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act
|
90
|
Section
9.4.
|
Revocation
and Effect of Consents and Waivers
|
91
|
Section
9.5.
|
Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
|
91
|
Section
9.6.
|
Trustee
to Sign Amendments and Supplements
|
91
|
ARTICLE
X
NOTE
GUARANTEES
Section
10.1.
|
Note
Guarantees
|
92
|
Section
10.2.
|
Guarantors
May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
|
93
|
Section
10.3.
|
Limitation
on Liability of Note Guarantor; Termination, Release and Discharge of Note
Guarantee
|
94
|
Section
10.4.
|
Evidence
of Note Guarantee
|
95
|
Section
10.5.
|
Right
of Contribution
|
95
|
Section
10.6.
|
No
Subrogation
|
95
|
Section
10.7.
|
Additional
Note Guarantees
|
96
|
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.1.
|
Trust
Indenture Act Controls
|
96
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page |
Section
11.2.
|
Notices
|
97
|
Section
11.3.
|
Communication
by Holders with Other Holders
|
97
|
Section
11.4.
|
Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
|
98
|
Section
11.5.
|
Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
|
98
|
Section
11.6.
|
Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent and Xxxxxxxxx
|
00
|
Section
11.7.
|
Legal
Holidays
|
98
|
Section
11.8.
|
Governing
Law, etc
|
99
|
Section
11.9.
|
No
Recourse Against Others
|
100
|
Section
11.10.
|
Successors
|
100
|
Section
11.11.
|
Duplicate
and Counterpart Originals
|
100
|
Section
11.12.
|
Severability
|
100
|
Section
11.13.
|
[intentionally
omitted.]
|
100
|
Section
11.14.
|
Currency
Indemnity
|
100
|
Section
11.15.
|
Table
of Contents; Headings
|
101
|
Section
11.16.
|
Waiver
of Jury Trial
|
101
|
Section
11.17.
|
Force
Majeure
|
101
|
iv
EXHIBIT
A
|
FORM
OF FACE OF NOTE
|
EXHIBIT
B
|
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB
|
EXHIBIT
C
|
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S
|
EXHIBIT
D
|
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO RULE 144
|
EXHIBIT
E
|
FORM
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTE
GUARANTEES
|
EXHIBIT
F
|
FORM
OF FREE TRANSFERABILITY CERTIFICATE
|
v
INDENTURE,
dated as of October 2, 2009, among Elan Finance public limited company, a public
limited liability company incorporated and registered under the laws of Ireland
and Elan Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, as co-issuers (together, the
“Issuers”),
Elan Corporation, plc as a guarantor of the Notes (the “Company”), the
Subsidiary Note Guarantors party hereto, BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited,
a corporation incorporated under the laws of England (the “Trustee”), as
Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation and The
Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., a corporation incorporated under the
laws of Luxembourg.
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuers’ 8.750% Senior Notes due 2016
issued hereunder.
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.1. Definitions.
“40-day Period” means,
in respect of any Regulation S Global Note, the 40 consecutive days
beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which any Notes
represented thereby are offered to persons other than distributors (as defined
in Regulation S under the Securities Act) pursuant to Regulation S and
(b) the issue date for such Notes.
“AAA Rated Country”
means a country having, at any date of determination, a credit rating of AAA
from S&P or Aaa from Xxxxx’x.
“Acceleration
Declaration” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
6.2.
“Acquired
Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary of or merges or consolidates with or into such specified
Person or (b) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by
such specified Person, in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred as
consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the
funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of
related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by such specified Person, or
such asset was acquired by such specified Person, as applicable. Such
Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of or merges or consolidates with or into such
specified Person or at the time such asset is acquired by such specified
Person.
“Additional Amounts”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.17.
“Additional Note Board
Resolutions” means resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
each Issuer and delivered to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate providing
for the issuance of Additional Notes.
“Additional Notes” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.14.
“Additional Note Subsidiary
Guarantee” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
10.7.
“Additional Note Subsidiary
Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
10.7.
“Additional Note Supplemental
Indenture” means a supplement to this Indenture duly executed and
delivered by the Issuers, each Note Guarantor and the Trustee pursuant to Article IX
providing for the issuance of Additional Notes.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. No Person (other than
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) in which a Receivables Subsidiary
makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by
reason of such Investment. For purposes of Section 3.14,
Affiliates will be deemed to include, with respect to any specified Person, any
other Person (1) which beneficially owns or holds, directly or indirectly, 10%
or more of any class of the Voting Stock of the specified Person or (2) of
which 10% or more of the Voting Stock is beneficially owned or held, directly or
indirectly, by the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,”
“controlled by”
and “under common
control with” have correlative meanings.
“Affiliate
Transaction” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.14.
“Agent Members” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.6(b).
“Alternative Offer”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.16.
“Applicable Premium”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5 of the Form
of Reverse Side of Note contained in Exhibit
A.
“Asset Acquisition”
means:
(1) an
Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person
pursuant to which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or is merged with
or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) the
acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any
Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all or
substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprises any division or line
of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person
other than in the ordinary course of business; or
(3) any
Revocation with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“Asset Sale” means any
direct or indirect sale, disposition, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease,
assignment or other transfer, including a Sale and Leaseback Transaction (each,
a “disposition”), by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of:
(a) any
Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock of the Company); or
(b) any
properties or assets (other than Capital Stock, cash or Cash Equivalents) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made outside the ordinary course of
business.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset
Sales:
(1) a
disposition permitted under Section
4.1;
(2) the
disposition of damaged, obsolete or worn-out equipment or assets that are no
longer useful in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(3) the
making of Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments permitted under Section
3.9;
(4) the
creation of or realization on any Lien permitted under this
Indenture;
(5) the
sale or grant of licenses or sublicenses to use, or the assignment of, patents,
trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property, and the grant of
licenses or sublicenses to use, or the lease or sublease of, other properties or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not materially
interfering with the business of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(6) a
disposition between or among the Company and/or the Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(7) sales
of accounts receivable and related assets of the type described in the
definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Subsidiary in
a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(8) a
transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type described in the
definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a fractional undivided
interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables
Transaction;
(9) the
surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender
of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(10) any
disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(11) any
disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any security
classified, under GAAP, as an investment security or a marketable investment
security on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the
Issue
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Date;
provided that the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to securities disposed of pursuant to this clause (11)
shall not exceed $135 million; and
(12) any
disposition that, but for this clause, would be Asset Sales, if after giving
effect to such disposition, the aggregate Fair Market Value of the assets
disposed of in such transaction or any such series of related transactions does
not exceed $5 million.
“Asset Sale Offer” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.10.
“Asset Sale Offer
Amount” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.10.
“Asset Sale Offer
Notice” means notice of an Asset Sale Offer made pursuant to Section 3.10,
which notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, and shall
state:
(1) the
amount of Net Cash Proceeds to which such Asset Sale Offer relates, and that
such Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to Section 3.10,
and that all Notes that are timely tendered will be accepted for
payment;
(2) the
Asset Sale Offer Amount and the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(3) that
any Notes or portions thereof not tendered or accepted for payment will continue
to accrue interest;
(4) that,
unless the Issuers default in the payment of the Asset Sale Offer Amount with
respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant to
the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest from and after the Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that
any Holder electing to have any Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to
the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Offer
Payment Date;
(6) that
any Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
preceding the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter,
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered
for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s
election to have such Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer;
(7) that
any Holder electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer
must specify the principal amount that is being tendered for purchase, which
principal amount must be $100,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof;
(8) that
any Holder of Certificated Notes whose Certificated Notes are being purchased
only in part will be issued new Certificated Notes equal in principal amount
to
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the
unpurchased portion of the Certificated Note or Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion will be equal in principal amount to $100,000 or integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(9) that
the Trustee will return to the Holder of a Global Note that is being purchased
in part, such Global Note with a notation on the schedule of increases or
decreases thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the
unpurchased portion of such Global Note; and
(10) any
other information necessary to enable any Holder to tender Notes and to have
such Notes purchased pursuant to Section 3.10.
“Asset Sale Offer Payment
Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.10.
“Asset Sale
Transaction” means any Asset Sale and, whether or not constituting an
Asset Sale, (1) any Designation with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary and
(2) any sale or other disposition of property or assets excluded from the
definition of “Asset Sale” by clause (3) or (11) of that
definition.
“Authenticating Agent”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.2(d).
“Authorized Agent” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
11.8(c).
“Authorized Person”
means any Person who is designated in writing by the Issuers from time to time
to give Instructions to the Trustee under the terms of this
Indenture.
“Bankruptcy Event of
Default” means:
(1) the
entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of: (i) a decree or
order for relief in respect of any Bankruptcy Party in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order
(A) adjudging any Bankruptcy Party a bankrupt or insolvent,
(B) approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
examinership, arrangement, adjustment or composition of, or in respect of, any
Bankruptcy Party under any Bankruptcy Law, (C) appointing a Custodian of
any Bankruptcy Party or of any substantial part of the property of any
Bankruptcy Party, or (D) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the
affairs of the Issuers or the Company, and in each case, the continuance of any
such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and
in effect for a period of 90 consecutive calendar days; or
(2) (i) the
commencement by any Bankruptcy Party of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt
or insolvent, (ii) the consent by any Bankruptcy Party to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of any Bankruptcy Party in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against any Bankruptcy Party,
(iii) the filing by any Bankruptcy Party of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization, examinership or relief under any Bankruptcy Law,
(iv) the consent by any Bankruptcy Party to the filing of such petition or
to the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of any Bankruptcy
Party or of any substantial part of the property of any Bankruptcy
Party,
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(v) the
making by any Bankruptcy Party of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
(vi) the admission by any Bankruptcy Party in writing of its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due, (vii) the approval by
stockholders of the Issuers or the Company of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuers or the Company in furtherance of any
action referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above, or (viii) the taking
of corporate action by any Bankruptcy Party in furtherance of any action
referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.
“Bankruptcy Law” means
Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state, Irish or other non-U.S.
law for the relief of debtors.
“Bankruptcy Party”
means the Company, the Issuers and any Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary.
“Board of Directors”
means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors, management committee
or similar governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
“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 a
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions are authorized or required by law to close in Xxx Xxxx Xxxx xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx.
“Capital Stock”
means:
(1) with
respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not
voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred
Stock of such Person;
(2) with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity or ownership interests of such Person; and
(3) any
warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the instruments or interests
referred to in clause (1) or (2) above (but excluding any debt securities
convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into the same).
“Capitalization”
means, with respect to any Person, combined debt and equity capital or
assets.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as
capital lease obligations for financial reporting purposes under GAAP. For
purposes of this
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definition,
the amount of such obligations at any date will be the capitalized amount of
such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents”
means:
(1) marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the government
of the United States or any European Union Country or issued by any agency
thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or any
European Union Country, in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof;
(2) marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any
European Union Country or any political subdivision of any such jurisdiction or
any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtaining from either S&P or Xxxxx’x (or the equivalent
rating by a comparable rating agency in any European Union
Country);
(3) commercial
paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at
the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at
least P-1 from Xxxxx’x;
(4) overnight
bank deposits, demand deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers’
acceptances or money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar
instruments) maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof
issued by any bank organized or, as the case may be, incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, or any European Union Country, or any U.S. branch of a non-U.S. bank
having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not
less than $500 million (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof);
(5) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (1), (2) or (4) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above; and
(6) investments
in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above.
“Certificated Note”
means any Note issued in fully-registered certificated form (other than a Global
Note), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, with
appropriate legends as specified in Section 2.7 and Exhibit A.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
(1) the
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of, in a
single transaction or in a series of related transactions, all or substantially
all the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any Person;
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(2) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate of more than 40% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company;
(3) individuals
who on the Issue Date constituted the Board of Directors of the Company
(together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors of
the Company or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company
was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company then still
in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
(4) the
approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal
for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not in compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture); or
(5) the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, other than a
transaction where the Person or Persons that, immediately prior to such
transaction “beneficially owned” the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company
are, by virtue of such prior ownership, the “beneficial owners” in the aggregate
of a majority of the total voting power of then outstanding Voting Stock of the
surviving or transferee person (or if such surviving or transferee Persons is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of another Person, such Person who is
the ultimate parent entity), in each case whether or not such transaction is
otherwise in compliance with this Indenture.
“Change of Control
Notice” means notice of a Change of Control Offer made pursuant to Section 3.16,
which shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and shall
state:
(1) that
a Change of Control has occurred, a summary which need not exceed one paragraph
of the circumstances or events causing such Change of Control and that a Change
of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 3.16,
and that all Notes that are timely tendered will be accepted for
payment;
(2) the
Change of Control Payment, and the Change of Control Payment Date;
(3) that
any Notes or portions thereof not tendered or accepted for payment will continue
to accrue interest;
(4) that,
unless the Issuers default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment with
respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest from and after the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that
any Holder electing to have any Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer will be required to tender such Notes, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such
Notes
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completed,
to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment
Date;
(6) that
any Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or
letter, setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes
delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such
Holder’s election to have such Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer;
(7) that
any Holder electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer must specify the principal amount that is being tendered for purchase,
which principal amount must be $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof;
(8) that
any Holder of Certificated Notes whose Certificated Notes are being purchased
only in part will be issued new Certificated Notes equal in principal amount to
the unpurchased portion of the Certificated Note or Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion will be equal in principal amount to $100,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(9) that
the Trustee will return to the Holder of a Global Note that is being purchased
in part, such Global Note with a notation on Schedule A thereof adjusting
the principal amount thereof to be equal to the unpurchased portion of such
Global Note; and
(10) any
other information necessary to enable any Holder to tender Notes and to have
such Notes purchased pursuant to Section 3.16.
“Change of Control
Offer” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.16.
“Change of Control
Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.16.
“Change of Control Payment
Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.16.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency thereto with respect
to the regulation or registration of securities in the United
States.
“Commodity Price Protection
Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any forward contract,
futures contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar agreement or
arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements) as to which such
Person is a party or a beneficiary relating to, or the value of which is
dependent upon or which is designed to protect such Person against, fluctuations
in commodity prices.
“Common Stock” means,
with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests or other
participations in and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting
or non-voting) of such Person’s common equity interests, whether outstanding on
the Issue Date or
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issued
after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes
of such common equity interests.
“Company” means the
party named as such in the introductory paragraph to this Indenture and its
successors and assigns, including any Surviving Entity that becomes such in
accordance with Article IV.
“Company Merger or Sale
Event” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
4.1.
“Consolidated EBITDA”
means, with respect to any Person for any period, Consolidated Net Income for
such Person for such period, plus, without duplication,
the following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income:
(1) Consolidated
Income Tax Expense for such Person for such period; plus
(2) Consolidated
Net Interest Expense for such Person for such period; plus
(3) Consolidated
Non-cash Charges for such Person for such period; plus
(4) any
fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering or Incurrence of
Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or
Incurred).
less, without
duplication:
(a) all
non-cash credits and gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such Person
for such period (excluding any such credit or gain which constitutes the
reversal of an accrual of, or a reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any
future period); and
(b) all
cash payments made by such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries,
in the case of the Company) during such period relating to non-cash charges that
were added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA in any prior
period.
“Consolidated Income Tax
Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision
for income taxes payable by such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date
of determination, the ratio of the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of
such Person for the four most recent full consecutive fiscal quarters for which
financial statements for such Person are available ending prior to the date of
such determination to Consolidated Net Fixed Charges of such Person for such
period. For purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated
Net Fixed Charges” will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis, for the
period (the “Period”) for which
the Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being determined
to:
(1) the
Incurrence of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company), including the Incurrence
of any Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such
determination,
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occurring
during such Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of such Period and
on or prior to such date of determination, as if such Incurrence occurred on the
first day of such Period;
(2) the
repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition, retirement
or discharge of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) that is no longer
outstanding on such date of determination, including the repayment, redemption,
repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition, retirement or discharge of any
Indebtedness occurring in connection with a transaction giving rise to the need
to make such determination, occurring during such Period or at any time
subsequent to the last day of such Period and on or prior to such date of
determination, as if such repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other
acquisition, retirement or discharge occurred on the first day of such Period;
and
(3) any
Asset Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company), including
any Asset Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make
such determination, that occurred during such Period or at any time subsequent
to the last day of such Period and on or prior to such date of determination, as
if such Asset Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of
such Period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be
given to any Asset Sale Transaction, Asset Acquisition or other transaction, or
the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated
Net Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid,
redeemed, repurchased, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in
connection therewith, the pro
forma calculations in respect thereof (including, without limitation, in
respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Asset Sale
Transaction, Asset Acquisition or other transaction) will be as determined in
good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of such Person. If
any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the
interest expense on such Indebtedness will 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 any Indebtedness bears, at the option of such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person (Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company), a
rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank
offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being
given pro forma effect,
the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated by applying such
optional rate as such Person or such Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the
case of the Company) may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given
pro forma effect was
Incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense on such
Indebtedness will be computed based upon the average daily balance of such
Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease
Obligation will be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting officer of such Person to be the rate
of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Fixed
Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of:
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(1) Consolidated
Net Interest Expense for such Person for such period; plus
(2) the
amount of all cash dividends or distributions on any series of Preferred Stock
or Disqualified Stock of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person
(Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) paid during such period,
excluding dividends and distributions paid to such Person or another Subsidiary
of such Person (Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company).
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
aggregate net income (or loss) of such specified Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there will be
excluded therefrom:
(1) net
after-tax gains or losses realized upon any Asset Sale Transaction or
abandonments or reserves relating thereto;
(2) (a)
net after-tax items classified as extraordinary gains or losses and (b) non-cash
unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses (including, without limitation, all
non-cash restructuring and acquisition integration costs and any non-cash
expense or charge related to the repurchase of Capital Stock or warrants or
options to purchase Capital Stock);
(3) the
net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of the specified Person (Restricted
Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) to the extent that a corresponding
amount could not be distributed to the specified Person at the date of
determination as a result of any restriction pursuant to such constituent
documents of such Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company)
or any law, regulation, agreement or judgment applicable to any such
distribution unless such restrictions have been legally waived; provided, however, that for
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA, the net income (but not loss) of a
Subsidiary Note Guarantor shall not be excluded hereunder to the extent that a
corresponding amount could not be distributed to the specified Person at the
date of determination as a result of any restriction pursuant to any applicable
law, rule or regulation or restrictions permitted by clause (l) of Section
3.12;
(4) the
net income (but not loss) of any Person, other than the specified Person and its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company), except that
the specified Person’s equity in the net income of such Person for such period
will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount
actually distributed by such Person during such period to the specified Person
or a Subsidiary of the specified Person (Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of
the Company) as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a
dividend or other distribution to a Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the
case of the Company), to the limitations contained in clause (3) above) and
excluding any amounts included in the definition of “Investment
Return”;
(5) any
restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that
provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at
any time on or after July 1, 2009;
(6) the
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles;
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(7) all
deferred financing costs written off and net after-tax gains or losses
attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness;
(8) any
unrealized gains or losses with respect to Hedging Obligations;
(9) any
non-cash compensation charge, including, without limitation, in connection with
the grant of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards;
(10) net
after-tax gains or losses from discontinued operations;
(11) any
increase in depreciation or amortization or any non-cash charges (such as
purchased in-process research and development or capitalized manufacturing
profit in inventory) resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any
acquisition that is consummated on or after July 1, 2009;
(12) for
purposes of Section
3.9, the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a “pooling of
interests” transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;
and
(13) net
after-tax non-cash gains or losses due solely to fluctuations of currency values
and unrealized gains or losses with respect to Hedging Obligations.
In
addition, for purposes of clause (3)(iii) of the first paragraph of Section 3.9, any
Investment Return included in such clause will be excluded from Consolidated Net
Income.
“Consolidated Net Interest
Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate
of cash and non-cash interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) for such period, net of
any interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company), determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, excluding, to the extent otherwise included in such
interest expense, amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs, but
including, without limitation, the following, whether or not constituting
interest expense in accordance with GAAP:
(1) any
amortization or accretion of debt discount or any interest paid on Indebtedness
of such Person or its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the
Company) in the form of additional Indebtedness;
(2) all
capitalized interest;
(3) commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges Incurred in respect of letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances;
(4) any
interest not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such
Person on Indebtedness of another Person (other than a Subsidiary (Restricted
Subsidiary in the case of the Company) of such Person) that is Guaranteed by
such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of
the Company) or secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries (Restricted
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Subsidiaries,
in the case of the Company) whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called
upon; and
(5) interest
expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Consolidated
Net Interest Expense will be determined after giving effect to any net payments
made or received by such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries,
in the case of the Company) with respect to Interest Rate
Agreements.
“Consolidated Non-cash
Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, expenses or losses of
such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the
Company) for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP (excluding any such charge which constitutes an accrual of, or a reserve
for cash charges for, any anticipated future period).
