SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Exhibit 4.1.7
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of May
11, 2000 among Booth Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("Guarantor"), a subsidiary of DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (or its permitted
successor), a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), the other Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of October 5, 1998 providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million of
12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances
Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture,
pursuant to which Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Issuer's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and
conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and
severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of
Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be
promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and
interest on the Notes, if any, is lawful, and all other obligations of
the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will
be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any
performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of
any judgment against Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other
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circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of a guarantor.
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand
of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantor, or any Custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer
or the Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder,
this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect.
(f) The Guarantor shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation
in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby
until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and
the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the
Indenture for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture,
such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due
and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Indenture, after giving effect
to any maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed liabilities that are
relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and
after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of
the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 11 of the Indenture
shall result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee
not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. The Guarantor agrees that the Note
Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
4. GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) Guarantor may not consolidate with or merge with or into
(whether or not Guarantor is the surviving Person), another corporation,
Person or entity whether or not affiliated with Guarantor unless:
(i) subject to Section 5(a) hereof, the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Guarantor)
assumes all the obligations of Guarantor pursuant to a supplemental
indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
under the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement;
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(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(iii) Issuer would, at the time of such transaction and after
giving pro forma effect thereto and if such transaction had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09 of the Indenture
by virtue of Issuer's pro forma Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Cash Flow Coverage Ratio test
set forth in Section 4.07 of the Indenture;
provided that, the requirements of clause (iii) of this Section 4(a) will not
apply in the case of a consolidation with or merger with or into the Issuer or
another Guarantor.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture executed
and delivered to the Trustee in the form of Exhibit E to the Indenture or
otherwise satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee and the due
and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture
to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as a Guarantor. All the Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees
theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in the Indenture or
in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of Guarantor with
or into the Issuer or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance
of the property of Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to
the Issuer or another Guarantor.
5. RELEASES.
(a) In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of
Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other
disposition of all of the capital stock of Guarantor, Guarantor (in the event of
a sale or other disposition, by way of such a merger, consolidation or
otherwise, of all of the capital stock of Guarantor) or the corporation
acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all of
the assets of Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under
its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such sale or other
disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 of the Indenture. Upon
delivery by the Issuer to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the
Issuer in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including,
without limitation, Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of Guarantor from
its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest
on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture
as provided in Article 11 of the Indenture.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guarantor, as
such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or Guarantor
under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note
waives and
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releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the
Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by Guarantor and the Issuer.
SIGNATURES
Dated as of May 11, 2000 DECRANE AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
AEROSPACE DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
AUDIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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AVTECH CORPORATION
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
CORY COMPONENTS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
DETTMERS INDUSTRIES, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
ELSINORE AEROSPACE SERVICES, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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ELSINORE ENGINEERING, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
HOLLINGSEAD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
TRI-STAR ELECTRONICS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
PATS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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PATRICK AIRCRAFT TANK SYSTEMS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
PATS SUPPORT, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
PATS AIRCRAFT AND ENGINEERING
CORPORATION
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
FLIGHT REFUELING, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
CUSTOM WOODWORK & PLASTICS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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PCI NEWCO, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM INTERIORS, INC.
BY: __________________________
Name:
Title:
DAH-IP ACQUISITION, L.P.,
a Texas limited partnership,
d/b/a Infinity Partners, L.P.
By: DAH-IP Holdings, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, its
general partner
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
DAH-IP HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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DAH-IP INFINITY, INC.
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
BOOTH ACQUISITION, LLC.,
d/b/a/ Carl F. Booth & Co., LLC
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
BY: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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