ContractNote • August 14th, 2003 • Gibraltar Steel Corp • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling & finishing mills • New York
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED, AND (2) THERE SHALL HAVE BEEN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS. THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE SUBORDINATED TO THE PRIOR PAYMENT IN FULL OF ALL SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE JPMORGAN INDEBTEDNESS AND THE PRUDENTIAL INDEBTEDNESS (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED).