“Consolidated Total
Assets” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the
Company, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means a principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof
is located at BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other
address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor
Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Covenant Defeasance”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
8.1(c).
“Covenant Reinstatement
Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18.
“Covenant Reinstatement
Period” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18.
“Currency Agreement”
means, with respect to any Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative
agreements or arrangements) as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary
designed to hedge foreign currency risk of such Person.
“Custodian” means any
receiver, trustee, examiner, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Debt Facility” means
one or more debt facilities, commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each
case with banks or other institutional lenders or a trustee (which may be
outstanding at the same time), providing for revolving credit loans, term loans,
letters of credit, receivables financing, commercial paper or any other form of
senior debt securities and, in each case, as such agreements may be amended,
amended and restated, supplemented, modified, extended, refinanced, replaced or
otherwise restructured, in whole or in part from time to time (including
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding Subsidiaries
of
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the
Company as borrowers or guarantors thereunder) with respect to all or any
portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor
or replacement agreement or agreements and whether by the same or any other
agent, lender or group of lenders or trustee or trustees.
“Default” means an
event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1 of the Form of Reverse Side of Note
contained in Exhibit
A.
“Designated Preferred
Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company that is issued for cash
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) and is so designated as Designated
Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, on the issue date
thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth
in clause (3)(ii) of the first paragraph of Section
3.9.
“Designation” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.11.
“Disqualified Capital
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, that portion of any Capital
Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or exercisable, or for which it is exchangeable, at the
option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (other than as a result
of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant
change of control or asset sale provisions, taken as a whole, are no more
favorable in any material respect to the holders of such Capital Stock than the
change of control and asset sale provisions applicable to the Notes and any
purchase requirements triggered thereby may not become operative prior to
compliance with the provisions of Section 3.10 or Section 3.16 of this
Indenture, as the case may be, including the purchase of the Notes tendered
pursuant thereto), in any case, on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes;
provided that any
Capital Stock of such Person that would otherwise be Disqualified Capital Stock
that, by its terms, authorizes such Person to satisfy in full its obligations
with respect to the payment of dividends or upon maturity, redemption (pursuant
to a sinking fund or otherwise) or repurchase thereof or otherwise by the
delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock, and that is
not convertible, puttable or exchangeable for Disqualified Capital Stock or
Indebtedness, will not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock so long as
such Person satisfies its obligations with respect thereto solely by the
delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and
assigns, or such other depositary institution hereinafter appointed by the
Issuers that is a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act.
“Elan Note Guarantee”
means the guarantee of the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture provided by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.
“Equity Offering”
means any public offering or private sale of at least $35 million in gross
proceeds after the issue date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, other
than public offerings with respect to the Company’s Capital Stock registered on
Form S-8.
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“European Union
Country” means any member of the European Union.
“Event of Default” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
6.1.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or
statutes thereto.
“Exchange Notes” means
debt securities of the Issuers, guaranteed by the Note Guarantors, substantially
identical in all material respects to Notes originally issued pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the Securities Act (except that the transfer
restrictions pertaining thereto will be modified or eliminated, as appropriate
and Holders thereof will not be entitled to additional interest related to such
Notes granted pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement), to be issued
pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer for a like
principal amount of Notes originally issued pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act, and any replacement Notes issued therefor
in accordance with this Indenture.
“Exchange Offer Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or any
substantially similar term) in the Issue Date Registration Rights Agreement and
any other Registration Rights Agreement.
“Existing 2011 Notes”
means the 7¾% Senior Fixed Rate Notes due 2011 and the Senior Floating Rate
Notes due 2011 issued from time to time pursuant to the Existing 2011 Notes
Indenture.
“Existing 2011 Notes
Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of November 16, 2004, by and
among the Issuers, the Company, the note guarantors named therein and The Bank
of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee, as may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Existing 2013 Notes”
means the 8.875% Senior Fixed Rate Notes due 2013 and the Senior Floating Rate
Notes due 2013 issued from time to time pursuant to the Existing 2013 Notes
Indenture.
“Existing 2013 Notes
Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2006, by and
among the Issuers, the Company, the note guarantors named therein and The Bank
of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee, as may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Fair Market Value”
means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any
liabilities relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an
arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
willing and able buyer, neither of which is under any compulsion to complete the
transaction; provided
that the Fair Market Value of any such asset will be determined
conclusively by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good
faith.
“Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary incorporated or organized in
any jurisdiction outside the United States or Ireland.
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“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United
States, as in effect on or after July 1, 2009.
“Global Note” means
any Note issued in fully-registered form to DTC (or its nominee), as depositary
for the beneficial owners thereof, which shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A,
with appropriate legends as specified in Section 2.7 and Exhibit A.
“Guarantee” means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person:
(1) 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 services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise; or
(2) 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 that the term
“Guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Guaranteed
Obligations” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
10.1(a).
“Hedging Obligations”,
of any Person, means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest
Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodity Price Protection
Agreement.
“Holder” means the
Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Incur” means, with
respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue,
incur (including by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or
otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation on
the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence,” “Incurred” and “Incurring” will have
meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that a change in
GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time
becoming Indebtedness will not be deemed an Incurrence of such Indebtedness.
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in
the form of additional Indebtedness, the payment of dividends on Disqualified
Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Capital Stock
with the same terms and increases in Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result
of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an
Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness issued at a discount (including
Indebtedness on which interest is payable through the issuance of additional
Indebtedness) will be deemed Incurred at the time of original issuance of the
Indebtedness at the accreted amount thereof.
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“Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money;
(2) the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
(3) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(4) all
obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by
120 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted);
(5) all
letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar credit transactions,
including reimbursement obligations in respect thereof;
(6)
Guarantees of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person
referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clauses (8) and (9) below
(other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business);
(7) all
Indebtedness of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through
(6) above which is secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person,
the amount of such Indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of (a) the Fair
Market Value of such property or asset and (b) the amount of the Indebtedness so
secured;
(8) to
the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all obligations under
Hedging Obligations of such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be
equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement
giving rise to such Hedging Obligation that would be payable by such Person at
any time); and
(9) the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to
any Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person, but excluding accrued
dividends (the amount of such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum
fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such
Disqualified Capital Stock, or if less (or if such Disqualified Capital Stock
has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase
price calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed,
repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the Fair
Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value will be
as conclusively determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company or the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital
Stock, in each case as evidenced by a Board Resolution).
“Indenture” means this
Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time, including the Exhibits
hereto.
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“Independent Financial
Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of
nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith determination of the
Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and which
is independent in connection with the relevant transaction.
“Instructions” means
any written notices, written directions or written instructions received by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture from an Authorized
Person or from a person reasonably believed by the Trustee to be an Authorized
Person.
“Interest Payment
Date” means the stated due date of a regular installment of interest on
the Notes as specified in the Form of Face of Note contained in Exhibit A.
“Interest Rate
Agreement” of any Person means any interest rate protection agreement,
interest rate swaps, caps, floors or collars, option, future or derivative
agreements or arrangements and similar agreements or arrangements and/or other
types of hedging agreements as of which such Person is a party or beneficiary
designed to hedge interest rate risk of such Person.
“Investment” means,
with respect to any Person, any:
(1) direct
or indirect loan, advance or other extension of credit (other than accounts
receivable and trade credit and advances to customers, suppliers, directors,
officers or employees in the ordinary course of business, in each case accounted
for as current assets by such Person) (including, without limitation, a
Guarantee) to any other Person;
(2) capital
contribution (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) to any
other Person (excluding accounts receivable and trade credit incurred in the
ordinary course and accounted for as current assets by such Person which do not
constitute equity capital of such Person); or
(3) purchase
or acquisition by such Person for consideration of any Capital Stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by any
other Person.
“Invest,” “Investing” and “Invested” will have
corresponding meanings.
For
purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 3.9, the
Company will be deemed to have made an “Investment” in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of its Designation in an amount equal to the portion
(proportionate to the equity interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) at the time) of the Fair
Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of
its Designation. Any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary
will be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer. If the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (including any issuance and sale of Capital
Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary) such that, after giving effect to any such
sale or disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would cease to be a Subsidiary
of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the
date of any such sale or
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disposition
equal to the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of such former Restricted
Subsidiary held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary immediately
following such sale or other disposition. The amount of any Investment
outstanding at any time will be the original cost of such Investment without
giving effect to any subsequent changes in value.
“Investment Grade”
means (1) with respect to S&P, any of the rating categories from and
including AAA to and including BBB- and (2) with respect to Moody’s, any of the
rating categories from and including Aaa to and including Baa3.
“Investment Return”
means, in respect of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) that was
treated as a Restricted Payment made on or after July 1, 2009 by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) the
aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of property or assets other
than cash received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
from:
(a) the
sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) of any such Investment and from repurchases and redemptions of
such Investment from the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person
(other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from
repayments of any loan or advance which constitutes such an
Investment;
(b) the
sale (other than to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) of the
Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(c) a
distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(2) in
the event of the Revocation of the Designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary with or into, or the
transfer or conveyance by an Unrestricted Subsidiary to, or the liquidation of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary into, the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, the Fair Market Value of such Investment in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of Revocation, merger, consolidation or liquidation (or
of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), after deducting any
Indebtedness associated with such Unrestricted Subsidiary subject to such
Revocation, merger, consolidation or liquidation or any Indebtedness associated
with the assets so transferred or conveyed.
“Issue Date” means the
first date of issuance of Notes under this Indenture.
“Issue Date Notes”
means the $625 million aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued on
the Issue Date, and any replacement Notes and Exchange Notes issued therefor in
accordance with this Indenture.
“Issue Date Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
October 2, 2009, between the Issuers, the Note Guarantors, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J&E Davy, as initial
purchasers.
“Issuer Merger or Sale
Event” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
4.1.
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“Issuer Order” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.2(c).
“Issuers” means Elan
Finance public limited company and Elan Finance Corp.
“Legal Defeasance” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
8.1(b).
“Legal Holiday” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
11.7.
“Lien” means, with
respect to any property or asset, any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement and any lease in the nature thereof) in
respect of such asset; provided that the lessee in
respect of a Capitalized Lease Obligation will be deemed to have Incurred a Lien
on the property leased thereunder.
“Losses” means any and
all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses and judgments
(including legal fees and expenses) sustained by either party.
“Material Restricted
Subsidiary” means all Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company which, in
the aggregate, do not constitute “minor subsidiaries” as defined in Rule 3-10(h)
of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act as in effect on the
Issue Date.
“Maturity Date” means
October 1, 2016.
“Moody’s” means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Net Cash Proceeds”
means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when
received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, received by the Company or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in such Asset Sale), net
of:
(1) direct
costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions) and the sale or
disposition of such non-cash consideration, and any relocation expenses incurred
as a result thereof;
(2) taxes
paid or payable in respect of such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of
such non-cash consideration after taking into account any reduction in
consolidated tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any
tax sharing arrangements;
(3) all
payments made, and all payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness secured
by a Lien that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale;
and
(4) appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
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liabilities
associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities
related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale, but excluding any reserves with
respect to Indebtedness.
“New Note Guarantor”
has the meaning assigned to it on the Form of Supplemental Indenture for
Additional Note Guarantee contained in Exhibit
E.
“Note Custodian” means
the custodian with respect to any Global Note appointed by DTC, or any successor
Person thereto, and shall initially be the Trustee.
“Note Guarantee” means
each of the Elan Note Guarantee and each Subsidiary Note Guarantee.
“Note Guarantor” means
the Company, in respect of the Elan Note Guarantee (for so long as the Company
provides the Elan Note Guarantee), and each Subsidiary Note Guarantor (for so
long as such Subsidiary Note Guarantor provides a Subsidiary Note
Guarantee).
“Note Register” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Notes” means the
Issuers’ 8.750% Senior Notes due 2016 issued and authenticated pursuant to this
Indenture (including without limitation, Additional Notes and Exchange
Notes).
“Officer” means, with
respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such
Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the
Company.
“Outstanding” means,
as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofor authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Notes
theretofor cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Notes,
or portions thereof, for the payment, redemption or, in the case of an Asset
Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer, purchase of which money in the necessary
amount has been theretofor deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than either Issuer, a Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuers) in trust or
set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuers, Note Guarantor or an Affiliate
of the Issuers (if either Issuer, such Note Guarantor or such Affiliate of the
Issuers is acting as Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if Notes (or
portions thereof) are to be redeemed or purchased, notice of such redemption or
purchase has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
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(iii) Notes
which have been surrendered pursuant to Section 2.10 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Issuers; and
(iv) solely
to the extent provided in Article VIII,
Notes which are subject to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided
in Article VIII;
provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company, either Issuer,
a Note Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the
Company, either Issuer, a Note Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Trust
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not either Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any
Affiliate of either Issuer or of such other obligor.
“Pari Passu
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Issuers, the Company or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantor, the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or the relevant
Subsidiary Note Guarantee, as the case may be, and any other Indebtedness of the
Issuers, the Company or a Subsidiary Note Guarantor, as the case may be, which
ranks equal in right of payment with the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or the
relevant Subsidiary Note Guarantee, as the case may be, including, without
limitation, the Existing 2011 Notes and the Existing 2013 Notes and, in each
case, the guarantees thereof by the Note Guarantors and/or the Issuers, as
applicable.
“Paying Agent” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Payor” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.17.
“Period” has the
meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Consolidated Net Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio.”
“Permitted Business”
means the business or businesses conducted by the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date, any business activity that is a reasonable
extension, development or expansion thereof and/or any business ancillary or
complementary thereto.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.8(b).
“Permitted
Investments” means:
(1) Investments
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person if as a result of such
Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b)
such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged,
consolidated
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with or
into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
(2) Investments
by any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
(3) Investments
by the Company in any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Investments
in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(5) Investments
in existence, or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in
existence, on the Issue Date, and any extension, modification or renewal of any
Investments existing on the Issue Date, but only to the extent not involving
additional advances, contributions or other Investments of cash or other assets
or other increase thereof (other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of
interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities,
in each case pursuant to the terms of such Investment as in existence on the
Issue Date);
(6) securities
or other Investments received as consideration for, or retained in connection
with, any Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 3.10 or any
other sale or disposition of properties or assets not constituting an Asset
Sale;
(7) securities
or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary
course of business and owing to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement or any
Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments, including in connection with any
bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization (including examinership) of
another Person;
(8) Hedging
Obligations Incurred in compliance with clause (b)(4) of Section
3.8;
(9) pledges
or deposits described in the definition of “Permitted Liens”;
(10) bonds
secured by assets leased to and operated by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so
long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets
at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds or terminating the
transaction;
(11) any
Investment to the extent made using solely Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company as consideration;
(12) any
Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted
Business (other than an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) including,
without limitation, investments in joint ventures that are not Subsidiaries of
the Company, in an amount, taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (12), not to exceed the greater of $200 million and 5%
of Consolidated Total Assets (with the amount of each Investment being measured
at the time made without giving effect to any subsequent change in value); provided that if any
Investment pursuant to this clause (12) is made in any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the date of making of such Investment
and such
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Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the Issue Date, such
Investment will thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (2) or
(3) above, as the case may be, and will cease to have been made pursuant to this
clause (12) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(13) Investments
consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to
development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar
agreements or arrangements with other Persons;
(14) Investments
consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and
equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual
property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(15) the
acquisition by a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction of Capital Stock of a trust or other Person established
by such Receivables Subsidiary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction
and any other Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a
Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any
other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, in each
case as customary in connection therewith; and
(16) advances
to officers, directors and employees for business-related expenses and other
similar expenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business.
“Permitted Liens”
means any of the following:
(1) Liens
Incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of
social security or other insurance-related obligations (including, without
limitation, pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance and self-insurance arrangements), including any Lien securing letters
of credit issued in the ordinary course of business in connection
therewith;
(2) Liens
upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or similar
credit transactions issued or created for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
(3) Liens
securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit
which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit
and products and proceeds thereof;
(4) Liens
securing Hedging Obligations that relate to Indebtedness that is Incurred in
accordance with Section
3.8;
(5) Liens
existing on the Issue Date;
(6) Liens
securing Acquired Indebtedness Incurred in accordance with Section 3.8
(including clause (b)(11) thereof); provided that
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(a) such
Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the
Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of the
Incurrence of, such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(b) such
Liens do not extend to any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary other than the property or assets (plus improvements, accessions,
proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured the
Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(7) Liens
securing Purchase Money Indebtedness; provided that (a) the
Indebtedness will not exceed the cost of such property and is not secured by a
Lien on any property or assets other than the property or assets so acquired,
constructed or installed and improvements thereon and (b) the Lien securing such
Indebtedness shall be created within 180 days after such acquisition,
construction or installation or, in the case of any Refinancing of any such
Indebtedness, within 180 days after such Refinancing;
(8) any
interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do
not extend to any property or asset which is not leased property subject to such
Capitalized Lease Obligation;
(9) Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the
nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or that
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or a
Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(10) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that
are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(11) pledges,
deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government
or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities,
leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety,
judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or
obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(12) easements
(including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and
similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions,
encroachments, charges and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred,
or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business,
which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(13) (i)
mortgages, Liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other
matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other
third party on
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property
over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has easement
rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements
relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings
affecting any real property;
(14) Liens
arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the
Company will in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review,
which appeal or proceedings will not have been finally terminated, or the period
within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated will not have
expired;
(15) leases
or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the
ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiary, taken
as a whole;
(16) Liens
on Capital Stock or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure
Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(17) any
encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call
agreements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar
arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(18) Liens
encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory,
regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, including rights of offset and setoff;
(19) bankers’
liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to
cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case granted in the ordinary
course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are
maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management
and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts
and netting arrangements; provided that in no case will
any such Lien secure the repayment of Indebtedness;
(20) Liens
in favor of the Company, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Note
Guarantor;
(21) Liens
on accounts payable and related assets of the type specified in the definition
of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” incurred in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction;
(22) Liens
arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements regarding
leases;
(23) Liens
securing (a) at any time other than a Suspension Period, Indebtedness under the
Debt Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of
Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under clause (b)(2) of Section 3.8 (whether
or not such Indebtedness is Incurred under such clause (b)(2)), or (b) the
Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or the Subsidiary Note Guarantees;
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(24) Liens
on property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired
or merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (and not in connection therewith or in anticipation
thereof);
(25) Liens
on property or assets at the time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
acquired such property or assets and not incurred in connection therewith or in
anticipation thereof; provided that such Liens do
not extend to any other property or assets (plus improvements, accessions,
proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(26) Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of
goods;
(27) Liens
securing Refinancing Indebtedness of Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to
in the foregoing clauses (5), (6), (7), (24) and (25); provided that such Liens do
not extend to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(28) Liens
(other than Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness) which, when the
Indebtedness relating to those Liens is added to all other then outstanding
Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by Liens and
not listed in clauses (1) through (27) above, do not exceed (i) $25 million or
(ii) during a Suspension Period, 15% of Consolidated Total Assets; provided that the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens outstanding under clause 23(a)
of this definition of “Permitted Liens” on the date of the relevant Rating Event
shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this clause (ii) as of the
date such Indebtedness was originally Incurred.
“Person” means an
individual, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, company, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred Stock”
means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that has
preferential rights over any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to
dividends, distributions or redemptions or upon liquidation.
“Private Placement
Legend” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.7(b).
“Purchase Money
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness Incurred for the purpose of financing or
refinancing all or any part of the purchase price, or other cost of acquisition,
construction, installation or improvement, of any property (real or personal) or
asset by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and whether acquired through
the direct purchase or acquisition of such property or assets or the purchase or
acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets,
or otherwise.
“QIB” means any
“qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A).
“Qualified Capital
Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock and
any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire Capital Stock that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock that are not convertible or exchangeable into
Disqualified Capital Stock.
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“Qualified Receivables
Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to (i) a Receivables
Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)
and (ii) any other Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company and satisfies
the provisions of clauses (a) through (c) of the definition of “Receivables
Subsidiary” (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or grants a
security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising
in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related
thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts
receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other
obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts
receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of
which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset
securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging
Obligations entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
with such accounts receivable. The grant of a security interest in any accounts
receivable of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
Receivables Subsidiary) to secure a Debt Facility will not be deemed a Qualified
Receivables Transaction.
“Rating Agencies” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18.
“Rating Event” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18.
“Receivables Repurchase
Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of accounts receivables in a
Qualified Receivables Transaction to repurchase accounts receivables arising as
a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise,
including as a result of an account receivable or portion thereof becoming
subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as
a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other
event relating to the seller.
