Trust Indenture Act Section | Indenture Section | ||||
310 | (a)(1) | 7.10 | |||
(a)(2) | 7.10 | ||||
(a)(3) | N.A. | ||||
(a)(4) | N.A. | ||||
(a)(5) | 7.10 | ||||
(b) | 7.10 | ||||
(c) | N.A. | ||||
311 | (a) | 7.11 | |||
(b) | 7.11 | ||||
(c) | N.A. | ||||
312 | (a) | 2.05 | |||
(b) | 12.03 | ||||
(c) | 12.03 | ||||
313 | (a) | 7.06 | |||
(b)(1) | N.A. | ||||
(b)(2) | 7.06; 7.07 | ||||
(c) | 7.06; 12.02 | ||||
(d) | 7.06 | ||||
314 | (a) | 4.03; 12.02; 12.05 | |||
(b) | N.A. | ||||
(c)(1) | 12.04 | ||||
(c)(2) | 12.04 | ||||
(c)(3) | N.A. | ||||
(d) | N.A. | ||||
(e) | 12.05 | ||||
(f) | N.A. | ||||
315 | (a) | 7.01 | |||
(b) | 7.05; 12.02 | ||||
(c) | 7.01 | ||||
(d) | 7.01 | ||||
(e) | 6.14 | ||||
316 | (a)(last sentence) | 2.09 | |||
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | ||||
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | ||||
(a)(2) | N.A. | ||||
(b) | 6.07 | ||||
(c) | 2.12; 9.04 | ||||
317 | (a)(1) | 6.08 | |||
(a)(2) | 6.12 | ||||
(b) | 2.04 | ||||
318 | (a) | 12.01 | |||
(b) | N.A. | ||||
(c) | 12.01 |
N.A. means not applicable. | ||
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions | 26 | ||||
Section 1.03 | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 27 | ||||
Section 1.04 | Rules of Construction | 28 | ||||
Section 1.05 | Acts of Holders | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES | ||||||
Section 2.01 | Form and Dating; Terms | 30 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Execution and Authentication | 30 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Registrar and Paying Agent | 31 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 32 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Holder Lists | 32 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Transfer and Exchange | 32 | ||||
Section 2.07 | Replacement Notes | 47 | ||||
Section 2.08 | Outstanding Notes | 47 | ||||
Section 2.09 | Treasury Notes | 47 | ||||
Section 2.10 | Temporary Notes | 48 | ||||
Section 2.11 | Cancellation | 48 | ||||
Section 2.12 | Defaulted Interest | 48 | ||||
Section 2.13 | CUSIP Numbers | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION | ||||||
Section 3.01 | Notices to Trustee | 49 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased | 49 | ||||
Section 3.03 | Notice of Redemption or Repurchase | 50 | ||||
Section 3.04 | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 51 | ||||
Section 3.05 | Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price | 51 | ||||
Section 3.06 | Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part | 52 | ||||
Section 3.07 | Optional Redemption | 52 | ||||
Section 3.08 | Mandatory Redemption | 53 | ||||
Section 3.09 | Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds | 53 |
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 4.01 | Payment of Notes | 55 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 55 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Reports | 56 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Compliance Certificate | 57 | ||||
Section 4.05 | Taxes | 57 | ||||
Section 4.06 | Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 57 | ||||
Section 4.07 | Restricted Payments | 58 | ||||
Section 4.08 | Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries | 62 | ||||
Section 4.09 | Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness | 64 | ||||
Section 4.10 | Asset Sales | 67 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Transactions with Affiliates | 69 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Liens | 70 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Corporate Existence | 70 | ||||
Section 4.14 | Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control | 71 | ||||
Section 4.15 | Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt | 73 | ||||
Section 4.16 | Discharge and Suspension of Covenants | 73 | ||||
Section 4.17 | Payments for Consent | 74 | ||||
Section 4.18 | Subsidiary Guarantees | 74 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS | ||||||
Section 5.01 | Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets | 74 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Successor Corporation Substituted | 76 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
Section 6.01 | Events of Default | 76 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration | 78 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies | 78 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 78 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority | 79 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits | 79 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment | 79 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee | 80 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 80 | ||||
Section 6.10 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 80 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 80 | ||||
Section 6.12 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 80 |
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Section 6.13 | Priorities | 81 | ||||
Section 6.14 | Undertaking for Costs | 81 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE | ||||||
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee | 82 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee | 83 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee | 84 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 84 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults | 85 | ||||
Section 7.06 | Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes | 85 | ||||
Section 7.07 | Compensation and Indemnity | 85 | ||||
Section 7.08 | Replacement of Trustee | 86 | ||||
Section 7.09 | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 87 | ||||
Section 7.10 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 87 | ||||
Section 7.11 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 88 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | ||||||
Section 8.01 | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 88 | ||||
Section 8.02 | Legal Defeasance and Discharge | 88 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Covenant Defeasance | 89 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance | 89 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 90 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Repayment to Company | 91 | ||||
Section 8.07 | Reinstatement | 91 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | ||||||
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders of Notes | 92 | ||||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders of Notes | 93 | ||||
Section 9.03 | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 94 | ||||
Section 9.04 | Revocation and Effect of Consents | 94 | ||||
Section 9.05 | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 95 | ||||
Section 9.06 | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. | 95 |
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ARTICLE 10 NOTE GUARANTEES | ||||||
Section 10.01 | Note Guarantee | 95 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Subordination of Guarantor Payments | 97 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Limitation on Guarantor Liability | 98 | ||||
Section 10.04 | Execution and Delivery | 98 | ||||
Section 10.05 | Subrogation | 98 | ||||
