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PIERCE LEAHY CORP., as Issuer,
and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of July 7, 1997
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$120,000,000
9 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE............. 1
Section 1.1. Definitions.......................................... 1
Section 1.2. Other Definitions.................................... 26
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.... 27
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction................................ 28
ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES.............................................. 28
Section 2.1. Dating; Incorporation of Form in Indenture........... 28
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication......................... 29
Section 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent........................... 30
Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.................. 31
Section 2.5. Noteholder Lists..................................... 31
Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange................................ 31
Section 2.7. Replacement Notes.................................... 32
Section 2.8. Outstanding Notes.................................... 33
Section 2.9. Temporary Notes...................................... 33
Section 2.10. Cancellation......................................... 34
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest................................... 34
Section 2.12. Deposit of Moneys.................................... 35
Section 2.13. CUSIP Number......................................... 35
Section 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes............... 35
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION............................................. 37
Section 3.1. Notices to Trustee................................... 37
Section 3.2. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed......... 37
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption................................. 38
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption....................... 39
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.......................... 39
Section 3.6. Notes Redeemed in Part............................... 40
Section 3.7. Optional Redemption.................................. 40
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ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS.............................................. 41
Section 4.1. Payment of Notes..................................... 41
Section 4.2. SEC Reports.......................................... 41
Section 4.3. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.............. 42
Section 4.4. Compliance Certificate............................... 42
Section 4.5. Taxes................................................ 43
Section 4.6. Limitation on Additional Indebtedness................ 43
Section 4.7. Limitation on Preferred Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries.............................. 44
Section 4.8. Limitation on Capital Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries.............................. 45
Section 4.9. Limitation on Restricted Payments.................... 45
Section 4.10. Limitation on Certain Asset Sales.................... 47
Section 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.......... 51
Section 4.12. Limitations on Liens................................. 52
Section 4.13. Limitations on Investments........................... 52
Section 4.14. Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries............... 53
Section 4.15. Limitation on Other Senior Subordinated Debt.......... 53
Section 4.16. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions........ 53
Section 4.17. Payments for Consent................................. 54
Section 4.18. Corporate Existence.................................. 54
Section 4.19. Change of Control.................................... 55
Section 4.20. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................... 58
Section 4.21. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.............. 59
ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.................................. 60
Section 5.1. Limitation on Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. 60
Section 5.2. Successor Person Substituted......................... 61
ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.................................. 61
Section 6.1. Events of Default.................................... 61
Section 6.2. Acceleration......................................... 63
Section 6.3. Other Remedies....................................... 64
Section 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of
Default.............................................. 64
Section 6.5. Control by Majority.................................. 65
Section 6.6. Limitation on Suits.................................. 65
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Section 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment................. 66
Section 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee........................... 66
Section 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................... 67
Section 6.10. Priorities........................................... 67
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs................................ 68
Section 6.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................... 68
ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE................................................ 69
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee.................................... 69
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.................................... 70
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee......................... 71
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer................................. 71
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults................................... 72
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders........................ 72
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity........................... 72
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee............................... 74
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Consolidation,
Merger or Conversion................................. 75
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification........................ 75
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company...................................... 75
Section 7.12. Paying Agents........................................ 76
ARTICLE 8. AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS.................... 76
Section 8.1. Without Consent of Holders........................... 76
Section 8.2. With Consent of Holders.............................. 77
Section 8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.................. 78
Section 8.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents.................... 79
Section 8.5. Notation on or Exchange of Notes..................... 79