“Receivables
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person formed
for the purpose of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction in which the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and
related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the
financing of accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all
proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other
assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to
such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company
(as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary (a) no portion of the
Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is
Guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding Guarantees
of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness)
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or
obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property
or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, directly or
indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract agreement,
arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably
believes to be no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those
that might be obtained at the time from
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Persons
who are not Affiliates of the Company and (c) to which neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such
Person’s financial condition or cause such Person to achieve certain levels of
operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company
will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of
the Board Resolution of the Board of Directors (which resolution will be
conclusive) of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
conditions.
“Record Date” has the
meaning assigned to it in the Form of Face of Note contained in Exhibit A.
“Redemption Date”
means, with respect to any redemption of Notes, the date fixed for such
redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
“Refinance” means, in
respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend (including
pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism), renew, refund, repay,
prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in
exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part.
“Refinanced”
and “Refinancing” will
have correlative meanings.
“Refinanced
Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of
“Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Refinancing
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary issued to Refinance, within 90 days after the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness, any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(the “Refinanced
Indebtedness”); provided that:
(1) the
principal amount (or accreted value, in the case of Indebtedness issued at a
discount) of the Refinanced Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount
(or accreted value, as the case may be) of the Refinanced Indebtedness plus the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the Refinanced Indebtedness, any
premium paid to holders of the Refinanced Indebtedness and reasonable expenses
(including underwriting discounts) incurred in connection with the Incurrence of
the Refinanced Indebtedness;
(2) the
obligor of Refinancing Indebtedness does not include any Person (other than the
Company, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Note Guarantor) that is not an obligor of
the Refinanced Indebtedness;
(3) if
the Refinanced Indebtedness was subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,
the Elan Note Guarantee or any Subsidiary Note Guarantee, as the case may be,
then such Refinancing Indebtedness, by its terms, is subordinated in right of
payment to the Note, the Elan Note Guarantee or such Subsidiary Note Guarantee,
as the case may be, at least to the same extent as the Refinanced
Indebtedness;
(4) the
Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity either (a) no earlier than the
Refinanced Indebtedness or (b) after the Stated Maturity of the Refinanced
Indebtedness; and
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(5) the
portion, if any, of the Refinancing Indebtedness that is scheduled to mature on
or prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to
or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the portion of the
Refinanced Indebtedness that is scheduled to mature prior to the Stated Maturity
of the Notes.
“Registered Exchange
Offer” means an exchange offer by the Issuers registered under the
Securities Act pursuant to which Notes originally issued pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the Securities Act are exchanged for Notes of
like principal amount not bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Registrar” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means any registration rights agreement between the Issuers,
the Note Guarantors and one or more investment banks acting as initial
purchasers in connection with any issuance of Notes under this Indenture,
including the Issue Date Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration
Statement” means an effective Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
Shelf Registration Statement.
“Regulation S”
means Regulation S under the Securities Act or any successor
regulation.
“Regulation S Global
Note” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.1(e).
“Resale Restriction
Termination Date” means for any Restricted Note (or beneficial interest
therein) that is (a) not a Regulation S Global Note, the date on which the
Issuers instruct the Trustee in writing to remove the Private Placement Legend
from the Restricted Notes in accordance with the procedures described in Section
2.8(i) (which instruction is expected to be given on or about the one-year
anniversary of the issuance of the Restricted Notes) and (b) a Regulation S
Global Note, the date on which the 40 day Period therefor is
terminated.
“Restricted Note”
means any Issue Date Note (or beneficial interest therein) or any Additional
Note (or beneficial interest therein) not originally issued and sold pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act until such time
as:
(i) such
Issue Date Note (or beneficial interest therein) or Additional Note (or
beneficial interest therein) has been exchanged for a corresponding Exchange
Note pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or transferred
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) the
Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor has passed; or
(iii) the
Private Placement Legend therefor has otherwise been removed pursuant to Section 2.8 or,
in the case of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, such beneficial interest
has been exchanged for an interest in a Global Note not bearing a Private
Placement Legend.
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“Restricted Payment”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.9.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of
determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revocation” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.11.
“Rule 144” means
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).
“Rule 144A” means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).
“Rule 144A Global
Note” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.1(d).
“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or
to which any such Person is a party providing for the leasing to the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is
to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such
Person or to any other Person by whom funds have been or are to be advanced on
the security of such property.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shelf Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or a term
substantially similar thereto in the Issue Date Registration Rights Agreement
and any other Registration Rights Agreement.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuers) that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue
Date.
“Special Record Date”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
2.13(a).
“Standard Securitization
Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities
and guarantees of performance entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which the Company has determined in good faith to be customary in
a Qualified Receivables Transaction including, without limitation, those
relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being
understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a
Standard Securitization Undertaking.
“Stated Maturity”
means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the
fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and
payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding
any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the
holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has
occurred).
“Subordinated
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Issuers, the Company or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in
right of
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payment
to the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or the relevant Subsidiary Note Guarantee,
as the case may be.
“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person of which such Person owns, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the other Person’s
outstanding Voting Stock.
“Subsidiary Note
Guarantee” means any guarantee of the Issuers’ obligations under the
Notes and this Indenture provided by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this
Indenture until such time as such guarantee is released in accordance with this
Indenture.
“Subsidiary Note
Guarantor” means any Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Subsidiary
Note Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture until such time as its Subsidiary Note
Guarantee is released in accordance with this Indenture.
“Supplemental
Indenture” means a supplemental indenture to this Indenture substantially
in the form of the Form of Supplemental Indenture for Additional Note Guarantee
contained in Exhibit
E.
“Surviving Entity” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section
4.1.
“Suspended Covenants”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18.
“Suspension Period”
means any period during which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
not subject to the Suspended Covenants pursuant to Section
3.18.
“Taxes” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.17.
“Taxing Jurisdiction”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.17.
“TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section
77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as otherwise
provided in this Indenture).
“Treasury Rate” has
the meaning assigned to it in Section 5 of the Form
of Reverse Side of Note contained in Exhibit
A.
“Trust Officer” means,
when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture.
“Trustee” means the
party named as such in the introductory paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and,
thereafter, means the successor.
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“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company Designated as such
pursuant to Section
3.11 and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“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. Legal Tender”
means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
“Voting Stock” means,
with respect to any Person, securities of any class of Capital Stock of such
Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in
the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to
Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number
of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) obtained by
dividing:
(1) the
then-outstanding aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as the
case may be, of such Indebtedness into
(2) the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying:
(a) the
amount of each then-remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payment of principal or liquidation preference, as the case may
be, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
Section
1.2. Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties that would be imposed by any of
Sections 310 to 317 of the TIA through operation of
Section 318(c) thereof on any person if this Indenture were qualified under
the TIA, such imposed duties shall control.
“obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Issuers and any other obligor on the indenture
securities.
All other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA
by reference to another statute or defined by Rules or Regulations of the
Commission have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
Section
1.3. Rules of
Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
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(2) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is
not exclusive;
(4) “including”
means including without limitation;
(5) words in
the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(6) references
to the payment of principal of the Notes shall include applicable premium, if
any; and
(7) references
to payments on the Notes shall include Additional Amounts and additional
interest payable under a Registration Rights Agreement, if any.
ARTICLE
II
THE
NOTES
Section
2.1. Form and
Dating.
(a) The Issue
Date Notes are being originally offered and sold by the Issuers pursuant to a
Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2009, between the Issuers, the
Note Guarantors party hereto, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and J&E Davy. The Notes will initially be
issued as one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form without coupons
only in denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all
purposes under this Indenture. Certificated Notes, if issued pursuant
to the terms hereof, will be issued in fully registered certificated form
without coupons. The Notes may only be issued in definitive fully
registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $100,000 and any
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
(b) The terms
and provisions of the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a
part of this Indenture, and the Issuers, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. Except as otherwise expressly
permitted in this Indenture, all Notes (including Exchange Notes and Additional
Notes) shall be identical in all respects. Notwithstanding any
differences among them, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and are otherwise treated as a
single issue of securities.
(c) The Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements as specified in Section 2.7 or as
otherwise required by law, stock exchange rule or DTC rule or
usage. The Issuers and the Trustee shall approve the form of the
Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Note
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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(d) Notes
originally offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A will be issued
in the form one or more permanent Global Notes (each a “Rule 144A Global
Note”).
(e) Notes
originally offered and sold outside the United States of America will be issued
in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes (each a “Regulation S Global
Note” and together with the Rule 144A Global Note, the “Global
Notes”).
Section
2.2. Execution and
Authentication.
(a) With
respect to each Issuer, the Notes shall be signed by manual or facsimile
signature by either (a) two Officers, both of whom shall be the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Treasurer or a Vice President of such Issuer or (b)
a Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Treasurer or a Vice President of
such Issuer and, with respect to such signature set forth in clause (b), such
signature shall be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries
for the respective Issuer, as the case may be, by manual or facsimile
signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be
valid nevertheless.
(b) A Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually
authenticates the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a Note shall
be conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and validly authenticated
and issued under this Indenture.
(c) At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes upon a
written order of the Issuers signed by an Officer of each of the Issuers (the
“Issuer
Order”). An Issuer Order shall specify the amount of the Notes
to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be
authenticated.
(d) The
Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating
Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate the
Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such
Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do
so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent.
(e) In case a
Surviving Entity has executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee
pursuant to Article IV, any
of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such transaction may, from time
to time, at the request of the Surviving Entity, be exchanged for other Notes
executed in the name of the Surviving Entity with such changes in phraseology
and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Notes surrendered
for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Issuer
Order of the Surviving Entity, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified
in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any
time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Surviving Entity
pursuant to this Section 2.2 in
exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Notes, such
Surviving Entity, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them,
shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time Outstanding for Notes
authenticated and delivered in such new name.
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Section
2.3. Registrar and Paying
Agent.
(a) The
Issuers shall maintain an office or agency in the City of New York where Notes
may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
(the “Registrar”), and an
office or agency in the City of New York (which may be the same office or
agency) where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”) and
for the service of notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture. The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Note
Register”). The Issuers may have one or more co-Registrars and
one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent.
(b) The
Issuers shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement or agreements with any
Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture, which
shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The
Issuers shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such
agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation
therefor pursuant to Section
7.7. Either Issuer or any Note Guarantor may act as Paying
Agent, Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent.
(c) The
Issuers initially appoint The Bank of New York Mellon and The Bank of New York
Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. as Registrar and Paying Agent and the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office as agent for service of demands and notices in connection
with the Notes and this Indenture, until such time as another Person is
appointed as such.
Section
2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust. The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent (other
than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust
for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent
for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the
Trustee in writing of any Default by the Issuers or any Note Guarantor in making
any such payment. If either Issuer or an Affiliate of the Company or
either Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as
Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Issuers at any
time may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying
Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.4, the
Paying Agent (if other than either Issuer or a Note Guarantor) shall have no
further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to either Issuer, a Note
Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, if either Issuer, a Note Guarantor or such
Affiliate is then acting as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall replace such Issuer,
such Note Guarantor or such Affiliate as Paying Agent.
Section
2.5. Holder
Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the
extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Issuers shall furnish to the
Trustee, in writing at least three Business Days before each Interest Payment
Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and addresses of Holders.
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Section
2.6. Global Note
Provisions.
(a) Each
Global Note initially shall: (i) be registered in the name of
DTC or the nominee of DTC, (ii) be delivered to the Note Custodian, and
(iii) bear the appropriate legend, as set forth in Section 2.7 and Exhibit A. Any
Global Note may be represented by one or more certificates. The
aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Note Custodian,
as provided in this Indenture.
(b) Members
of, or participants in, DTC (“Agent Members”) shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by DTC or by the Note Custodian under such Global Note, and DTC may
be treated by the Issuers, the Trustee and the Paying Agent and any of their
agents as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of
their agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its Agent Members,
the operation of customary practices of DTC governing the exercise of the rights
of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note. The
registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
person, including DTC or its nominee, Agent Members and persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to
take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Except as
provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be
entitled to receive Certificated Notes. Certificated Notes shall be
issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note in exchange for
such interests if:
(i) DTC
notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
for such Global Note or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is required to be so registered in order to act
as depositary, and in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the
Issuers within 90 days of such notice,
(ii) Each
Issuer executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Registrar an Officers’
Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable,
or
(iii) an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a
request from DTC.
In
connection with the exchange of an entire Global Note for Certificated Notes
pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Global Note shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and
upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial
owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global
Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized
denominations.
Section
2.7. Legends.
(a) Each
Global Note shall bear the legend specified therefor in Exhibit A on the
face thereof.
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(b) Each
Restricted Note shall bear the private placement legend specified therefor in
Exhibit A
on the face thereof (the “Private Placement
Legend”).
Section
2.8. Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) (i) Transfers
of interests from one Global Note to another Global Note shall be effected by an
increase or a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented
by the first Global Note and the corresponding reduction or increase in the
aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the other Global
Note. Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is
transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be a beneficial interest in
such Global Note and become a beneficial interest in such other Global Note and,
accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any,
and other procedures or conditions applicable to beneficial interests in such
other Global Note for as long as it remains such a beneficial
interest.
(ii) Whenever
all of a Global Note is exchanged for one or more Certificated Notes, it shall
be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee for
cancellation. Whenever a part of a Global Note is exchanged for one
or more Certificated Notes, such Global Note shall be surrendered by the Holder
thereof to the Trustee, who shall cause an adjustment to be made to Schedule A of such
Global Note such that the principal amount of such Global Note will be reduced
by the portion of such Global Note so exchanged for Certificated
Notes. Whenever a part of one Global Note is exchanged for another
Global Note, such Global Notes shall be surrendered by the Holders thereof to
the Trustee, who shall cause an adjustment to be made to the Schedule A of each
such Global Note to reflect such exchange.
(b) The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of an
interest in a Rule 144A Global Note that is a Restricted
Note: If (1) the owner of a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Note wishes to transfer such interest (or portion thereof)
to a Non-U.S. Person pursuant to Regulation S and (2) such Non-U.S.
Person wishes to hold its interest in the Notes through a beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Note, (x) upon receipt by the Note Custodian
and Registrar of:
(A) instructions
from the Holder of the Rule 144A Global Note directing the Note Custodian
and Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Note equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interest in the Rule 144A Global Note to be transferred, and
(B) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit C from the
transferor,
and
(y) subject to the rules and procedures of DTC, the Note Custodian and
Registrar shall increase the Regulation S Global Note and decrease the Rule
144A Global Note by such amount in accordance with the foregoing.
(c) If the
owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note wishes to transfer such
interest (or any portion thereof) to a QIB pursuant to Rule 144A prior to
the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period therefor, (x) upon
receipt by the Note Custodian and Registrar of:
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(A) instructions
from the Holder of the Regulation S Global Note directing the Note
Custodian and Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest
in the Rule 144A Global Note equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to be transferred,
and
(B) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B duly
executed by the transferor,
and
(y) in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC, the Note Custodian
and Registrar shall increase the Rule 144A Global Note and decrease the
Regulation S Global Note by such amount in accordance with the
foregoing.
(d) Other
Transfers. Any transfer of Restricted Notes not described
above (other than a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that does
not involve an exchange of such interest for a Certificated Note or a beneficial
interest in another Global Note, which must be effected in accordance with
applicable law and the rules and procedures of DTC, but is not subject to any
procedure required by this Indenture) shall be made only upon receipt by the
Registrar of such opinions of counsel, certificates and/or other information
reasonably required by and satisfactory to it in order to ensure compliance with
the Securities Act or in accordance with Section
2.8(e).
(e) Use and Removal of Private
Placement Legends. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement
of Notes (or beneficial interests in a Global Note) not bearing (or not required
to bear upon such transfer, exchange or replacement) a Private Placement Legend,
the Note Custodian and Registrar shall exchange such Notes (or beneficial
interests) for beneficial interests in a Global Note (or Certificated Notes if
they have been issued pursuant to Section 2.6(c)) that
does not bear a Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange
or replacement of Notes (or beneficial interests in a Global Note) bearing a
Private Placement Legend, the Note Custodian and Registrar shall deliver only
Notes (or beneficial interests in a Global Note) that bear a Private Placement
Legend unless:
(i) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are exchanged in a Registered Exchange
Offer;
(ii) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are transferred pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement;
(iii) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are transferred pursuant to Rule 144 upon
delivery to the Registrar of a certificate of the transferor in the form of
Exhibit D and
an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar;
(iv) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are transferred, replaced or exchanged after the
Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor and, in the case of any such
Restricted Notes, the Issuers have complied with the applicable procedures for
delegending in accordance with Section 2.8(i); or
(v) in
connection with such transfer, exchange or replacement the Registrar shall have
received an Opinion of Counsel and other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the
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related
restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act.
The
Holder of a Global Note may exchange an interest therein for an equivalent
interest in a Global Note not bearing a Private Placement Legend (other than a
Regulation S Global Note) upon transfer of such interest pursuant to
this Section
2.8(e). The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate promptly upon effectiveness, withdrawal or suspension of any
Registration Statement.
(f) Consolidation of Global
Notes and Exchange of Certificated Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes.
(i) If
a Global Note not bearing a Private Placement Legend (other than a Regulation S
Global Note) is Outstanding at the time of a Registered Exchange Offer for
Notes, any interests in a Global Note exchanged in such Registered Exchange
Offer shall be exchanged for interests in such Outstanding Global
Note.
(ii) Nothing
in this Indenture shall provide for the consolidation of any Notes with any
other Notes to the extent that they constitute, as determined pursuant to an
Opinion of Counsel, different classes of securities for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
(g) Retention of
Documents. The Registrar and the Trustee shall retain copies
of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
this Article II. The
Issuers 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 or the Trustee, as the case may
be.
(h) Execution, Authentication of
Notes, etc.
(i) Subject
to the other provisions of this Section 2.8, when
Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to
register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or
co-Registrar shall effect the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
requirements for such transaction are met; provided that any Notes
presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar or co-Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. To permit such transfers and exchanges
and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article II, the
Issuers will execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate
Certificated Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s request, and will itself
authenticate Global Notes as required. In accordance with any Issue
Date Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers will execute, and upon Issuer
Order the Trustee will authenticate, Exchange Notes in exchange for Issue Date
Notes.
(ii) No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
other transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes,
assessments or similar
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governmental
charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to a Registered Exchange
Offer or to Section 3.10,
Section 3.16,
Section 5.1 or
Section
9.5).
(iii) The
Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange of any Note for a period beginning: (1) 15 days before
the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at
the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an
Interest Payment Date and ending on such Interest Payment Date.
(iv) Prior
to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuers,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-Registrar may deem and
treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is
overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar
or any co-Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Issuers,
the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall treat the Holder of a Global Note as the
absolute owner of such Global Note for the purpose of receiving payment of and
interest on such Global Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Global Note is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee or the
Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All
Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
(i) Applicable Procedures for
Delegending. (i) Promptly after one year has elapsed following (A) the
Issue Date or (B) if the Issuers have issued any Additional Notes with the same
terms and the same CUSIP number as the Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof
within one year following the Issue Date, the date of original issuance of such
Additional Notes, if the Notes are freely tradeable pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act by Holders who are not Affiliates of the Issuers where no
conditions of Rule 144 are then applicable (other than the holding period
requirement in paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period
requirement is satisfied), the Issuers shall:
(1) instruct
the Trustee in writing to remove the Private Placement Legend from the Notes by
delivering to the Trustee a certificate in the form of Exhibit F hereto, and
upon such instruction the Private Placement Legend shall be deemed removed from
any Global Notes representing such Notes without further action on the part of
Holders;
(2) notify
Holders of the Notes that the Private Placement Legend has been removed or
deemed removed; and
(3) instruct
DTC to change the CUSIP number for the Notes to the unrestricted CUSIP number
for the Notes.
In no
event will the failure of the Issuers to provide any notice set forth in this
paragraph or of the Trustee to remove the Private Placement Legend constitute a
failure by the Issuers to comply with any of its covenants or agreements set
forth in Section
6.1 or otherwise. Any Restricted Note (or
security
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issued in
exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer
shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of such
Restricted Note for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions
of Article Two of the Indenture, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing upon the
occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after a
Registration Statement with respect to the Notes, if any, has been declared
effective under the Securities Act.
(ii) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, in the event that Rule 144 as promulgated
under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) is amended to change the
one-year holding period thereunder (or the corresponding period under any
successor rule), (i) each reference in this Section 2.8(i) to
“one year” and in the Private Placement Legend described in Section 2.7(b) to
“ONE YEAR” shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such
changed period, and (ii) all corresponding references in the Notes (including
the definition of Resale Restriction Termination Date) and the Private Placement
Legends thereon shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such
changed period, provided, that such changes
shall not become effective if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would
otherwise cause a violation of, the then-applicable federal securities
laws. This Section 2.8(i) shall
apply to successive amendments to Rule 144 (or any successor rule) changing the
holding period thereunder.