Section 10.06 | Benefits Acknowledged | 99 | ||||
Section 10.07 | Release of Note Guarantees | 99 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | ||||||
Section 11.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge | 100 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Application of Trust Money | 100 | ||||
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 12.01 | Trust Indenture Act Controls | 101 | ||||
Section 12.02 | Notices | 101 | ||||
Section 12.03 | Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes | 102 | ||||
Section 12.04 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 103 | ||||
Section 12.05 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 103 | ||||
Section 12.06 | Rules by Trustee and Agents | 103 | ||||
Section 12.07 | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders | 104 | ||||
Section 12.08 | Governing Law | 104 | ||||
Section 12.09 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 104 | ||||
Section 12.10 | Force Majeure | 104 | ||||
Section 12.11 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 104 | ||||
Section 12.12 | Successors | 104 | ||||
Section 12.13 | Severability | 105 | ||||
Section 12.14 | Counterpart Originals | 105 | ||||
Section 12.15 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 105 | ||||
Section 12.16 | Qualification of Indenture | 105 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 SUBORDINATION OF NOTES | ||||||
Section 13.01 | Agreement to Subordinate | 105 |
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Section 13.02 | Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy | 105 | ||||
Section 13.03 | Default on Designated Senior Debt | 106 | ||||
Section 13.04 | Acceleration of Notes | 107 | ||||
Section 13.05 | When Distribution Must Be Paid Over | 107 | ||||
Section 13.06 | Notice by the Company | 108 | ||||
Section 13.07 | Subrogation | 108 | ||||
Section 13.08 | Relative Rights | 108 | ||||
Section 13.09 | Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company and Guarantors | 108 | ||||
Section 13.10 | Distribution or Notice to Representative | 109 | ||||
Section 13.11 | Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent | 109 | ||||
Section 13.12 | Authorization to Effect Subordination | 109 |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Note | |
Exhibit B | Form of Certificate of Transfer | |
Exhibit C | Form of Certificate of Exchange | |
Exhibit D | Form of Note Guarantee |
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“Affiliate Transaction” | 4.11 | |||
“Alternate Offer” | 4.14 | (e) | ||
“Asset Sale Offer” | 4.10 | |||
“Authentication Order” | 2.02 | |||
“Change of Control Offer” | 4.14 | (a) | ||
“Change of Control Payment” | 4.14 | (a) | ||
“Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.14 | (a) |
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“Covenant Defeasance” | 8.03 | |||
“DTC” | 2.03 | |||
“Event of Default” | 6.01 | |||
“Excess Proceeds” | 4.10 | |||
“incur” | 4.09 | |||
“Legal Defeasance” | 8.02 | |||
“Measurement Date” | 4.07 | |||
“Offer Amount” | 3.09 | |||
“Offer Period” | 3.09 | |||
“Paying Agent” | 2.03 | |||
“Payment Blockage Notice” | 13.03 | |||
“Permitted Debt” | 4.09 | |||
“Primary Lien” | 4.12 | |||
“Purchase Date” | 3.09 | |||
“Redemption Date” | 3.07 | |||
“Registrar” | 2.03 | |||
“Restricted Payments” | 4.07 | |||
“Suspended Covenants” | 4.16 | (a) |
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2015 | 103.083 | % | ||
2016 | 101.542 | % | ||
2017 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
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7733 Forsyth Boulevard
Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
Fax No.: (341) 854-8001
Attention: Kevin L. Bloomfield, Esq.
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Fax No.: (212) 446-4900
Attention: Andrew E. Nagel, Esq.
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EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul Minnesota 55107-1419
Fax No.: (651) 495-8097
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
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BELDEN INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Kevin L. Bloomfield | |||
Name: | Kevin L. Bloomfield | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | |||
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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ISIN [ ]
representing up to
$200,000,000
9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019
No. ____ | [$_____________] |
1 | Rule 144A CUSIP/ISIN: 077454 AD8 / US077454AD87 Reg S CUSIP/ISIN: U07461 AA1 / USU07461AA16 |
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BELDEN INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
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Year | Percentage | |||
2014 | 104.625 | % | ||
2015 | 103.083 | % | ||
2016 | 101.542 | % | ||
2017 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
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7733 Forsyth Boulevard
Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
Attention: Investor Relations
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(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: | ||
(Insert assignee’s legal name) | ||
and irrevocably appoint | ||
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. |
Date: ________________________ | ||||
Your Signature: | ||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on | ||||
the face of this Note) | ||||
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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Date: _____________________ | ||||
Your Signature: | ||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on | ||||
the face of this Note) | ||||
Tax Identification No.: | ||||
Signature Guarantee*: | ||||
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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Principal Amount of | ||||||||||||||||
Amount of | Amount of increase | this Global Note | Signature of | |||||||||||||
decrease | in Principal | following such | authorized officer | |||||||||||||
Date of | in Principal Amount | Amount of this | decrease or | of Trustee or | ||||||||||||
Exchange | of this Global Note | Global Note | increase | Note Custodian | ||||||||||||
* | This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. |
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7733 Forsyth Boulevard
Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Fax No.: (651) 495-8097
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
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[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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7733 Forsyth Boulevard
Suite 800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Fax No.: (615) 495-8097
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
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[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY, BELDEN CDT NETWORKING, INC., NORDX/CDT CORP., THERMAX/CDT, INC., BELDEN HOLDINGS, INC., BELDEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., BELDEN INC., CDT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC. BELDEN 1993 INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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