Section 8.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc...................... 80
ARTICLE 9. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEA
SANCE.................................................. 80
Section 9.1. Discharge of Indenture............................... 80
Section 9.2. Legal Defeasance..................................... 81
Section 9.3. Covenant Defeasance.................................. 82
Section 9.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance........................................... 82
Section 9.5. Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions............................. 84
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Section 9.6. Reinstatement....................................... 85
Section 9.7. Moneys Held by Paying Agent......................... 85
Section 9.8. Moneys Held in Trust................................ 86
ARTICLE 10. GUARANTEE OF NOTES.................................... 87
Section 10.1. Guarantee........................................... 87
Section 10.2. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees................ 88
Section 10.3. Limitation of Guarantee............................. 88
Section 10.4. Release of Guarantor................................ 89
Section 10.5. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated
to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.................... 89
Section 10.6. Payment Over of Proceeds upon Dissolution,
etc., of a Guarantor................................ 90
Section 10.7. Suspension of Guarantee Obligations
When Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in Default....... 92
Section 10.8. Subrogation to Rights of Holders
of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.................... 95
Section 10.9. Guarantee Subordination Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.................... 95
Section 10.10. Application of Certain Article 11 Provisions........ 96
Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee as a Holder of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights.................................... 97
ARTICLE 11. SUBORDINATION OF NOTES................................ 97
Section 11.1. Notes Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness............ 97
Section 11.2. Payment Over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, etc...... 98
Section 11.3. Suspension of Payment When Senior Indebtedness
in Default.......................................... 100
Section 11.4. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness........... 102
Section 11.5. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness................................. 102
Section 11.6. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights......... 103
Section 11.7. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination................. 104
Section 11.8. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions............... 105
Section 11.9. Notice to Trustee................................... 105
Section 11.10. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate
of Liquidating Agent................................ 106
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Section 11.11. Rights of Trustee as a Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee's Rights...... 107
Section 11.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents................. 107
Section 11.13. No Suspension of Remedies........................... 107
ARTICLE 12. SECURITY.............................................. 108
Section 12.1. Pledge Agreement.................................... 108
Section 12.2. Certificates and Opinions........................... 108
Section 12.3. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by
the Collateral Agent Under the Pledge Agreement..... 109
Section 12.4. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by
the Trustee Under the Pledge Agreement.............. 109
Section 12.5. Termination of Security Interest.................... 110
ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS......................................... 110
Section 13.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls........................ 110
Section 13.2. Notices............................................. 110
Section 13.3. Communications by Holders with Other Holders........ 111
Section 13.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent........................................... 112
Section 13.5. Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion...... 112
Section 13.6. When Treasury Notes Disregarded..................... 113
Section 13.7. Rules by Trustee and Agents......................... 113
Section 13.8. Business Days; Legal Holidays....................... 113
Section 13.9. Governing Law....................................... 114
Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements....... 114
Section 13.11. No Recourse Against Others.......................... 114
Section 13.12. Successors.......................................... 115
Section 13.13. Multiple Counterparts............................... 115
Section 13.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.................... 115
Section 13.15. Separability........................................ 115
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310 (a)(1)............... 7.10
(a)(2)................ 7.10
(a)(3)................ N.A.
(a)(4)................ N.A.
(b)................... 7.8;13.2
(b)(1)................ 7.10
(b)(9)................ 7.10
(c)................... N.A.
311 (a).................. 7.11
(b)................... 7.11
(c)................... N.A.
312 (a).................. 2.5
(b)................... 13.3
(c)................... 13.3
313 (a).................. 7.6
(b)(1)................ 7.6
(b)(2)................ 7.6
(c)................... 13.2
(d)................... 7.6
314 (a).................. 4.2;4.4;13.2
(b)................... 12.2
(c)(1)................ 12.2;13.4;13.5
(c)(2)................ 12.2;13.4;13.5
(c)(3)................ N.A.
(d)................... 12.2
(e)................... 12.3;13.5
(f)................... N.A.
315 (a).................. 7.1;7.2
(b)................... 7.5; 13.2
(c)................... 7.1
(d)................... 6.5;7.1;7.2
(e)................... 6.11
316 (a) (last sentence).. 13.6
(a)(1)(A)............. 6.5
(a)(1)(B)............. 6.4
(a)(2)................ 8.2
(b)................... 6.7
(c)................... 8.4
317 (a)(1)............... 6.8
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(a)(2)................ 6.9
(b)................... 7.12
318 (a)................... 13.1
N.A. means Not Applicable
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NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of July 7, 1997, between PIERCE LEAHY CORP., a
Pennsylvania corporation, as Issuer (the "Company"), and The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 9?% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Notes").
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions.
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"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person (including an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from a
Person.