Section
2.9. No Obligation of the
Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of an
interest in a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the
Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial
owner or other Person (other than DTC) of any notice (including any notice of
redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other
security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All
notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be
made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon
the order of the registered Holders, (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the
case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global
Note shall be exercised only through DTC subject to the applicable rules and
procedures of DTC. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its members,
participants and any beneficial owners.
(b) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note
(including any transfers between or among DTC participants, members or
beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by,
and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof.
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Section
2.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
or Stolen Notes.
(a) If a
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims
that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall
execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note
if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the
Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, such Holder shall
furnish an affidavit of loss and indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of
the Issuers and the Trustee to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying
Agent, the Registrar and any co-Registrar from any loss that any of them may
suffer if a Note is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Issuers or
the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the
Issuers shall execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
Outstanding.
(b) Upon the
issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.10, the
Issuers may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection
therewith.
(c) Every new
Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.10 in
exchange for any mutilated Note, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Note, shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuers, any Note
Guarantor and any other obligor upon the Notes, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section
2.11. Temporary
Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the
Issuers may execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate
temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of
definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate
for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers will
prepare and execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate
definitive Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the
temporary Notes will be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the
temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Issuers for that
purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuers will
execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate and make available
for delivery in exchange therefor one or more definitive Notes representing an
equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of
temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Notes.
Section
2.12. Cancellation. The
Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and dispose of
cancelled Notes in accordance with its policy of disposal or return to the
Issuers all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation. The Issuers may
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not issue
new Notes to replace Notes they have paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange
upon Issuer Order.
Section
2.13. Defaulted
Interest. When any installment of interest on Notes becomes
Defaulted Interest, such installment shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holders in whose names the Notes were registered on the Record Date applicable
to such installment of interest. Defaulted Interest (including any
interest on such Defaulted Interest) may be paid by the Issuers, at their
election, as provided in Section 2.13(a)
or (b).
(a) The
Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any
interest on such Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are Holders in whose
names the relevant Certificated Notes are registered at the close of business on
a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “Special Record
Date”), which shall be fixed in the manner described below, and to the
persons who are Holders of the Global Notes on the date of such proposed
payment. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as provided in this Section
2.13(a). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be not more than 15
calendar days and not less than ten calendar days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than ten calendar days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Issuers of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be sent, first-class
mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder, not less than ten calendar days prior to
such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Holders in whose names
the Notes are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date,
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to Section
2.13(b).
(b) Alternatively,
the Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any interest
on such Defaulted Interest) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by
the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 2.13(b), such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section
2.14. Additional
Notes. The Issuers may, from time to time, subject to the
provisions of Section
3.8, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to
this Indenture additional notes (“Additional Notes”),
issued in one or more transactions, which have identical terms (other than issue
date) as the Notes issued on the Issue Date, except that Additional
Notes:
(i) may have
a different issue date from other Outstanding Notes;
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(ii) may have
a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after
issuance than is payable on other Outstanding Notes;
(iii) may have
terms specified in the Additional Note Board Resolution or Additional Note
Supplemental Indenture for such Additional Notes making appropriate adjustments
to this Article II and
Exhibit A
(and related definitions) applicable to such Additional Notes in order to
conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable
securities laws) and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to
such Additional Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the
Holder of any Outstanding Notes (other than such Additional Notes);
and
(iv) may be
entitled to additional interest as provided in a Registration Rights Agreement
not applicable to other Outstanding Notes and may not be entitled to such
additional interest applicable to other Outstanding Notes.
Section
2.15. [intentionally
omitted.]
Section
2.16. CUSIP/ISIN
Numbers. The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP/ISIN”
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP/ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Issuers will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP/ISIN” numbers.
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ARTICLE
III
COVENANTS
Section
3.1. Payment of
Notes.
(a) The
Issuers shall pay the principal of and interest (including Defaulted Interest)
on the Notes in U.S. Legal Tender on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes and in this Indenture. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City
time on the Business day prior to each Interest Payment Date and the Business
day prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent
in immediately available funds U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to make cash
payments due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may
be. If either Issuer, a Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of either
Issuer or a Note Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent, such Issuer, such Note
Guarantor or such Affiliate shall, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time
on the Business day prior to each Interest Payment Date and the Business day
prior to the Maturity Date, segregate and hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to make cash payments due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity
Date, as the case may be. Principal and interest shall be considered
paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent (other than
either Issuer, a Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of either Issuer or a Note
Guarantor) holds in accordance with this Indenture U.S. Legal Tender designated
for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or
the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money
to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Issuers may, to the
extent they are required to do so by law, deduct or withhold any applicable
Taxes or other similar charges, fees or amounts from principal, interest or any
other payments hereunder.
Section
3.2. Maintenance of Office or
Agency.
(a) The
Issuers shall maintain each office or agency required under Section
2.3. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or
agency. If at any time the Issuers 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, and the Issuers hereby
appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
(b) The
Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such
purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation. The
Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section
3.3. Corporate
Existence. Subject to Article IV, the
Company and each Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
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Section
3.4. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company and each Issuer will pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent,
(i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or for
which it or any of them are otherwise liable, or upon the income, profits or
property of the Company, the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary and
(ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid,
might by law become a material liability or Lien upon the property of the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the
Company and the Issuers shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in the good faith
judgment of management of the Company or each Issuer, as the case may be), are
being maintained in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such
payment will not be disadvantageous to the Holders..
Section
3.5. Compliance
Certificate. (a) The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 180 days after the end of each fiscal year an Officers’
Certificate that complies with TIA § 314(a)(4) stating that:
(i) a
review of the activities of the Issuers and the Note Guarantors during such year
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her
supervision, and
(ii) to
the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Issuers and the
Note Guarantors have complied with conditions and covenants imposed on it under
this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default
known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has
occurred and is continuing which constitutes, or which after notice or lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has
occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the
nature and status thereof.
(b) the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence
thereof, written notice of any event which after notice or lapse of time or both
would become an Event of Default pursuant to clause (3) or (4) of Section
6.1(a).
(c) The
Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the Issuers’ and the Note Guarantors’
compliance with the covenants contained in this Article III other
than as specifically set forth in this Section
3.5.
The
Issuers and the Note Guarantors also shall comply with any other applicable
requirements of TIA § 314(a)(4).
Section
3.6. Further Instruments and
Acts. Each Issuer and each Note Guarantor will execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper or as the Trustee may reasonably request to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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Section
3.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or
Usury Laws. Each of the Issuers and each Note Guarantor
covenants (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) 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 such Issuer or such Note Guarantor from paying
all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated
herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture. Each of
the Issuers and each Note Guarantor hereby expressly waives (to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law) all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section
3.8. Limitation on Incurrence of
Additional Indebtedness.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness, including
Acquired Indebtedness, except that:
(1) the
Company, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Note Guarantors may Incur Indebtedness,
including Acquired Indebtedness; and
(2) any
Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Acquired Indebtedness,
if,
immediately after giving pro
forma effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the
proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Company would be greater than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) above, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable,
may Incur the following Indebtedness (“Permitted
Indebtedness”):
(1) Indebtedness
in respect of the Notes (excluding Additional Notes), the Elan Note Guarantee
and the Subsidiary Note Guarantees;
(2) Indebtedness
Incurred by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Debt
Facility (including, without limitation, letters of credit and bankers’
acceptances issued or created thereunder, with such letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face
amount thereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed the greater of:
(i) $175
million; and
(ii) the sum
of (x) 60% of the net book value of inventory of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries and (y) 85% of the net book value of accounts receivable of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent such receivables or any
other receivables of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, are not then being financed pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction
or as a basis for Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (13) of this
paragraph), in each case at the date of
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determination
(excluding inventory and accounts receivable sold by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary);
(3) Indebtedness
of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
specified in clauses (1) and (2) above or clauses (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
(10), (12) and (13) below) outstanding on the Issue Date including, without
limitation, the Existing 2011 Notes, the Existing 2013 Notes and guarantees
thereof by the Note Guarantors;
(4) Hedging
Obligations entered into by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(5) Indebtedness
of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such
Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note and, if the Company Incurs
such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Note
Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the
Company’s obligations under the Elan Note Guarantee; provided, further, that any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary
or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company
or another Restricted Subsidiary) will be deemed, in each case, to be an
Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(6) Indebtedness
of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that any such
Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note and, if the Issuers or a
Subsidiary Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Subsidiary Note Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in
right of payment to, in the case of the Issuers, the Notes or, in the case of a
Subsidiary Note Guarantor, such Subsidiary Note Guarantor’s obligations under
its Subsidiary Note Guarantee; provided, further, that any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any Restricted Subsidiary lending such Indebtedness ceasing to be a
Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness
(except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) will be deemed, in each
case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(7) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries 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 five business days of
Incurrence;
(8) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of
credit issued in the ordinary course of business in respect of health,
disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability
insurance or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to
reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided that, upon the
drawing of any such letter of credit, the reimbursement obligation with respect
thereto is reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing;
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(9) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries arising from agreements for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations,
in each case Incurred in connection with the disposition or acquisition of any
business, asset or a Subsidiary, other than a Guarantee of Indebtedness Incurred
by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or
Subsidiary for purposes of financing such acquisition; provided that (A) such
Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to
financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not
be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (A))
and (B) in the case of a disposition, the maximum aggregate liability in respect
of all such Indebtedness under this clause (9) will at no time exceed the gross
proceeds, including non-cash proceeds (the Fair Market Value of such non-cash
proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any
subsequent changes in value), actually received by the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;
(10) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of take-or-pay
obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case in the ordinary course
of business;
(11) Acquired
Indebtedness Incurred in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted
Business; provided that
after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, and the
Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness, (x) the Company would be permitted to
Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section
3.8 or (y) the Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Company would be greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger,
consolidation and Incurrence;
(12) Indebtedness
arising in connection with endorsement of instruments of deposit in the ordinary
course of business;
(13) the
Incurrence by a Receivables Subsidiary of Indebtedness in a Qualified
Receivables Transaction that is without recourse to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or their respective assets (other than such Receivables
Subsidiary and its assets and, as to the Company and its Subsidiaries, other
than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings) and is not Guaranteed by
the Company or any Subsidiary;
(14) Indebtedness
of the Company, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Note Guarantor not to exceed, at
any one time outstanding, including all Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to
Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (14), two times the net
cash proceeds received by the Company on or after July 1, 2009 from the issuance
and sale of Qualified Capital Stock to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the
Company, to the extent such net cash proceeds have not been used to make a
Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (3)(ii) of the first paragraph or clause
(2)(y), (3)(x) or (6) of the second paragraph of Section
3.9.
(15) Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness Incurred as permitted under
paragraph (a) of this Section 3.8 and
clauses (1), (3) and (11) of this
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paragraph
(b) or any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Refinancing
Indebtedness;
(16) Capitalized
Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding, including all Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to exceed $35
million;
(17) obligations
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of completion guarantees
and performance, bid and surety bonds or similar letters of credit to secure
performance obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(18) additional
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $50 million;
and
(19) (A)
Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Note Guarantors
Incurred in connection with the acquisition of all or a part of a Permitted
Business; provided
that, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of
proceeds therefrom, (i) the Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Company would be greater than immediately prior to such Incurrence and the use
of proceeds therefrom and (ii) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such acquisition does not exceed the
greater of 65% of the Fair Market Value of the acquired Permitted Business (or
portion thereof acquired by the Company, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Note
Guarantors) and 3.5 times the Consolidated EBITDA (multiplied by the percentage
of such Permitted Business acquired by the Company, the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantors in the case of an acquisition of less than all of a
Permitted Business) of such Permitted Business for the most recent four fiscal
quarters for which financial statements for such acquired Permitted Business are
available and (B) all Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (19)(A).
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount
of, any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with this
Section 3.8,
any Indebtedness issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest
is payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness) will be deemed
Incurred at the time of original issuance of the Indebtedness at the accreted
amount thereof. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the
payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness, the payment of
dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of
Disqualified Capital Stock with the same terms and increases in Indebtedness
outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of
currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. For purposes
of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness under this Section 3.8,
Guarantees, Liens or obligations with respect to letters of credit otherwise
supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such
particular amount will not be included. For purposes of determining compliance
with this Section
3.8, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (b)
(1) through (19) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a)
above, the Company will, in its sole discretion, classify and may
later
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reclassify
such item of Indebtedness and may divide and classify and may later reclassify
such Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness
described.
Section
3.9. Limitation on Restricted
Payments.
The
Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions
(each, a “Restricted
Payment”):
(a) declare
or pay any dividend or return of capital or make any distribution on or in
respect of shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to holders of such Capital Stock, other than:
(1) dividends,
distributions or returns of capital payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company,
(2) dividends,
distributions or returns of capital payable to the Company and/or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or
(3) pro rata dividends,
distributions or returns of capital paid to the Company and/or the Restricted
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and minority holders of Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary, on the other hand;
(b) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value:
(1) any
Capital Stock of the Company, or
(2) any
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, except for (i) Capital Stock held by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) purchases, redemptions,
acquisitions or retirement for value of Capital Stock on a pro rata basis from the
Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, and minority holders
of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, on the other hand, according to
their respective percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(c) make any
principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire or
retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, as the case may be, any Subordinated
Indebtedness (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance,
acquisition or retirement of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity,
in each case due within 120 days of the date of such payment, purchase,
defeasance, redemption, prepayment, acquisition or retirement, and (ii)
Indebtedness permitted under clauses (5) and (6) of the paragraph (b) of Section 3.8);
or
(d) make any
Investment (other than Permitted Investments);
if, at
the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1) a Default
or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a
consequence thereof;
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(2) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company
would not be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
paragraph (a) of Section 3.8;
or
(3) the
aggregate amount (the amount expended for these purposes, if other than in cash,
being the Fair Market Value of the relevant property) of the proposed Restricted
Payment, and all other Restricted Payments made on or after July 1, 2009 up to
the date thereof (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (3)(y)
and (z) and (4) of the next succeeding paragraph, but excluding all other
Restricted Payments permitted by the next succeeding paragraph) will exceed the
sum, without duplication, of:
(i) 50% of
cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Company accrued during the period,
treated as one accounting period, beginning with the first full fiscal quarter
commencing on or after July 1, 2009 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter
for which consolidated financial information of the Company is available at the
time of such Restricted Payment (or if such cumulative Consolidated Net Income
is a loss, $0); plus
(ii) 100% of
the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of property and assets
(other than cash) to be used in a Permitted Business, in each case received by
the Company on or after July 1, 2009 from (A) any contribution to the equity
capital of the Company not representing an interest in Disqualified Capital
Stock or (B) the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company,
including Qualified Capital Stock issued upon the conversion, exercise or
exchange of Indebtedness, warrants or options (with any such Indebtedness,
warrants or options being treated as an asset used in a Permitted Business)
excluding, in each case, any net cash proceeds, and the Fair Market Value of
property and assets other than cash:
(w) received
from a Subsidiary of the Company;
(x) to
the extent used to Incur Indebtedness pursuant to clause (14) of paragraph (b)
of Section
3.8;
(y) applied
in accordance with clause (2), (3), (4) or (6) of the second paragraph of this
Section 3.9
below; or
(z) received
by the Company from the issuance of Designated Preferred Stock; plus
(iii) the
amount of Investment Returns calculated as of such date.
Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraph, this Section 3.9 does not
prohibit:
(1) the
payment of any dividend, distribution or any redemption within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof, if such payment or redemption would have been
permitted on the date of declaration pursuant to the preceding
paragraph;
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(2) any
purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of any shares of Capital Stock of the Company:
(x) in
exchange for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (including any such exchange
pursuant to the exercise of a conversion right or privilege in connection with
which cash is paid in lieu of fractional shares); and
(y) through
the application of the proceeds received by the Company within 90 days from a
sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or a contribution to the equity
capital of the Company not representing an interest in Disqualified Capital
Stock, in each case not received from a Subsidiary of the Company;
provided that the value of
any such Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for such acquired Capital
Stock and any such proceeds will be excluded from clause (3)(ii) of the first
paragraph of this Section
3.9;
(3) the
prepayment, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness:
(x) solely
in exchange for, or through the application of the proceeds within 90 days of a
sale, other than to a Subsidiary of the Company, of Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company or Refinancing Indebtedness for such Subordinated
Indebtedness;
(y) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, from Net Cash
Proceeds from Asset Sales remaining after the application thereof as required by
Section 3.10
(including after making any Asset Sale Offer required to be made pursuant to
such Section
3.10 and the application of the entire Asset Sale Offer Amount to
purchase all Notes tendered pursuant to such Asset Sale Offer); or
(z) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, following the
occurrence of a Change of Control (or other similar event described therein as a
“change of control”), but only if the Issuers shall have complied with Section 3.16 and, if
required, purchased all Notes tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase all
the Notes required thereby, prior to purchasing or repaying such Subordinated
Indebtedness;
provided that the value of
any Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for such Subordinated
Indebtedness and any such proceeds will be excluded from clause (3)(ii) of the
first paragraph of this Section
3.9;
(4) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, repurchases or
acquisitions by the Company of Capital Stock of the Company or options,
warrants, rights or other securities exercisable or convertible into Capital
Stock of the Company from officers, employees, directors or consultants or
former officers, employees, directors or consultants of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives pursuant to any management
equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit
plan or other agreement or arrangement in an amount not to exceed $5 million in
any calendar year; provided that if all or part
of such $5 million is not used in a given year, it may be used in the next
succeeding calendar year; provided, further, that such
amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the cash
proceeds received by the Company
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or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company to management, directors and consultants of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that occurs on or after July 1, 2009; provided, further, that any
such cash proceeds will be excluded from clause (3)(ii) of the first paragraph
of this Section
3.9;
(5) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration
and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
Incurred in accordance with Section
3.8;
(6) the
making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or through the application of
the proceeds of a sale within 90 days, other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company, of Qualified Capital Stock; provided that any such
proceeds will be excluded from clause (3)(ii) of the first paragraph of this
Section
3.9;
(7) non-cash
repurchases of Common Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options
if such Common Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such
options;
(8) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the distribution,
as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed
to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by, Unrestricted
Subsidiaries; provided
that the acquisition of such Capital Stock or the lending of such Indebtedness
was treated as a Restricted Payment;
(9) if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, other Restricted
Payments made after the Issue Date in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate
$50 million;
(10) the
declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or
series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued after the Issue Date;
provided, that,
immediately after giving pro
forma effect to the issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock (assuming
the payment of dividends thereon even if permitted to accrue under the terms
thereof), the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 3.8;
and
(11) the
purchase of accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation
in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
For
purposes of any Designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Restricted Subsidiary subject to such Designation will be
deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined in accordance with the
definition of “Investment”.
The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market
Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets(s) or securities
proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted
Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are
required to
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be valued
by this Section
3.9 shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
Section
3.10. Limitation on Asset
Sales.
The
Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the
Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and
(2) at least
75% of the consideration received for the assets sold by the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Asset Sale will be in the form
of cash or Cash Equivalents.
Solely
for purposes of clause (2) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the following
will be deemed to be cash:
(a) the
amount (without duplication) of any liabilities (other than liabilities that are
by their terms subordinated to the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantee) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that is
expressly assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale and with respect to which
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is
unconditionally released by the holder of such Indebtedness;
(b) the
amount of any obligations, notes or other securities received from such
transferee that are within 120 days converted by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary to cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash
Equivalents actually so received); and
(c) the Fair
Market Value of (i) any assets (other than securities) received by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary to be used by it in a Permitted Business, (ii)
Capital Stock in a Person that is engaged in a Permitted Business that is or
thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) a combination of (i) and
(ii).
The
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply the Net
Cash Proceeds of any such Asset Sale within 365 days after receipt thereof, at
its option, to:
(a) prepay,
repay or purchase any Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantor (provided that if the Company
shall so prepay, repay or repurchase any such Pari Passu Indebtedness, the
Company shall make an offer to purchase the pro rata principal amount of
the Notes (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale
Offer) at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to
be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the date of purchase)
or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Note
Guarantor and, in the case of any such repayment under any revolving credit
facility, to effect a permanent reduction in the commitments with respect
thereto; and/or
(b) purchase,
acquire or otherwise invest in:
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(1) any
property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of
such Asset Sale,
(2) any
property or assets (other than securities or current assets as determined in
accordance with GAAP) useful to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the
conduct of a Permitted Business from a Person other than the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries,
(3) all or
substantially all of the assets of a Person engaged in a Permitted
Business,
(4) the
Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business that (i) is a
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock is acquired from a Person
other than the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company
or another Restricted Subsidiary, or
(5) a
combination of (1), (2), (3) and (4); and/or
(c) make
a capital expenditure that is useful to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in the conduct of a Permitted Business.
To the
extent all or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale is not
applied within the 365 days after the Asset Sale as described in clause (a), (b)
or (c) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company will make an offer to
purchase Notes (the “Asset Sale Offer”) at
a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the date of purchase
(the “Asset Sale
Offer Amount”). The Company will purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale
Offer from all tendering Holders on a pro rata basis, and, at the
Company’s option, on a pro
rata basis from the holders of any other Pari Passu Indebtedness with
similar provisions requiring the Company to offer to purchase, redeem or repay
the other Pari Passu Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales, that
principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with
original issue discount) of Notes and the other Pari Passu Indebtedness to be
purchased, redeemed or repaid at the price set forth in the documentation
governing such other Pari Passu Indebtedness equal to such unapplied Net Cash
Proceeds.
The
Company may, however, defer an Asset Sale Offer until there is an aggregate
amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales equal to or
in excess of $20 million. At that time, the entire amount of unapplied Net Cash
Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20 million, will be applied as
required pursuant to this Section 3.10. Pending
the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds, the Company may temporarily
reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest or use the Net Cash
Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
The
Issuers shall send by first class mail, postage prepaid, an Asset Sale Offer
Notice to each Holder of Notes as shown on the register of Holders within 20
days following the 365th day
of the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, with a copy to the
Trustee, offering to purchase the Notes as described above. Each Asset Sale
Offer Notice will state, among other things, the purchase date (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment
Date”), which shall be a
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Business
Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the Asset Sale
Offer Notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law. Upon receiving
notice of an Asset Sale Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole
or in part (in a principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof such that no Note of less than $100,000 remains outstanding
thereafter) in exchange for cash.
On the
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful:
(1) accept
for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered (and not validly
withdrawn) pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer;
(2) deposit
with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Amount in
respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions thereof being purchased by the Company.
To the
extent Holders of Notes, and holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness, if any,
which are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer, properly tender and do not validly
withdraw Notes or the other Pari Passu Indebtedness in an aggregate amount
exceeding the amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Company will purchase
the Notes and the other Pari Passu Indebtedness on a pro rata basis (based on
amounts tendered). If only a portion of a Note is purchased pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer, a new Note in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not
purchased will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of
the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial
interests in a global note will be made, as appropriate); provided that each such new
Note will be in a principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof. Notes (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued.
The
Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and any other applicable securities laws in connection with the purchase of
Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any
applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 3.10, the
Company will comply with these laws and regulations and will not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Indenture by doing so.
Upon
completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds will be reset
at zero. Accordingly, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other
Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the aggregate
amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Net
Cash Proceeds for general corporate purposes of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
In the
event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person
in a transaction permitted under Section 4.1, the
Surviving Entity will be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this
Section 3.10,
and will comply with the provisions of this Section 3.10 with
respect to the deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair
Market Value of properties and assets of the
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Company
or its Restricted Subsidiaries so deemed to be sold will be deemed to be Net
Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section
3.10.
If at any
time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted
into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received
with respect to any non-cash consideration), the conversion or disposition will
be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds
thereof will be applied in accordance with this Section 3.10 within
365 days after such conversion or disposition.
Section
3.11. Limitation on Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The
Company may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary of the Company
(including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company, but
excluding either Issuer) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a
“Designation”)
only if:
(1) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect
to such Designation;
(2) the
Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of
Designation own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on
any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not
a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary so designated;
(3) the
Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of
Designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which
the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(4) either
(x) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000
or less or (y) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000,
then such Designation would be permitted under Section
3.9.
The
Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(a “Revocation”) only if,
immediately after giving effect to such Revocation:
(1) (x)
the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under
paragraph (a) of Section 3.8 or (y)
the Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be greater
than immediately prior to such Revocation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into
account such Revocation;
(2) all
Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such
Revocation would, if Incurred at such time, have been permitted to be Incurred
for all purposes of this Indenture; and
(3) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect
to such Revocation.
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Each
Designation and Revocation must be evidenced by promptly delivering to the
Trustee a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving
effect to such Designation or Revocation, as the case may, and an Officers’
Certificate certifying compliance with the preceding provisions.
Section
3.12. Limitation on Dividend and
Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The
Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to
exist or become effective any encumbrance or consensual restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock
to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Indebtedness owed
to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) make
loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
or
(3) transfer
any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
except,
in each case, for encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason
of:
(a) applicable
law, rule, regulation or order;
(b) any
agreement or instrument in existence on the Issue Date;
(c) the
Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee, the Subsidiary Note Guarantees and this
Indenture;
(d) customary
non-assignment provisions of any contract and customary provisions restricting
assignment or subletting in any lease governing a leasehold interest of any
Restricted Subsidiary and customary restrictions imposed on the transfer of
copyrighted, patented or trademarked materials;
(e) any
instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is
not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person, so
acquired;
(f) a binding
agreement which has been entered into for the sale or disposition of Capital
Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such
restrictions apply solely to the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted
Subsidiary being sold;
(g) secured
Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 3.8 and Section 3.13 that
limit the right of the debtor with respect to the assets securing such
Indebtedness;
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(h) customary
provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational
governance documents (including, without limitation, memoranda and articles of
association), joint venture, asset sale and stock sale agreements and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that restrict
the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or similar Person;
(i) restrictions
on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers, suppliers or
landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
(j) Indebtedness
or other encumbrances or restrictions of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection
with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that such
restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
(k) any other
agreement governing Indebtedness entered into after the Issue Date that contains
encumbrances and restrictions that are not materially more restrictive, taken as
a whole, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary than those in effect on the
Issue Date with respect to that Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to agreements in
effect on the Issue Date;
(l) other
Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Note Guarantors in
an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $175
million; and
(m) any
encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, amendments and
restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, replacements or
refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses
(a) through (l) above; provided that such
amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions,
renewals, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the
Company, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such
encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendments, amendments
and restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, replacements
or refinancings.
Section
3.13. Limitation on
Liens.
The
Company will not, and will not cause or permit the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Note Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Liens of any kind (except
for Permitted Liens) against or upon any of their respective properties or
assets, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date, or any
proceeds therefrom, to secure any Indebtedness unless contemporaneously
therewith effective provision is made to secure the Notes, in the case of the
Issuers, the Elan Note Guarantee, in the case of the Company, and the relevant
Subsidiary Note Guarantee, in the case of a Subsidiary Note Guarantor, and all
other amounts due under this Indenture, in each case, equally and ratably with
such Indebtedness (or, in the event that such Indebtedness is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or the relevant
Subsidiary Note Guarantee, as the case may be, prior to such Indebtedness) with
a Lien on the same properties and assets securing such Indebtedness for so long
as such Indebtedness is secured by such Lien.
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Section
3.14. Limitation on Transactions
with Affiliates.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions
(including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any
property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of
its Affiliates (each an “Affiliate
Transaction”), unless:
(1) the terms
of such Affiliate Transaction are not materially less favorable to the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in a comparable
transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an
Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) in the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $5 million, the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction will be approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company (including a majority of the
disinterested members thereof), the approval to be evidenced by a Board
Resolution, delivered to the Trustee, stating that the Board of Directors has
determined that such transaction complies with the preceding provisions;
and
(3) in the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $15 million, the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will, prior to the consummation thereof,
obtain and deliver to the Trustee an opinion from an Independent Financial
Advisor that such Affiliate Transaction is either fair, from a financial point
of view, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or is on terms not
materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than
those that could be obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an
arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) Paragraph
(a) above will not apply to:
(1) Affiliate
Transactions with or among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
a Receivables Subsidiary) or between or among Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than a Receivables Subsidiary);
(2) reasonable
director, officer, employee and consultant compensation (including bonuses) and
other benefits (including, without limitation, retirement, health, stock option
and other benefit plans), indemnification agreements or arrangements, and
compensation, employment and severance agreements or arrangements, in each case
approved by the Board of Directors or senior management of the
Company;
(3) transactions
effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction that are customary in
connection therewith;
(4) (A) any
transaction with an Affiliate where the only consideration paid by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary is Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (B) the
issuance or sale of any Qualified Capital Stock of the Company;
(5) Affiliate
Transactions undertaken pursuant to the terms of any contractual obligations or
rights in existence on the Issue Date, and any amendment or
supplement
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thereto
that, taken in its entirety, is not materially less favorable to the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than such contractual obligation or
right as in effect on the Issue Date;
(6) Permitted
Investments and any Restricted Payments made in compliance with Section 3.9;
and
(7) transactions
with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of
the Company solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity
interest in, or otherwise controls, such Person; provided that no Affiliate of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary has a beneficial interest in such Person.
Section
3.15. Reports to
Holders.
Notwithstanding
that the Company may not be required to be or remain subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Notes
remain outstanding, the Company will file with or furnish to the Commission,
within the time periods applicable to the Company under the Exchange Act (unless
such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act or by the Commission), the
annual reports, information, documents and other reports that the Company is
required to file with the Commission pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or
would be so required to file if the Company were so subject. The Company will
also, within 15 days after the date on which the Company so files the same with
the Commission (or would be required to so file if filing is not permitted by
the Commission), deliver to the Holders by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address and to the Trustee, copies of any such information, documents
and reports (without exhibits) so required to be filed.
The
availability of the foregoing materials on either the Commission’s Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or any successor system) or on
the Company’s website will be deemed to satisfy the Company’s delivery
obligation.
In
addition, at any time when the Company or the Issuers are not subject to or are
not current in its reporting obligations, the Company or the Issuers, as the
case may be, will make available, upon request, to any Holder, to securities
analysts and to any prospective purchaser of Notes the information required
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are
not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
Section
3.16. Change of
Control.
Upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require
that the Issuers repurchase all or a portion (equal to $100,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price
in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the
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“Change of Control
Payment”); provided,
however, that the Issuers will not be obligated to repurchase Notes
pursuant to this Section 3.16 in the
event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes as described
under Section
5.1. No such purchase in part shall reduce the principal amount of Notes
held by any Holder to be below $100,000.
Within 30
days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Issuers
shall send, by first-class mail, a Change of Control Notice to each Holder of
Notes as shown on the register of Holders, with a copy to the Trustee, offering
to repurchase the Notes as described above (a “Change of Control
Offer”). The Change of Control Offer will state, among other things, the
repurchase date (the “Change of Control Payment
Date”), which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required
by law.
On the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers will, to the extent
lawful:
(i) accept
for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit
with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and not validly
withdrawn; and
(iii) deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions thereof being repurchased by the Company.
If only a
portion of a Note is purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, a new Note
in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not purchased will be issued
in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or
adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a global note will be
made, as appropriate); provided that each such new
Note will be in a principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof. Notes (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued.
Holders
will not be entitled to require the Issuers to purchase their Notes in the event
of a takeover, recapitalization, leveraged buyout or similar transaction which
is not a Change of Control.
A Change
in Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon
consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place at
the time of such Change of Control Offer.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuers will not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer upon a Change of Control, as provided above, if, in connection with or in
contemplation of any Change of Control, the Issuers or a third party has made an
offer to purchase (an “Alternative Offer”)
any and all Notes validly tendered at a purchase price in cash equal to or
higher than the Change of Control Payment and has purchased all Notes properly
tendered in accordance with the terms of such Alternative Offer.
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The
Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and any other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with the
repurchase of Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this
Section 3.16,
the Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by
doing so.
Section
3.17. Payment of Additional
Amounts.
All
payments made by the Issuer, the Company, the Subsidiary Note Guarantors and any
successor Person to the Issuer, the Company or the Subsidiary Note Guarantors
(each, a “Payor”) shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any
present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges
(“Taxes”)
imposed or levied by or on behalf of (i) Ireland or any political subdivision or
governmental authority thereof or therein having power to tax, (ii) any
jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by a Payor or its paying
agent, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein
having the power to tax, or (iii) any other jurisdiction in which any Payor is
organized or otherwise is a resident for tax purposes, or any political
subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax
(any of the aforementioned being a “Taxing
Jurisdiction”), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law.
If a Payor is required by law to make any such withholding or deduction
(including, without limitation, because the Notes are not listed on the Irish
Stock Exchange), the Payor shall pay to Holders of the Notes such additional
amounts (“Additional
Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every payment of principal,
premium, if any, Change of Control Payment, Asset Sale Offer Amount, redemption
price or interest in respect of any Notes, or any payment in respect of the Elan
Note Guarantee or any Subsidiary Note Guarantee, after deduction or withholding
(including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) for,
Taxes imposed upon or as a result of such payment, will not be less than the
amount provided for in the Notes and this Indenture to be then due and payable;
provided that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not
apply:
(a) to
any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder or beneficial
owner of a Note (or the fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder
of, or possessor of power over, the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if
the Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, nominee, trust, partnership or
corporation) being a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaging in
business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present
in, a Taxing Jurisdiction, or otherwise having some present or former connection
with a Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere holding of such
Notes;
(b) to
any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder or
beneficial owner (i) presented its Notes for payment more than 30 days after the
date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on
which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the
extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts if it had
presented such Notes for payment on any day within the 30-day period) or (ii)
presented such Notes for payment in a Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such Notes
could not have been presented for payment elsewhere free from any Taxes on
presentation;
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(c)
to any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holder’s or beneficial
owner’s failure to comply, following a request by the Issuer or the Company to
the Holder, with any certification, identification or reporting requirements
(including, without limitation, with respect to the nationality, residence,
identity or connection with a Taxing Jurisdiction of the Holder or beneficial
owner of the Notes), if compliance is required by the applicable law of the
Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from such
Taxes;
(d) to
any payment under or with respect to a Note to any Holder that is a fiduciary or
partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment
or Note, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such
fiduciary, a member of such partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment
or Note would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such
beneficiary, settlor, or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such
Note;
(e) any
withholding or deduction in respect of any Taxes where such withholding or
deduction is imposed on a payment to an individual that is required to be made
pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive
implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and
27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying
with or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; provided that this
clause (e) shall not apply if a withholding tax or deduction is imposed on a
payment made by a paying agent and the Issuer has not, at the date of such
payment, maintained a paying agent in a jurisdiction that would not have been
obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the aforementioned Directive or
any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
of November 26 and 27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law
implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to, such
Directive.
(f)
to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, personal property, or, subject to the
last paragraph of this Section 3.17, excise or transfer tax, or any other tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that is similar to any of the
foregoing;
(g) to
any Taxes that are payable other than by withholding or deduction at source;
or
(h) to
any combination of clauses (a) through (g) above.
All
references to principal, premium, Change of Control Payment, Asset Sale Offer
Amount, redemption price or interest will be deemed to include references to any
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such principal, premium, Change of
Control Payment, Asset Sale Offer Amount, redemption price or interest. The
applicable Payor will provide the Trustee with documentation evidencing the
payment of any amounts deducted or withheld promptly upon such Payor’s payment
thereof, and copies of such documentation will be made available by the Trustee
to Holders upon request.
The
applicable Payor will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary
taxes, charges or levies that arise in any Taxing Jurisdiction from the
execution, delivery or registration of each Note or any other related document
or instrument referred to in this Indenture or such Note.
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For the
avoidance of doubt, in the event that any deduction or withholding for or on
account of any Taxes is required by applicable law in respect of any payment
hereunder, the Issuers, the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable,
shall deduct and withhold such Tax from such payment.
Section
3.18. Covenant
Suspension.
From and
after the first date following the Issue Date (or the first date following any
Covenant Reinstatement Date) on which both (a) the Notes are rated Investment
Grade by each of Xxxxx’x and S&P (together, the “Rating Agencies”) and
(b) there does not exist on such date a Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture (collectively, a “Rating Event”), the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to the
covenants contained in Section 3.8, Section 3.9, Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.12, Section 3.14 and
clause (b) of the first paragraph under Section 4.1 of this
Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended
Covenants”). During any Suspension Period, all references to
Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to refer to Subsidiaries.
In the
event that, following a Rating Event, one or both of the Rating Agencies
subsequently withdraws its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to the
Notes below Investment Grade, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will
thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants from such date (a “Covenant Reinstatement
Date”) until the next subsequent Rating Event, if any (a “Covenant Reinstatement
Period”). There will not be deemed to have occurred a Default or Event of
Default with respect to the Suspended Covenants during a Suspension Period or
after that time based solely on events that occurred during such Suspension
Period. Compliance with the provisions of Section 3.9 with
respect to Restricted Payments made during a Covenant Reinstatement Period will
be calculated as though Section 3.9 had been in effect during the entire period
of time from the Issue Date. Liens of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding on a Covenant Reinstatement Date that were incurred or
deemed to be incurred during a Suspension Period pursuant to clause (28)(ii) of
the definition of “Permitted Liens” will be deemed to be incurred on such
Covenant Reinstatement Date pursuant to clause (23)(a) of the definition of
“Permitted Liens”; provided that if the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens exceeds the aggregate
amount permitted under such clause (23)(a) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens”, the Liens securing Indebtedness in excess of such amount will be deemed
to be incurred as Permitted Liens under a separate exception therefor, or if
they remain outstanding as of the date of the next subsequent Rating Event, if
any, clause (28)(ii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.
In the
event Xxxxx’x or S&P is no longer in existence or issuing ratings, such
organization may be replaced by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act or
any successor provision) designated by the Company with notice to the Trustee
and the foregoing provisions will apply to the rating issued by the replacement
rating agency.
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ARTICLE
IV
SURVIVING
ENTITY
Section
4.1. Merger, Consolidation and
Sale of Assets.
The
Company will not, and will not cause or permit the Issuers to, and the Issuers
will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate
or merge with or into any Person (whether or not the Company or the Issuers, as
applicable, is the surviving or continuing Person), or sell, assign, transfer,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties
and assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries) or the Issuers, as applicable, to any Person
(each such event involving the Company, a “Company Merger or Sale
Event,” and each
such event involving the Issuers, an “Issuer Merger or Sale
Event”) unless:
(a) either:
(1) except in
the case of a consolidation or merger between the Company and the Issuers, the
Company, in the case of a Company Merger or Sale Event, or the Issuers, in the
case of an Issuer Merger or Sale Event, will be the surviving or continuing
Person, or
(2) the
Person (if other than the Company or the Issuers, as applicable) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company or the Issuers, as applicable, is merged
or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, or of the Issuers, as the case may be, substantially as an
entirety (the “Surviving
Entity”):
(i) will be a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or, as the case
may be, incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, Bermuda, Canada,
Switzerland, Japan, any AAA Rated Country or any European Union Country; provided, that, in the case
of the Surviving Entity for Elan Finance Corp., only the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia shall be permitted
jurisdictions of organization or incorporation; and
(ii) will
expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, all
obligations of the Issuers under the Notes and this Indenture, in the case of an
Issuer Merger or Sale Event, or all obligations of the Company under the Elan
Note Guarantee and this Indenture, in the case of a Company Merger or Sale Event
and all obligations of the Issuers or the Company, as applicable, under the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by
clause (a)(2)(ii) above (including giving effect on a pro forma basis to any
Indebtedness, including any Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or to be Incurred in
connection with or in respect of such transaction) and the use of any net
proceeds therefrom, the Company
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(after an
Issuer Merger or Sale Event or after a Company Merger or Sale Event if the
Company is the surviving or continuing Person) or such Surviving Entity (after a
Company Merger or Sale Event):
(1) could
incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 3.8;
or
(2) would
have a Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to
such transaction;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by
clause (a)(2)(ii) above (including, without limitation, giving effect on a pro forma basis to any
Indebtedness, including any Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or to be Incurred
and the use of any net proceeds therefrom and any Lien granted in connection
with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default will have
occurred or be continuing; and
(d) the
Company, the Issuers or the Surviving Entity, whichever entity is the surviving
or continuing Person after a Company Merger or Sale Event or an Issuer Merger or
Sale Event, has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if required in connection
with such transaction, the supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and the Elan Note Guarantee (only with respect to a
Company Merger or Sale Event) and that all conditions precedent in this
Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
For
purposes of this Section 4.1, the
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company (determined on a
consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), will be
deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) above:
(1) the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into, or
sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
its properties or assets to, the Company, the Issuers or another Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(2) the
Company and the Issuers may merge or consolidate with or into, or transfer all
of its properties and assets to, an Affiliate of the Company or the Issuers, as
the case may be, incorporated or formed solely for the purpose of either
reincorporating or reforming the Company or the Issuers, as the case may be, in
another jurisdiction listed in clause (a)(2)(i) above so long as the amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased
thereby.
Upon any
Company Merger or Sale Event in which the Company is not the surviving or
continuing Person, the Surviving Entity will succeed to, and be substituted for,
and
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may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Elan
Note Guarantee with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named
as such.
Upon any
Issuer Merger or Sale Event in which none of the Issuers is the continuing
Person, the Surviving Entity will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Issuers under this Indenture and the
Notes with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as
such.
For the
avoidance of doubt, compliance with this Section 4.1 will not
affect the obligations of the Issuers under Section 3.16, if
applicable.
ARTICLE
V
OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section
5.1. Optional
Redemption. The Issuers may redeem the Notes, as a whole or
from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption
prices specified in the form of Notes in Exhibit A.
Section
5.2. Election to
Redeem. Each Issuer shall evidence its election to redeem any
Notes pursuant to Section 5.1 by a
Board Resolution.
Section
5.3. Notice of
Redemption.
(a) The
Issuers shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice of redemption, in the
manner provided for in Section 11.2, not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless such
other period is expressly provided for in this Indenture (including Exhibit A)), to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If the Issuers themselves give the
notice, they shall also deliver a copy to the Trustee.
(b) If either
(i) the Issuers are not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, or (ii) the
Issuers elect to have the Trustee give notice of redemption, then each Issuer
shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date
(unless the Trustee is satisfied with a shorter period), an Officers’
Certificate requesting that the Trustee select the Notes to be redeemed and/or
give notice of redemption and setting forth the information required by
paragraph (c) of this Section 5.3 (with the
exception of the identification of the particular Notes, or portions of the
particular Notes, to be redeemed in the case of a partial
redemption). If the Issuers elect to have the Trustee give notice of
redemption, the Trustee shall give the notice in the name of the Issuers and at
the Issuers’ expense.
(c) All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
redemption price and the amount of any accrued interest payable as provided in
Section
5.6,
(3) the
Notes being redeemed and whether or not the Issuers are redeeming all
Outstanding Notes,
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(4) if
the Issuers are not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, the aggregate principal
amount of Notes that the Issuers are redeeming and the aggregate principal
amount of Notes that will be Outstanding after the partial redemption, as well
as the identification of the particular Notes, or portions of the particular
Notes, that the Issuers are redeeming,
(5) if
the Issuers are redeeming only part of a Note, the notice that relates to that
Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of that
Note, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized
denominations for the principal amount of the Note remaining
unredeemed,
(6) that
on the Redemption Date the redemption price and any accrued interest payable to
the Redemption Date as provided in Section 5.6 will
become due and payable in respect of each Note, or the portion of each Note, to
be redeemed, and, unless the Issuers default in making the redemption payment,
that interest on each Note, or the portion of each Note, to be redeemed, will
cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date,
(7) the
place or places where a Holder must surrender the Holder’s Notes for payment of
the redemption price, and
(8) the
CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in the notice or printed on the Notes, and
that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of such CUSIP
or ISIN number.
Section
5.4. Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed in Part.
(a) If the
Issuers are not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the
Notes are not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by
another method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate;
provided, however, that
if a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of a Equity Offering,
selection of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, for redemption shall be made
by the Trustee only on a pro
rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is
practicable (subject to the procedures of DTC, to the extent applicable), unless
that method is prohibited. The Trustee shall make the selection from
the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. In the event of a
partial redemption by lot, the Trustee shall select the particular Notes to be
redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the relevant Redemption
Date from the Outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption. The Issuers may redeem Notes in denominations of $1,000
only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal
to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000) of the principal of Notes that
have denominations larger than $1,000.
(b) For all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Note
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
of that Note which has been or is to be redeemed.
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Section
5.5. Deposit of Redemption
Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
relevant Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if either Issuer is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an
amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the redemption
price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes that the Issuers are redeeming
on that date.
Section
5.6. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date. If the Issuers, or the Trustee on behalf of the Issuers,
gives notice of redemption in accordance with this Article V, the
Notes, or the portions of Notes, called for redemption, shall, on the Redemption
Date, become due and payable at the redemption price specified in the notice
(together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and
after the Redemption Date (unless the Issuers shall default in the payment of
the redemption price and accrued interest) the Notes or the portions of Notes
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any Note for
redemption in accordance with the notice, the Issuers shall pay the Notes at the
redemption price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date
(subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date). If the
Issuers shall fail to pay any Note called for redemption upon its surrender for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption
Date at the rate borne by the Notes.
Section
5.7. Unredeemed Portions of
Partially Redeemed Note. Upon surrender of a Note that is to
be redeemed in part, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of the Note at the
expense of the Issuers, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as
requested by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in
exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note surrendered,
provided that each new
Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiple of
$1,000.
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
6.1. Events of
Default.
(a) Each of
the following is an “Event of Default”
with respect to the Notes:
(1) default
in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Notes,
including the failure to make a required payment to purchase Notes tendered
pursuant to an optional redemption, Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale
Offer;
(2) default
for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest (including additional
interest payable under the Registration Rights Agreement) or Additional Amounts
on any Notes;
(3) the
failure by the Company, the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with
Section
4.1;
(4) the
failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in the Notes for 60
days
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or more
after written notice thereof to the Company from the Trustee or the Holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Notes;
(5) default
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Indebtedness
which:
(A) is
caused by a failure to pay principal on such Indebtedness at its final stated
maturity prior to the expiration of any applicable grace period provided in such
Indebtedness; or
(B) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its final stated
maturity;
and, in
each case, the principal or accreted amount of Indebtedness covered by (A) or
(B) at the relevant time aggregates $40.0 million or more;
(6) failure
by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay one or more final
judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against any of
them that exceed $40.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded)
for the payment of money, which judgment(s) are not satisfied, annulled,
rescinded, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days or more after such
entry;
(7) the Elan
Note Guarantee or any Subsidiary Note Guarantee of any Subsidiary Note Guarantor
that is a Significant Subsidiary is, or Subsidiary Note Guarantees of any group
of Subsidiary Note Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary are, held to be unenforceable or invalid in a judicial
proceeding, or the Company, any such Subsidiary Note Guarantor or any such group
of Subsidiary Note Guarantors, denies or disaffirms the Company’s obligations
under its Elan Note Guarantee, such Subsidiary Note Guarantor’s obligations
under its Subsidiary Note Guarantee or such group of Subsidiary Note Guarantors’
obligations under their Subsidiary Note Guarantees, as the case may be;
or
(8) a
Bankruptcy Event of Default.
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.
(b) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee written notice, within ten Business Days,
of any event which would constitute certain Defaults or Events of Default, their
status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect
thereof. If a Default or Event of Default occurs, is continuing and
is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Notes
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the occurrence
thereof. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, premium (including Additional Amounts), if any, or interest
(including additional interest, if any) on any Note the Trustee may withhold
notice if and so long as a committee of its trust officers in good faith
determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders of the
Notes.
Section
6.2. Acceleration.
If an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(8)
above with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing with respect to the
Notes, the Trustee, by written notice to the Issuers, or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written
notice to the Issuers and the Trustee, may declare (an “Acceleration
Declaration”) the unpaid principal of and premium, if any, and accrued
and unpaid interest on all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon
such Acceleration Declaration, the unpaid principal of and premium, if any, and
accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(8)
above with respect to the Company occurs, then the unpaid principal of and
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes will become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder.
At any
time after an Acceleration Declaration as described in the preceding paragraph,
the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may waive all past defaults and rescind and annul such
acceleration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default except
nonpayment of principal and interest that has become due solely because of the
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture, and the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment, decree or order of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section
6.3. Other
Remedies.
(a) If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any (including
Additional Amounts) and interest (including any additional interest) on such
Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture.
(b) The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
relevant Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No
remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section
6.4. Waiver of Past
Defaults. The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then-Outstanding Notes may waive any existing Default or
Event of Default, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any (including Additional Amounts), or interest
(including any additional interest) on any Notes or in respect of a covenant or
provision of this Indenture that cannot be modified or superseded without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.
Section
6.5. Control by
Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, however,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture; provided,
however, that the Trustee
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may take
any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction.
Section
6.6. Limitation on
Suits.
No Holder
of any Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to
this Indenture or for any remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default;
(2) Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of then-Outstanding Notes make a
written request to pursue the remedy;
(3) such
Holders of the Notes have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense;
(4) the
Trustee does not comply within 60 days after receipt of such notice and the
offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) during
such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
then-Outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a written direction which, in the
opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
Section
6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
(including, without limitation, Section 6.6), the
right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates
(after giving effect to the grace period specified in clause (2) of Section 6.1(a)),
Redemption Dates or repurchase date expressed in this Indenture or the Notes, 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(a)(1) and
(2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust against each Issuer and each Note
Guarantor for the whole amount then due and owing (together with applicable
interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue
interest) and the amounts provided for in Section
7.7.
Section
6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim, etc.
(a) The
Trustee may (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes is then
due):
(i) file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders under this Indenture
and the Notes allowed in any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or other
judicial proceedings relative to either Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any
Subsidiary of the Company or their respective creditors or properties;
and
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(ii) collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable in respect of
any such claims and distribute them in accordance with this
Indenture.
Any
receiver, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any
such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section
7.7.
(b) Nothing
in this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, examinership, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
6.10. Priorities. If
the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 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: if
the Holders proceed against the Issuers directly without the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture, to Holders for their collection
costs;
THIRD: to
Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively;
and
FOURTH: to
the Issuers or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount pursuant to Article X from any
Note Guarantor, to such Note Guarantor, or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The
Trustee may, upon notice to the Issuers, fix a record date and payment date for
any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
Section
6.11. Undertaking for
Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not
apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Issuers, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section
6.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of
Outstanding Notes.
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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 man would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his 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, in the case of any such
certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy
of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1) this
paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section
7.1;
(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 6.2, Section 6.4 or Section
6.5.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as
the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers.
(e) Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
(f) 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
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repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it, it being understood and agreed that the Trustee shall
not be required to advance its own funds in connection with its duties and
responsibilities as Trustee.
(g) Every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Article VII and
to the provisions of the TIA.
(h) Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from either Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an
Officer of such Issuer and any such demand, request, direction or notice shall
be deemed to come from both Issuers unless otherwise specified
therein.
(i) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
(j) The
Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the covenants of
the Issuers.
Section
7.2. Rights of
Trustee. Subject to Section
7.1:
(a) The
Trustee may conclusively rely on any document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person, whether such
document is in original or facsimile form. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting at the direction of the Issuers or any
Note Guarantor, it may require an Officers’ Certificate therefrom or an Opinion
of Counsel with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be liable for
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(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 which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the
Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or
negligence.
(e) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of
counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes
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 not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless
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notice of
any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and
this Indenture.
(g) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
sole and absolute discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the sole cost of the Issuers and
shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such
inquiry or investigation except for liability resulting from the Trustee’s
willful misconduct, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney.
(h) The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to
each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) The
Trustee may request that the Issuers deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time
to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’
Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’
Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such
certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(j) The
permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall
not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other
than its negligence or willful default.
(k) The
Trustee shall not be liable if prevented or delayed in performing any of its
obligations or discretionary functions under this Indenture by reason of any
present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory
authority or by any circumstances beyond its control.
(l) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
(m) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Indenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall not in any
event be liable for indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), whether or not
foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of whether the claim for loss or damage is made in
negligence or otherwise.
(n) In no
event, shall the Trustee be liable for any Losses arising to it from receiving
or transmitting any data from the Issuers, or its Authorized Person via any
non-secure method of transmission or communication, such as, but without
limitation, by facsimile or email.
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The
Issuers accepts that some methods of communication are not secure, and the
Trustee shall incur no liability for receiving Instructions via any such
non-secure method. The Trustee is authorized to comply with and rely
upon any such notice, Instructions or other communications believed by it to
have been sent by an Authorized Person. The Issuers shall use all
reasonable endeavors to ensure that Instructions transmitted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture are completed and correct. Any
Instructions shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the
Issuers to the Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture.
(o) In no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of, or caused
by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God; it
being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable best efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance
as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
(p) The
Trustee is entitled to assume without enquiry that the Issuers has performed in
accordance with all of the provisions of this Indenture, unless notified to the
contrary.
Section
7.3. Individual Rights of
Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity
may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the
Issuers, the Note Guarantors or any of their Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee
must comply with Section 7.10 and
Section
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 Notes,
it shall not be accountable for the Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the Notes
and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuers in this
Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or
in the Notes 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 actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee
shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90
days after the occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default or
Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium (including Additional
Amounts), if any, or interest (including additional interest, if any) on any
Note the Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the
interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section
7.6. Reports by Trustee to
Holders. The Trustee shall comply with TIA
§ 313. The Issuers agree to notify promptly the Trustee whenever
the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting
thereof.
Section
7.7. Compensation and
Indemnity.
(a) The
Issuers shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Issuers and
the
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Trustee
shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, costs of preparing and reviewing reports, certificates and other
documents, costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Holders 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.
(b) The
Issuers and the Note Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify the
Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith on its part in connection with the acceptance
and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this
Section 7.7)
and of defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Holder, the
Issuers, any Note Guarantor or otherwise). The Trustee shall notify
the Company in writing promptly of any claim of which a Trust Officer has
received written notice for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by
the Trustee to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers of their
obligations hereunder except to the extent any Issuer or Note Guarantor is
actually prejudiced thereby. The Issuers shall defend the claim and
the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuers shall pay the fees and
expenses of not more than one such counsel, provided that the Issuers
shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if they assume the Trustee’s
defense, and, in the reasonable judgment of outside counsel to the Trustee,
there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Trustee in
connection with such defense. The Issuers need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Trustee through the Trustee’s own negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith. The benefits of this Section shall survive the termination of
this Indenture.
(c) To secure
the Issuers’ payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if
any) on particular Notes.
(d) The
Issuers’ and the Note Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the
Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event of Default, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law; provided, however, that this
shall not affect the Trustee’s rights as set forth in this Section 7.7 or Section
6.10.
Section
7.8. Replacement of
Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing, and may
appoint a successor Trustee reasonably acceptable to the Issuers. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Company and such Trustee in writing and may
appoint a successor Trustee reasonably acceptable to the Issuers. The
Issuers shall remove the Trustee if:
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(1) the
Trustee fails to comply with Section
7.10;
(2) the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with
respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
(4) the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the
Trustee resigns or is removed by the Issuers or by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and such Holders do not reasonably
promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of
the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein
as the retiring Trustee), the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
(c) A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section
7.7.
(d) If a
successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense of the Issuers and
the Note Guarantors, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
(e) If the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any
Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the
Issuers’ obligations under Section 7.7 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section
7.9. Successor Trustee by
Merger.
(a) 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.
(b) In case
at the time such successor or successors to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes 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 Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either
in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to
the
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Trustee;
and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have.
Section
7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the
requirements of TIA § 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA § 310(b); provided,
however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA
§ 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or
certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuers are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA
§ 310(b)(1) are met.
Section
7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Issuers. The Trustee shall comply with TIA
§ 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
§ 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.
Section
7.12. Requests for Documentation
in Connection with Qualification of the Indenture. The Trustee
shall be entitled to receive from the Issuers and the Note Guarantors any such
Officers’ Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may
reasonably request in connection with any qualification of this Indenture under
the TIA.
ARTICLE
VIII
DEFEASANCE;
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section
8.1. Legal Defeasance and
Covenant Defeasance.
(a) The
Issuers may, at their option, at any time, elect to have either
paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 8.1 be
applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth
in Section
8.2.
(b) Upon the
Issuers’ exercise under paragraph (a) of this Section 8.1 of the
option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.2, be
deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
Outstanding Notes and the Note Guarantees thereof on the date all of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.2
(including Section
8.2(4)(b)) are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that
the Issuers and the Note Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire Indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes and the Note
Guarantees thereof, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for
the purposes of Section 8.3 and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of
this paragraph (b), and to have satisfied all their other obligations under
such Notes and the Note Guarantees thereof and this Indenture (and the Trustee,
on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions, which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(i) the
rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund
described in Section
8.3, and as more fully set forth in Section 8.3, payments
in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are
due,
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(ii) the
Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Notes under Article II and
Section
3.2,
(iii) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith, and
(iv) and Sections 8.3, 8.5 and 8.6.
Subject
to compliance with this Article VIII,
the Issuers may exercise their option under this paragraph (b)
notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under paragraph (c) of
this Section
8.1.
(c) Upon the
Issuers’ exercise under paragraph (a) of this Section 8.1 of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section
8.2, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in
Section 3.4,
Section 3.5,
Sections 3.8 through
3.14, Section
3.15 (except to the extent required by the TIA or the Securities Act),
Section 3.16,
Section 4.1(b) and
(c) and Section
10.7 with respect to the Outstanding Notes, on and after the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Notes, shall thereafter be deemed not Outstanding
for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of
Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants,
but shall continue to be Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed Outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that,
with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Issuers may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in
any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event or Default
under Sections 6.1(a)(3),
(4), (5), (6) and (7) and the first paragraph of Section 4.1 but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall
be unaffected thereby.
Section
8.2. Conditions to
Defeasance.
The
Issuers may exercise their Legal Defeasance option or their Covenant Defeasance
option only if:
(1) the
Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust for the benefit of
the Holder of Notes, U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without
reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants selected by the Issuers, to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes, on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be;
(2) in
the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers will have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel from counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee to the effect that:
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(a) the
Issuers or the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service, a letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service;
or
(b) since
the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income
tax law,
in either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will state
that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be
subject to U.S. 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; provided,
however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not be delivered if all Notes
not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and
payable or will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to
the effect that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or
loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) in
the case of Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered
to the Trustee:
(a) an
Opinion of Counsel in Ireland (or such other jurisdiction in which the Issuers
and/or the Company is organized or incorporated) from counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee and independent of the Issuers and the Company to the
effect that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Irish (or such other jurisdiction in which the Issuers is organized or
incorporated) tax purposes as a result of Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to Irish (or such other
jurisdiction in which each Issuer and/or the Company is organized or
incorporated) taxes on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, had not occurred; or
(b) a
ruling directed to the Trustee received from the tax authorities of Ireland (or
such other jurisdiction in which each Issuer and/or the Company is organized or
incorporated) to the same effect as the Opinion of Counsel described in clause
(a) above;
(5) the
Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that
such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound (except
any breach, violation or default as a result of the borrowing of the funds
required to effect the deposit pursuant to clause (1) of this
paragraph);
(6) the
Issuers will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that
the deposit was not made with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Notes
over
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any other
creditors of the Issuers or the Company or with the intent of defeating,
hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuers or the
Company; and
(7) the
Issuers will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and
independent of the Issuers and the Company, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in, in the case of the Officers’ Certificate, clauses (1)
through (6) of this Section 8.2 and, in
the case of the Opinion of Counsel, clauses (2) and/or (3) and (4) of this Section 8.2, in each
case, have been complied with.
Section
8.3. Application of Trust
Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all U.S. Legal Tender
and U.S. Government Obligations (including in each case proceeds thereon)
deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It
shall apply the deposited money, the U.S. Legal Tender and U.S. Government
Obligations (including in each case proceeds thereon) through the Paying Agent
and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes.
Section
8.4. Repayment to
Issuers.
(a) The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuers upon
written request any excess money or securities held by them (including in each
case proceeds thereon) upon payment of all the obligations under this
Indenture.
(b) Anything
in this Article VIII to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuers
from time to time upon a request by the Issuers any money, U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.2
hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
(c) Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall
pay to the Issuers upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal of or interest on the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years, and,
thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment
as general creditors.
Section
8.5. Indemnity for U.S.
Government Obligations. The Issuers shall pay and shall
indemnify in accordance with Section 7.7 the
Trustee against any tax (other than tax on income resulting from the Trustee’s
services), 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 U.S. Legal Tender 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 Issuers and the Note Guarantors under
this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees thereon 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
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all such
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII;
provided, however,
that, if the Issuers and the Note Guarantors have made any payment of principal
of or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations,
the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section
8.7. Satisfaction and
Discharge.
This
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as
to rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, which will
survive until all Notes have been cancelled) as to all outstanding Notes when
either:
(1) all
the Notes that have been authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or
destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment
money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers
and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from this trust) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) (a) all
Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation otherwise have become due
and payable, will become due and payable, or may be called for redemption,
within one year or have been called for redemption pursuant to the provisions
contained in Section
5.1, and the Issuers or a Note Guarantor on its behalf have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust sufficient
to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness (including all principal and
accrued interest) on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) the
Issuers and the Note Guarantors have paid all sums payable by them under this
Indenture; and
(c) the
Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the
deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the date of
redemption, as the case may be.
In
addition, the Issuers must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have
been complied with.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS
Section
9.1. Without Consent of
Holders.
(a) From time
to time, the Issuers, the Company, the Subsidiary Note Guarantors and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of
any Holder:
(1) to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
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(2) to comply
with Article IV
and/or Section
10.2;
(3) to
evidence or provide for a replacement Trustee;
(4) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated
Notes;
(5) to add
guarantees with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes or make any
intercreditor arrangements (not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture) with
respect to such security;
(6) to add to
the covenants of the Issuers or the Note Guarantors for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers or
the Note Guarantors;
(7) to comply
with any requirements of the Commission in connection with qualifying this
Indenture or maintaining its qualification under the TIA;
(8) to make
any change that does not, in the opinion of the Trustee, adversely affect the
rights of any Holder in any material respect;
(9) to
provide for the issuance of the Exchange Notes, which will be treated, together
with any other Outstanding Notes, as a single issue of securities;
(10) to
provide for the issuance of Additional Notes as permitted by Section 2.2(c)
and Section
2.14, which will be treated, together with any other Outstanding Notes,
as a single issue of securities; or
(11) to
release any Note Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee
or this Indenture (to the extent permitted hereunder).
(b) After an
amendment under this Section 9.1 becomes
effective, the Issuers shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under
this Section
9.1.
Section
9.2. With Consent of
Holders.
(a) From time
to time, the Issuers, the Company, the Note
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes, with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the then-Outstanding Notes affected (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Notes), except that without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment may not:
(1) reduce
the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or
waiver;
(2) reduce
the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of
interest, including Defaulted Interest, if any, and additional interest, if any,
on
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any Notes
or change in any adverse respect the obligation of the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors to pay Additional Amounts;
(3) reduce
the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the Stated Maturity of
any Notes, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or
repurchase, or reduce the redemption or repurchase price therefor;
(4) make any
Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(5) make any
change in the provisions of this Indenture entitling each Holder to receive
payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Note on or after
the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Notes to waive Defaults
or Events of Default;
(6) amend,
change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Issuers to make
and consummate a Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control that
has occurred;
(7) make any
change in the provisions of this Indenture contained in Section 3.17 that
adversely affects the rights of any Holder of Notes or amend the terms of the
Notes in a way that would result in a loss of exemption from Taxes;
(8) eliminate
or modify in any manner the obligations of the Company with respect to its Elan
Note Guarantee or of any Subsidiary Note Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiary Note Guarantors that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in respect of its Subsidiary Note Guarantee
(or their Subsidiary Note Guarantees), which adversely affects Holders in any
material respect, except as contemplated in this Indenture; or
(9) make any
change in the provisions of this Indenture or the related definitions affecting
the ranking of the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee or any Subsidiary Note
Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders.
(b) It shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.2 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
(c) After an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.2 becomes
effective, the Issuers shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such
amendment, supplement or waiver. The failure to give such notice to
all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of
an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
9.2.
Section
9.3. Compliance with Trust
Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Notes
shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
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Section
9.4. Revocation and Effect of
Consents and Waivers.
(a) Until an
amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent to it
by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or portion thereof, and of
any Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place
thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such
Note. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke the
consent as to his Note or portion of a Note, if the Trustee receives the written
notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement, waiver or other
action becomes effective.
(b) The
Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date, which need not be
the date provided in TIA § 316(c) to the extent it would otherwise be
applicable, for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their
consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be
taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were
Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those
Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent
previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons
continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall
be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
(c) After an
amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, it shall bind
every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through
(9) of Section 9.2(a)
hereof. In that case, the amendment, supplement, waiver or other
action shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent
Holder or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder’s Note.
Section
9.5. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes. If an amendment or supplement changes the terms of a
Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the
Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note
regarding the changed terms and return it to the
Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuers or the Trustee so determines,
the Issuers in exchange for the Note will execute and upon Issuer Order the
Trustee will authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed
terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new
Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment or supplement.
Section
9.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments
and Supplements. The Trustee shall sign any amendment or
supplement authorized pursuant to this Article IX if
the amendment or supplement 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 or supplement the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive the indemnity set forth in Section 7.7 and to
receive, and (subject to Section 7.1 and Section 7.2) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 9.4, such
evidence as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, solely on an
Opinion of Counsel (which, in the case of any amendment or supplement pursuant
to Section
9.1(a)(8) shall be from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and
independent of the Issuers and the Company) stating that such amendment or
supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
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ARTICLE
X
NOTE
GUARANTEES
Section
10.1. Note
Guarantees.
(a) Each Note
Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary
obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Note
Guarantor, to each Holder and the Trustee (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on each Note, when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of
and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual
payment of all other obligations and due and punctual performance of all
obligations of the Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with
the terms of such Note, this Indenture and any Registration Rights Agreement
with respect to such Note, and (ii) in the case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same
will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms
of the extension or renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise
(the “Guaranteed
Obligations”). Each Note Guarantor further agrees (to the
extent permitted by law) that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that
it will remain bound under this Article X
notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed
Obligation. Each Note Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, in addition to
the amounts stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel
fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any
rights under any Note Guarantee.
(b) Each Note
Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest
for nonpayment. Each Note Guarantor waives notice of any default
under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of
each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of
any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy
against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any
other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof;
(iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms
or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the
release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed
Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder to exercise any
right or remedy against any other Note Guarantor; or (vi) any change in the
ownership of the Issuers.
(c) Each Note
Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee
of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to
require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of
the Guaranteed Obligations.
(d) To the
extent permitted by law, the obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall
not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any
reason (other than payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full), including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
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unenforceability
of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Note Guarantor herein shall
not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder
to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the
Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by
any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do
any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary
the risk of such Note Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of
such Note Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) Each Note
Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any
part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guaranteed Obligations
is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization (including examinership) of either Issuer or
otherwise.
(f) In
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any
Holder has at law or in equity against each Note Guarantor by virtue hereof,
upon the failure of the Issuers to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when
and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, each Note Guarantor
hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee,
forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to
the sum of:
(i) the
unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations then due and owing;
and
(ii) accrued
and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations then due and owing (but only
to the extent not prohibited by law).
(g) Each Note
Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Note Guarantor, on the one hand,
and the Holders, on the other hand:
(i) the
maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as
provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Note Guarantee herein,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby;
and
(ii) in the
event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations,
such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by such Note Guarantor for the purposes of its Note
Guarantee.
Section
10.2. Guarantors May Consolidate,
etc., on Certain Terms.
(a) Except as
provided in Section
10.3, no Subsidiary Note Guarantor may, in a single transaction or series
of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person (whether
or not such Subsidiary Note Guarantor is the surviving or continuing Person),
other than the Company, the Issuers or another Subsidiary Note Guarantor,
unless:
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(i) either:
(A) such
Subsidiary Note Guarantor will be the surviving or continuing Person;
or
(B) the
Person (if other than such Subsidiary Note Guarantor) formed by such
consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Note Guarantor is merged will
expressly assume, by supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit E,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, all obligations of such Subsidiary Note
Guarantor under the Subsidiary Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Note Guarantor,
the Notes and this Indenture and all obligations of such Subsidiary Note
Guarantor under the Registration Rights Agreement; and
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default will
have occurred or be continuing.
(b) Upon any
consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Note Guarantor in which such Subsidiary
Note Guarantor is not the surviving or continuing Person, the surviving or
continuing Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary
Note Guarantor is merged will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, such Subsidiary Note Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Note Guarantor with the same effect
as if such surviving or continuing Person had been named as such.
Section
10.3. Limitation on Liability of
Note Guarantor; Termination, Release and Discharge of Note
Guarantee.
(a) The
obligations of each Note Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee will be
limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Note Guarantor and after giving effect
to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Note
Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Note Guarantor under its
Note Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture,
result in the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not
constituting a fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar illegal
transfer under federal or state law or the law of the jurisdiction of formation
or incorporation of such Note Guarantor.
(b) A Note
Guarantor will be released and relieved of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee in the event that:
(i) there
is a Legal Defeasance of the Notes as described under Section 8.1
hereto;
(ii) in
the case of a Subsidiary Note Guarantor only, there is a sale or other
disposition of (x) Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor if after such sale,
disposition or other transfer, such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted
Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Note
Guarantor, or a sale or other disposition (including through merger,
consolidation or otherwise) of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Note
Guarantor then held by the Issuers and the other Restricted Subsidiaries;
or
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(iii) in
the case of a Subsidiary Note Guarantor only, such Subsidiary Note Guarantor is
properly designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section
3.11;
provided that the transaction
is carried out pursuant to and in accordance with all other applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
Section
10.4. Evidence of Note
Guarantee. To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1, each
Subsidiary Note Guarantor hereby agrees to execute this Indenture with effect as
of the date hereof or, in the case of a Person becoming a Subsidiary Note
Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.7 hereof,
to execute a supplemental indenture in the form attached as Exhibit
E. The Company will evidence its Notes Guarantee by executing
the Notice of Guarantee on each Note in the form provided on Exhibit A
hereto.
Section
10.5. Right of
Contribution. Each Note Guarantor that makes a payment or
distribution under a Note Guarantee will be entitled to a contribution from each
other Note Guarantor in a pro
rata amount, based on the net assets of each Note Guarantor determined in
accordance with GAAP, it being understood that such right of contribution shall
be subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations of each Note
Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee. The
provisions of this Section 10.5 shall in
no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Note Guarantor to the
Trustee and the Holders and each Note Guarantor shall remain liable to the
Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Note Guarantor
hereunder.
Section
10.6. No
Subrogation. Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be
entitled to any right of subrogation in respect of the rights of any Holder
against the Note Guarantors or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations, nor shall any Note Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from the Issuers in respect of payments made by
such Note Guarantor hereunder until payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents
of all Guaranteed Obligations. If any amount shall be paid to any
Note Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, such amount shall be held by such Note Guarantor in trust for the
Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Note Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Note Guarantor, be turned over to the
Trustee in the exact form received by such Note Guarantor (duly endorsed by such
Note Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the
Guaranteed Obligations.
Section
10.7. Additional Note
Guarantees. The Company will cause any Person (other than the
Issuers) with a Capitalization of at least $10,000 that becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary (including upon a Revocation of the Designation of a Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) after the Issue Date (an “Additional Note Subsidiary
Guarantor”) to grant a guarantee (an “Additional Note Subsidiary
Guarantee”) of the Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes to the same extent that the Subsidiary Note Guarantors have guaranteed the
Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes by executing a
Supplemental Indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit E and
providing the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion on Counsel;
provided, that there may be
excluded as Subsidiary Note Guarantors: (i) Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Company not excluded pursuant to (ii) or (iii) of
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this
proviso, whether existing on the Issue Date or which become Restricted
Subsidiaries thereafter, that do not together constitute Material Restricted
Subsidiaries, (ii) any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary in the event that the
provision of a Subsidiary Note Guarantee by such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary
would result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and (iii) any Receivables Subsidiary; and provided further that if,
other than in connection with the creation or acquisition of a Restricted
Subsidiary, clause (i) of the foregoing proviso fails to be satisfied as of the
end of any fiscal quarter, the Company will cause one or more of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Note Guarantors to become Subsidiary Note
Guarantors in accordance with the foregoing such that the Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Subsidiary Note Guarantors other than
pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of the above proviso do not constitute in the
aggregate a Material Restricted Subsidiary.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.1. 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. Until such time as this Indenture shall be qualified under
the TIA, this Indenture, the Issuers, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee, shall
as a matter of contract be deemed for all purposes hereof to be subject to and
governed by the TIA to the same extent as would be the case if this Indenture
were so qualified on the date hereof.
Section
11.2. Notices.
(a) Any
notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if
to the Issuers or any Note Guarantor, to such party:
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c/o
Elan Corporation, plc
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
0, Xxxxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 0 000 0000
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Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
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With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: 212-269-5420
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxx, Esq.
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if
to the Trustee:
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BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
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Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
X00 0XX
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Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
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The
Issuers or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Any
notice or communication mailed to a registered Holder shall be mailed to the
Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time
prescribed. For so long as the Global Notes are outstanding, notices
regarding the Notes shall also be given in writing.
(c) Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or
communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not the addressee receives it.
(d) Any
notice or communication delivered to the Company under the provisions herein
shall constitute notice to the Note Guarantors.
Section
11.3. Communication by Holders
with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA
§ 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture (including the Note Guarantees) or the Notes. The Issuers,
the Note Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section
11.4. Certificate and Opinion as
to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by
either Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under
this Indenture, each Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an
Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and
(2) an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have
been complied with.
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Section
11.5. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion, including
each Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel 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.
In giving
an Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officers’
Certificate or on certificates of public officials.
Section
11.6. Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for
action by, or a meeting of, Holders. The Registrar and the Paying
Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section
11.7. Legal
Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a
day that is not a Business Day. 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
11.8. Governing Law,
etc.
(a) THIS
INDENTURE (INCLUDING EACH NOTE GUARANTEE) AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Each of
the Issuers and the Note Guarantors hereby:
(i) agrees
that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to
this Indenture (including the Note Guarantees) or the Notes, as the case may be,
may be instituted in any Federal or state court sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan,
(ii) waives to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now
or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding,
and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum,
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(iii) irrevocably
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or
proceeding,
(iv) agrees
that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a
court shall be conclusive and binding may be enforced in the courts of the
jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon judgment, and
(v) agrees
that service of process by mail to the addressees specified herein shall
constitute personal service of such process on it in any such suit, action or
proceeding.
(c) The
Issuers and the Note Guarantors have appointed National Registered Agents, Inc.,
000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,xx their authorized
agent (the “Authorized
Agent”) upon whom all writs, process and summonses may be served in any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the
Notes which may be instituted in any state or federal court in The City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan, New York. The Issuers and the Note
Guarantors hereby represent and warrant that the Authorized Agent has accepted
such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and
the Issuers and the Note Guarantors agree to take any and all action, including
the filing of any and all documents, that may be necessary to continue each such
appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid so long as the Notes remain
outstanding. The Issuers and the Note Guarantors agree that the
appointment of the Authorized Agent shall be irrevocable so long as any of the
Notes remain outstanding or until the irrevocable appointment by the Issuers and
the Note Guarantors of a successor agent in The City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan, New York as each of their authorized agent for such purpose and the
acceptance of such appointment by such successor. Service of process
upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service
of process upon the Issuers and the Note Guarantors.
(d) To the
extent that any of the Issuers and the Note Guarantors have or hereafter may
acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or
proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process
(whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to
itself or any of its property, the Issuers and the Note Guarantors hereby
irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of
their obligations under this Indenture or the Notes.
(e) Nothing
in this Section
11.8 shall affect the right of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to
serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section
11.9. No Recourse Against
Others. No incorporator, director, officer, employee,
shareholder or controlling Person, as such, of the Issuers, the Company or any
Subsidiary Note Guarantor will have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuers under the Notes or this Indenture, the Company under the Elan Note
Guarantee or this Indenture or any Subsidiary Note Guarantor under its
Subsidiary Note Guarantee or this Indenture for any claims based on, in respect
of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each
Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
of the consideration for issuance of the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee and the
Subsidiary Note Guarantees.
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Section
11.10. Successors. All
agreements of the Issuers and the Note Guarantors in this Indenture and the
Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section
11.11. Duplicate and Counterpart
Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture by original as facsimile signature. One signed copy or
facsimile is enough to prove this Indenture. This Indenture may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section
11.12. Severability. In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes 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.
Section
11.13. [intentionally
omitted.]
Section
11.14. Currency
Indemnity.
(a) U.S.
Legal Tender is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by
the Issuers or any Note Guarantor under or in connection with the Notes or this
Indenture, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in
currency other than U.S. Legal Tender in respect of the Notes (whether as a
result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any
jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of either Issuer, any Subsidiary
or otherwise) by any Holder of the Notes in respect of any sum expressed to be
due to it from the Issuers or any Note Guarantor shall only constitute a
discharge of them under the Notes and this Indenture only to the extent of the
U.S. Legal Tender amount which the recipient would be able to purchase (whether
or not such purchase is actually made) based on commercially reasonable
procedures available to such Holders, after any premium and cost of exchange,
with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of
that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on
that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If
that U.S. Legal Tender amount is less than the U.S. Legal Tender amount
expressed to be due to the recipient under the Notes or this Indenture, the
Issuers shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the recipient
against any loss or cost sustained by it in making any such
purchase.
(b) The
indemnities of the Issuers and the Note Guarantors contained in this Section 11.14, to the
extent permitted by law: (i) constitute a separate and
independent obligation from the other obligations of the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors under this Indenture and the Notes; (ii) shall give rise to a
separate and independent cause of action against the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors; (iii) shall apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any
Holder of the Notes or the Trustee from time to time; and (iv) shall
continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any other judgment, order,
claim or proof of claim for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under
the Notes or this Indenture or any other judgment or order
Section
11.15. Table of Contents;
Headings. The table of contents and headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section
11.16. Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUERS, NOTE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Section
11.17. Force
Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder
arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war
or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or
acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood
that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.
ELAN
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
|
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
ELAN
FINANCE CORP.
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX, PLC
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXX LIMITED
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
103
ELAN
MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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By:
Name:
Title:
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[Corporate
Seal]
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Attest:
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000
XXXX XXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX LIMITED
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
106
THE
INSTITUTE OF BIOPHARMACEUTICS LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
107
KEAVY
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
108
CRIMAGUA
LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
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[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
109
ORCHARDBROOK
LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXX LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXXXXX
PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
112
THE
LIPOSOME COMPANY LIMITED
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
113
MONKSLAND
HOLDINGS B.V.
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX INSURANCE LTD.
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX SERVICES LTD.
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
116
NEURALAB
LIMITED
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
117
ATHENA
NEUOSCIENCES, INC.
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXX DELIVERY, INC.
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
000
XXXX
XXXXXXXX, INC.
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By:
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
120
ELAN
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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By:
Name:
Title:
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[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
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The
Trustee
|
Signed
for and on behalf of
|
BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE
|
SERVICES
LIMITED
|
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
|
Paying
Agent and Registrar
|
Signed
for and on behalf of
|
The
Bank of New York Mellon
|
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Paying
Agent and Registrar
|
Signed
for and on behalf of
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The
Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
|
122
EXHIBIT
A
FORM OF
NOTE
[Include the following legend for
Global Notes only:
“THIS IS
A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREINAFTER.]
[Include the following legend on all
Notes that are Restricted Notes:
“THIS
NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ON THE NOTES HAVE 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 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE INDENTURE UNDER WHICH THE NOTES AND THE
GUARANTEES ON THE NOTES WERE ISSUED. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, EACH HOLDER OF
THIS NOTE OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR OF SUCH
BENEFICIAL INTEREST (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A
U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON
BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED THIS NOTE, TO RESELL
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE”) ON WHICH THE ISSUERS INSTRUCT THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS PRIVATE
PLACEMENT LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED (WHICH INSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE
GIVEN ON OR ABOUT THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE), ONLY
(A) TO ELAN FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, ELAN FINANCE CORP., ELAN
CORPORATION, PLC OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
(E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF ELAN FINANCE PUBLIC
LIMITED COMPANY OR ELAN FINANCE CORP. SO REQUESTS), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT
WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY
TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
PRIOR
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TO THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND
THE COMPANY 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 MEANING GIVEN
TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS
LEGEND (OTHER THAN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH HEREOF [AND THE NEXT SUCCEEDING
PARAGRAPH]) SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION OF THE ISSUERS, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY HOLDER AT SUCH TIME AS THE ISSUERS INSTRUCT THE TRUSTEE IN
WRITING TO REMOVE SUCH LEGEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE.”]
[Include the following legend for
Certificated Notes only:
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF ANY CERTIFICATED NOTE, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER
TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATES AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
AS IT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT AS PROVIDED
FOR IN THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIED WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE.”]
A-2
FORM
OF FACE OF NOTE
No.
[___] Principal Amount $[______________]
|
[If a Global Note, include the
following 2 lines:
|
as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and
Decreases
in Global Note attached hereto]
|
CUSIP
NO. ____________†
ISIN
NO. ____________†
|
Elan
Finance public limited company, a public limited company incorporated and
registered under the laws of Ireland, and Elan Finance Corp., a Delaware
corporation, as joint and several obligors promise to pay to
[ ]
or registered assigns, the principal sum of [__________________] Dollars, as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached
hereto, on October 15, 2016.
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
April
15 and October 15, commencing on April 15, 2010
|
Record
Dates:
|
April
1 and October 1
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All amounts will be payable in United
States dollars.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereof has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the
reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
___________________________________________
†At such time as the Issuers notify
the Trustee to remove the legend set forth in the second paragraph hereof
pursuant to Section 2.8(i) of the Indenture, the unrestricted CUSIP and the ISIN
numbers for this Note shall be deemed to be CUSIP No. _____ and ISIN
No. _____, respectively.
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Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note.
ELAN
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
|
By:
____________________________________
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
Attest:
|
By:
____________________________________
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
ELAN
FINANCE CORP.
|
By:
___________________________________
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
Attest:
|
By:
___________________________________
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
BNY
Corporate Trustee
Services
Limited, as Trustee,
certifies
that this is one of
the Notes
referred
to in the
Indenture.
By: ___________________
|
||
Authorized
Signatory
|
Date: ___________________
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FORM
OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE
8.750%
Senior Notes due 2016
1. Interest
Elan
Finance public limited company, a public limited company incorporated and
registered under the laws of Ireland (such public limited company and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, “Elan Finance”), and
Elan Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors
and assigns under such Indenture, “Elan Corp.”, and
together with Elan Finance, the “Issuers”), as joint
and several obligors, promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at the rate per annum shown above.
The
Issuers will pay interest semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
of each year commencing April 15, 2010. Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes
or, if no interest has been paid, from and including October 2,
2009. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal (plus
interest on such interest to the extent lawful), at the rate borne by the Notes
to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
The
Issuers shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and, to the extent such payments
are lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest (“Defaulted Interest”)
without regard to any applicable grace periods at the rate shown on this Note,
as provided in the Indenture.
All
payments made by the Issuers in respect of the Notes will be made free and clear
of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes imposed
or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such withholding or
deduction is required by law or by the interpretation or administration
thereof. In that event, the Issuers will pay to each Holder of the
Notes Additional Amounts as provided in the Indenture subject to the limitations
set forth in the Indenture.
2. Method of
Payment
Prior to
10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the date on
which any principal of or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Issuers
shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient
to pay such principal and/or interest. The Issuers will pay interest
(except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes
at the close of business on April 1 and October 1, respectively, immediately
preceding the applicable interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers will pay
principal and interest in U.S. Legal Tender.
Payment
in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and
interest) will be made by the transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by DTC. The Issuers will make all payments in
respect of a Certificated Note (including principal and interest) by mailing a
check to the registered address of each registered
Holder of
Notes which are Certificated Notes thereof; provided, however, that payments on the
Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to
such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding
the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept
in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and
Registrar
Initially,
The Bank of New York Mellon and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A.
will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and
change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to any
Holder. Either Issuer or any Note Guarantor may act as Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture
The
Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2009 (as it
may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof, the “Indenture”), between
the Issuers, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the
Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture
by reference to the TIA. Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those
terms. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
The Notes
are general unsecured, joint and several, obligations of the Issuers, of which
$625,000,000 in aggregate principal amount will be initially issued on the Issue
Date. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and
without the consent of the Holders, the Issuers may issue Additional
Notes. All Notes will be treated as a single class of securities
under the Indenture.
The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, the ability of the
Issuers, the Company, the Subsidiary Note Guarantors and certain Restricted
Subsidiaries to: Incur Indebtedness, make Restricted Payments, incur
Liens, make Asset Sales, designate Unrestricted Subsidiaries, enter into
transactions with Affiliates, or consolidate or merge or transfer or convey all
or substantially all of the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’
assets.
To
guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the
Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the
Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the
Indenture, the Company and the Subsidiary Note Guarantors have unconditionally
guaranteed (and each future Material Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally
guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture. Each Note Guarantee will be subject to release as provided
in the Indenture. The
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obligations
of each Note Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee will be limited to the
maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Note Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Note Guarantor in respect of
the obligations of such other Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or
pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the
obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar illegal transfer under
federal or state law or the law of the jurisdiction of formation or
incorporation of such Note Guarantor.
5. Redemption
Optional Redemption. Except
as stated below, the Issuers may not redeem the Notes prior to October 15, 2012.
On and after October 15, 2012 the Issuers may redeem the Notes, at their option,
in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 days’
and not more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address, at the following redemption prices, expressed as
percentages of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on October 15 of any year set forth below:
Year
|
Percentage
|
2012………………………………
|
108.750%
|
2013………………………………
|
104.375%
|
2014………………………………
|
102.188%
|
2015
and thereafter………………
|
100.000%
|
Make Whole
Redemption. At any time prior to October 15, 2012, the Notes
may also be redeemed by the Issuers or any other Person designated by the
Issuers in whole but not in part, at the Issuers’ option, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of,
and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. Such
redemption may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
redemption date. The Issuers may provide in such notice that payment of such
price and performance of the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such
redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person.
“Applicable Premium”
means, with respect to a Note at any redemption date, the greater
of:
(a) 1.0%
of the principal amount of such Note; and
(b) the
excess of:
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(1) the
present value at such redemption date of:
(x) the
redemption price of such Note on October 15, 2012 (such redemption price being
that described in the first paragraph of this “Optional Redemption” section)
plus
(y) all
required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through October
15, 2012, other than accrued interest to such redemption date,
computed
using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points perannum discounted on a
semi-annual bond equivalent basis, over
(2) the
principal amount of such Note on such redemption date.
Calculation
of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Issuers or on behalf of the
Issuers by such Person as the Issuers shall designate and will not be a duty or
obligation of the Trustee.
“Treasury Rate” means,
with respect to any redemption date, 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) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to
such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from such redemption date to October 15, 2012; provided that if the period
from such redemption date to October 15, 2012 is not equal to the constant
maturity of the United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield
is given, the Treasury Rate will 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 such redemption date to October 15, 2012 is less than one year, the
weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Optional Redemption upon Equity
Offerings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time, or from
time to time, after January 3, 2011 and on or prior to October 15, 2012, the
Issuers or the Company may, at its option, upon not less than 30 days’ and not
more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address, redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture with the net cash proceeds of one
or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price equal to 108.75% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the redemption
date; provided
that:
(i) after
giving effect to any such redemption at least 65% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding;
and
(ii) the
Issuers make such redemption not more than 90 days after the consummation of
such Equity Offering.
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Tax
Redemption
The Notes
are redeemable for cash at the Issuer’s option prior to their
maturity in the event of certain changes in the tax laws of a Taxing
Jurisdiction after the date of issuance of the Notes as specified below. If, as
a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws including any regulations
or rulings promulgated thereunder) and treaties of a Taxing Jurisdiction, or any
change in or amendment to any
official position concerning the interpretation, administration or application
of such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or
order by a court of competent jurisdiction or any action taken by a taxing
authority which action is generally applied or is taken with respect to the
applicable Payor), which change, amendment, interpretation, administration, or
application is announced and becomes effective on or after the date of issuance
of the Notes (or, if the applicable Taxing Jurisdiction became a Taxing
Jurisdiction on a date after the date of issuance of the Notes, a change,
amendment, interpretation, administration or application that is announced and
becomes effective more than six months after such later date), the applicable
Payor has or would
become obligated to pay Additional Amounts to the Holder of any
Notes, and such obligation cannot be avoided by the applicable Payor taking
commercially reasonable measures (consistent with practices and interpretations
generally followed or in effect at the time such measures could be taken)
available to it, then the Issuer may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole
but not in part, upon not less than 30 days’ and not more than 90 days’ notice
mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address , at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the Notes’ aggregate principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Notes, to
(but excluding) the redemption date.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the Notes shall not be redeemable under this paragraph
because the Notes have not been listed or fail to remain listed on the Irish
Stock Exchange, unless such failure is caused by a change in tax law,
interpretation, etc. that otherwise could serve as a basis for redemption of the
Notes under this Tax Redemption provision.
Optional
Redemption and Repurchase Procedures
In the
event that less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection
of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not then listed on a national securities
exchange, on a pro rata
basis, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.
If a partial redemption is made in accordance with the section “Optional
Redemption upon Equity Offerings” above, selection of the Notes or portions
thereof for redemption will, subject to the preceding sentence, be made by the
Trustee only on a pro
rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is
practicable (subject to the procedures of DTC), unless the method is otherwise
prohibited. No Notes in a principal amount of $100,000 or less may be redeemed
in part and Notes in a principal amount in excess of $100,000 may be redeemed in
part in multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only.
If Notes
are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption will state the portion
of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof (if any) will be issued in the name of
the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate
adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a global note will be
made, as appropriate).
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On and
after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption as long as the Issuers have deposited with the
Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price pursuant
to the Indenture. Upon redemption of any Notes by the Issuers or any
other Person, such Notes will be cancelled.
In the
case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be
made in accordance with Article V of the Indenture. On and after
the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption as long as the Issuers have deposited with the Paying
Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price pursuant to the
Indenture.
Acquisition
of Notes
The
Issuers and the Company may acquire Notes by means other than a redemption,
whether pursuant to an issuer tender offer, open market purchase or otherwise,
so long as the acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the
Indenture.
6. Repurchase
Provisions
Change Of Control Offer. Upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require that
the Issuers purchase all or a portion (equal to $100,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to
101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest through
the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon which
the Change of Control occurred, the Issuers must make a Change of Control Offer
pursuant to a Change of Control Notice. As more fully described in
the Indenture, the Change of Control Notice shall state, among other things, the
Change of Control Payment Date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required
by applicable law.
Asset Sale
Offer. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the
ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to make Asset
Sales. In the event the proceeds from a permitted Asset Sale exceed
certain amounts and are not applied as specified in the Indenture, the Issuers
will be required to make an Asset Sale Offer to purchase to the extent of such
remaining proceeds each Holder’s Notes together with holders of certain other
Indebtedness at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest (if
any) to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the
Indenture.
[Insert for Certificated
Notes:
In the
event of repurchase of the Note pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset
Sale Offer in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unpurchased portion will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon cancellation hereof.]
7. Denominations; Transfer;
Exchange
The Notes
are issuable only without coupons, and only in denominations of principal amount
of $100,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A
Holder
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may
transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law
or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except, in
the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be
redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes
to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for
a period beginning 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such
interest payment date.
8. Persons Deemed
Owners
[for Certificated Notes, include the
following:
Prior to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Issuers, the Note
Guarantors, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuers, the Note Guarantors, the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuers, the Note Guarantors, or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for
all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuers, the
Note Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affect by notice to the
contrary.]
[for Global Note: include the
following:
The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner for all
purposes.]
9. Unclaimed
Money
If money
for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at their request
unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any
such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Issuers and
not to the Trustee for payment.
10. Discharge Prior to
Redemption or Maturity
Subject
to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuers at any time may
terminate some or all of their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if
the Issuers deposit with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
11. Amendment,
Waiver
Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the
Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then-Outstanding Notes and
(ii) any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a
provision that cannot be amended or supplemented without the written consent of
each Holder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then-Outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth
in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuers and the Trustee
may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
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Notes to,
among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to
comply with Article IV of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated
Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated Notes, or to add guarantees
with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants
or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Issuers, or to comply with any
request of the Commission in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the
TIA, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder, or to provide for the issuance of Exchange Notes or Additional
Notes.
12. 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 Notes may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency
are Events of Default which will result in the Notes being due and payable
immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the
Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to
certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of
principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interest.
13. Trustee Dealings with the
Issuers
Subject
to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it
by the Issuers or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or
their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee.
14. No Recourse Against
Others
No
incorporator, director, officer, employee, shareholder or controlling Person, as
such, of the Issuers, the Company or any Subsidiary Note Guarantor will have any
liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Notes or the Indenture,
the Company under the Elan Note Guarantee or the Indenture or any Subsidiary
Note Guarantor under its Subsidiary Note Guarantee or the Indenture for any
claims based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes, the Elan Note Guarantee and the Subsidiary Note
Guarantees.
15. Authentication
This Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note.
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16. Abbreviations
Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN
COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint
tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
17. CUSIP or ISIN
Numbers
Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures the Issuers have caused CUSIP or ISIN numbers to be
printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP or ISIN numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on
the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
18. Governing
Law
This Note
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York.
19. Currency of Account;
Conversion of Currency.
U.S.
Legal Tender is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by
the Issuers and the Note Guarantors under or in connection with the Notes or the
Indenture, including damages. The Issuers and the Note Guarantors
will indemnify the Holders as provided in respect of the conversion of currency
relating to the Notes and the Indenture.
20. Agent for Service;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities.
The
Issuers and the Note Guarantors have agreed that any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company brought by any Holder or the Trustee arising out of or based
upon the Indenture or the Notes may be instituted in any state or federal court
in Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York. The Issuers
and the Note Guarantors have irrevocably submitted to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts for such purpose and waived, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, trial by jury and any objection they may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and any claim they may now or
hereafter have that any proceeding in any such court is brought in an
inconvenient forum. The Issuers and the Note Guarantors have
appointed National Registered Agents, Inc., 000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as each of their authorized agent upon whom all writs,
process and summonses may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or based upon the Indenture or the Notes which may be instituted in any
state or federal court in Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New
York. To the extent that any of the Issuers and the Note Guarantors
have or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any
legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off
or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise)
with respect to themselves or any of their property, the Issuers and the Note
Guarantors have irrevocably waived
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and
agreed not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of their obligations under
the Indenture or the Notes.
The
Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to
the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in
larger type. Requests may be made to:
Elan
Finance public limited company
|
c/o
Elan Corporation, plc
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
0, Xxxxxxx
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
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Elan
Finance Corp.
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c/o
Elan Corporation, plc
|
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
0, Xxxxxxx
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Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
|
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[Include for Certificated Notes
only:
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
To assign
this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we
assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or
type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert
assignee’s Social Security or Tax I.D. Number)
and
irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
Date:____________________
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Your
Signature:___________________
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Signature
Guarantee:______________________________
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(Signature
must be guaranteed)
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Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
The
signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 17Ad-15.]
Schedule
A
[To be attached to Global Notes
only:
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
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Amount
of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Amount
of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Principal
Amount of this Global Note following such decrease or
increase
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Signature
of authorized signatory of Trustee
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|
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]
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[Include for Certificated
Notes:
OPTION OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to
Section 3.10 or Section 3.16 of
the Indenture, check either box:
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Section
3.10
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Section
3.16
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If you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant
to Section 3.10 or 3.16 of the
Indenture, state the principal amount (which must be equal to $100,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) that you want to have purchased
by the Issuers: $
Date: __________
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Your
Signature ____________________________
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the
other
side of the Note)
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Signature
Guarantee:
|
_______________________________________
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(Signature
must be guaranteed)
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The
signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 17Ad-15.]
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR
TRANSFER TO QIB
[Date]
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
One
Canada Square
London
E14 5AL
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Re:
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8.750%
Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”)
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of
Elan Finance public limited company and
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Elan Finance Corp. (together, the
“Issuers”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2009 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Company
and the Subsidiary Note Guarantors party thereto and BNY Corporate Trustee
Services Limited, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
This
letter relates to $___________ aggregate principal amount of Notes [in the case of a transfer of an
interest in a Regulation S Global Note: which represents
an interest in a Regulation S Global Note beneficially owned by] the
undersigned (the “Transferor”) to effect the transfer of such Notes in exchange
for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global
Note.
In
connection with such request, and with respect to such Notes, the Transferor
does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”),
to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Notes
for its own account or an account with respect to which the transferee exercises
sole investment discretion, and the transferee, as well as any such account, is
a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
jurisdiction.
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You and
the Issuers 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.
Very
truly yours,
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[Name
of Transferor]
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By:____________________________
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_______________________________
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Authorized
Signature
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR
TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S
[Date]
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
One
Canada Square
London
E14 5AL
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Re:
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8.750%
Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”)
of
Elan Finance public limited company and
Elan Finance Corp. (together, the
“Issuers”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2009 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the
Company, the Subsidiary Note Guarantors party thereto and BNY Corporate Trustee
Services Limited, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of the
Notes [in the case of a
transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note: , which
represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the
undersigned (“Transferor”), we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(a) the
offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(b) either
(i) at the time the buy order 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 (ii) the transaction
was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore
securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that
the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United
States;
(c) 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;
(d) the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; and
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(e) we
are the beneficial owner of the principal amount of Notes being
transferred.
In
addition, if the sale is made during a 40-day Period and the provisions of
Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2) of Regulation S are applicable
thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2), as the case
may be.
You and
the Issuers 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 letter have the meanings
set forth in Regulation S.
Very
truly yours,
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[Name
of Transferor]
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By:____________________________
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_______________________________
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Authorized
Signature
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR
TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO
RULE 144
[Date]
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
One
Canada Square
London
E14 5AL
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Re:
|
8.750%
Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”)
of
Elan Finance public limited company and
Elan Finance Corp. (together, the
“Issuers”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2009 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the
Company, the Subsidiary Note Guarantors party thereto and BNY Corporate Trustee
Services Limited, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of the
Notes [in the case of a
transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note: , which
represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the
undersigned (“Transferor”), we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
You and
the Issuers 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.
Very
truly yours,
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[Name
of Transferor]
|
By:____________________________
|
_______________________________
|
Authorized
Signature
|
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EXHIBIT
E
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
FOR ADDITIONAL NOTE
GUARANTEES
This
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [__________] (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), between [name of Additional Note Guarantor], a [________]
[corporation][limited liability company] (the “New Note Guarantor”),
Elan Finance public limited company, a public limited company incorporated and
registered under the laws of Ireland (together with its successors and assigns),
Elan Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and
assigns, collectively the “Issuers”), Elan
Corporation, plc (the “Company”) and each other Note Guarantor under the
Indenture referred to below, and BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited, as
Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuers and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture,
dated as of October 2, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of 8.750% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Issuers (the
“Notes”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section
10.7 of the Indenture, the Company is required to cause each Material
Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired by the Company to execute and deliver
to the Trustee an Additional Note Guarantee pursuant to which such Material
Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, jointly and severally with
the other Note Guarantors, the Issuers’ full and prompt payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) in respect of the Indenture
and the Notes; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 9.1 of
the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and the existing Note Guarantors are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to supplement the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Note
Guarantor, the Issuers, each other Note Guarantor and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1. Defined
Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Supplemental
Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein
defined.
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ARTICLE
II
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND;
GUARANTEE
Section
2.1. Agreement to be
Bound. The New Note Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the
Indenture as a Note Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be
subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Note Guarantor under the
Indenture. The New Note Guarantor hereby agrees to be bound by all of
the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Note Guarantor and to perform
all of the obligations and agreements of a Note Guarantor under the
Indenture.
Section
2.2. Guarantee. The
New Note Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as
primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other
Note Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and
punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption
or otherwise, of the Guaranteed Obligations, all as more fully set forth in
Article X of
the Indenture.
ARTICLE
III
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
3.1. Notices. Any
notice or communication delivered to the Issuers under the provisions of the
Indenture shall constitute notice to the New Note Guarantor.
Section
3.2. Parties. Nothing
expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any
Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental
Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein
contained.
Section
3.3. Governing Law,
etc. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by the
provisions set forth in Section 11.8 of the
Indenture.
Section
3.4. Severability. In
case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such
provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability.
Section
3.5. Ratification of Indenture;
Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly
amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all
the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and
effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter
authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes
no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein may be taken as
the statements of the Issuers, and the Trustee does not assume any
responsibility for their correctness.
Section
3.6. Duplicate and Counterpart
Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture in original or facsimile signature. One signed
copy or facsimile is enough to prove this Supplemental
Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture
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may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section
3.7. Effectiveness. This
Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon
[ ] and operating
upon
[ ].
Section
3.8. Recitals. The
recitals contained herein may be taken as the statements of the Issuers, and the
Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.
Section
3.9. Headings. The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Supplemental Indenture have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered as
a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
ELAN
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ELAN
FINANCE CORP.
|
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
[NAME
OF NEW NOTE GUARANTOR],
as
a Note Guarantor
|
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
ELAN
CORPORATION, PLC,
as
a Note Guarantor
|
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
The
Trustee
|
Signed
for and on behalf of
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BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
|
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF FREE TRANSFERABILITY CERTIFICATE
[___________,
2010]
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
One
Canada Square
London
E14 5AL
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Re: 8.750% Senior Notes due
2016; CUSIP: 284138 AJ3; ISIN: US284138AJ38
Dear
Sir/Madam:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among Elan
Finance public limited company and Elan Finance Corp, as co-issuers (together,
the “Issuers”), and BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited, as trustee. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
Whereas
the 8.750% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) have become freely
tradable without restrictions by non-affiliates of the Issuers pursuant to Rule
144(b)(1) under the Securities Act, in accordance with Section 2.8(i) of the
Indenture, pursuant to which the Notes were issued, the Issuers hereby instruct
you that:
(i) the
Private Placement Legend described in Section 2.7(b) of the Indenture and set
forth on the Notes shall be deemed removed from the Notes, in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Notes and as provided in the Indenture, without
further action on the part of Holders; and
(ii) the
restricted CUSIP number and restricted ISIN number for the Notes shall be deemed
removed from the Notes and replaced with the unrestricted CUSIP number (284138
AJ3) and unrestricted ISIN number (US284138AJ38), respectively, set forth
therein, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes and as
provided in the Indenture, without further action on the part of
Holders.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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ELAN
FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
|
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
ELAN
FINANCE CORP.
|
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
[Corporate
Seal]
|
Attest:
|
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