"Acquisition EBITDA" means, without duplication, (i) EBITDA for the
last four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available at the
date of determination (the "Acquisition EBITDA Period") with respect to a
business or Person which has been acquired by the Company or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or which is the subject of a binding acquisition
agreement requiring the calculation of EBITDA for purposes of Section 4.6 and,
in each case, with respect to which financial results on a consolidated basis
with the Company have not been made available for an entire fiscal quarter;
plus (ii) in connection with any such acquisition, projected quantifiable
improvements in operating results due to an established program of cost
reductions (consistent with the cost reductions actually achieved by the Company
in connection with prior acquisitions) adopted, in good faith, by the Company
or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries through a Board Resolution certified by
an Officers' Certificate filed with the Trustee (calculated on a pro forma
basis for the Acquisition EBITDA Period as if the program had been implemented
at the beginning of the Acquisition EBITDA Period), without giving effect to any
operating losses of the acquired Person. Each such Officers' Certificate shall
be signed
by the Chief Financial Officer and another officer of the Company. The Trustee
may rely on such Officers' Certificate (subject to the provisions of Section
7.1 of this Indenture). Acquisition EBITDA of a business shall be a fixed number
determined as of the date the calculation of EBITDA for purposes of Section 4.6
is first required with respect to the acquisition of such business (the "Deter
mination Date") and shall be utilized from the Determination Date through the
date financial results are available for the first full fiscal quarter
following the acquisition (following which the actual EBITDA of such business or
Person shall be included in the EBITDA of the Company). For purposes of
determining Acquisition EBITDA with respect to the acquisition of a particular
business or Person, Acquisition EBITDA shall include not only the Acquisition
EBITDA of such business or Person, but also the Acquisition EBITDA of any
business previously acquired by the Company or the subject of a pending
acquisition agreement to the extent that, as of the Determina tion Date, the
financial results for such business or Person on a consolidated basis with the
Company for a full fiscal quarter subsequent to its acquisition by the Company
are not yet available.
"Adjusted EBITDA" means for any Person, without duplication, the sum
of (a) EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available,
multiplied by four and (b) Acquisition EBITDA.
"Adjusted Net Assets" of a Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser
of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of such Guarantor
exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent
liabilities (including, without limitation, any guarantees of Senior
Indebtedness)), but excluding liabilities under the Guarantee, of such Guarantor
at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such
Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the
proba ble liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all
other fixed and contingent liabilities (including, without limitation, any
guarantees of Senior Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collection
from any Subsidiary of such Guarantor in
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respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Guarantee), excluding
Indebtedness in respect of the Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms "controlling" "controlled by," and "under common control with"), as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for
service of notices and demands.
"Asset Sale" means the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than
to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction
or series of related transactions involving assets with a fair market value in
excess of $500,000 of (a) any Capital Stock of or other equity interest in any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (b) all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, (c) real property of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or (d) all or substantially all of the
assets of any business property, or part thereof, owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof, or a division, line of business or comparable
busi ness segment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided
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that Asset Sales shall not include (i) sales, leases, conveyances, transfers or
other dispositions to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary or to any other
Person if after giving effect to such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) trans
actions complying with Section 5.1 and (iii) transfers or other distributions of
assets which constitute (1) Permitted Investments or (2) Restricted Payments
made in compliance with Section 4.9.
"Asset Sale Proceeds" means, with respect to
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any Asset Sale, (i) cash received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
from such Asset Sale (including cash received as consideration for the
assumption of liabilities incurred in connection with or in anticipation of
such Asset Sale), after (a) provision for all income or other taxes measured by
or resulting from such Asset Sale; (b) payment of all brokerage commissions,
underwriting and other fees and expenses related to such Asset Sale, (c)
provision for minority interest holders in any Restricted Subsidiary as a result
of such Asset Sale, (d) payments made to retire Indebtedness secured by the
assets subject to such Asset Sale and (e) deduction of appropriate amounts to be
provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance
with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the assets sold or disposed
of in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-
employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters
or against any indemnification obligations associated with the assets sold or
disposed of in such Asset Sale, and (ii) promissory notes and other non-cash
consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such
Asset Sale or other disposition upon the liquidation or conversion of such notes
or non-cash consideration into cash.
"Attributable Indebtedness" in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction means, as of the time of determination, the greater of (i) the fair
value of the property subject to such arrangement (as determined by the Board of
Directors) and (ii) the present value (discounted at a rate of interest
implicit in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease-
Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).
"Available Asset Sale Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale,
the aggregate Asset Sale Proceeds from such Asset Sale that have not been
applied in accordance with clause (iii)(a) or (iii)(b) of Section 4.10(a) and
which have not been the basis for an Excess Proceeds Offer in accordance with
clause (iii)(c) of Section 4.10(a).
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"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company or a
Guarantor, as appropriate, or any committee authorized to act therefor.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to
an Officers' Certificate to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Compa ny or a Guarantor, as appropriate, and to be in full force and effect,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares
or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, partnership
interests or any other participation, right or other interest in the nature of
an equity interest in such Person or any op tion, warrant or other security
convertible into any of the foregoing.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" means Indebtedness represented by
obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such Indebtedness
shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance
with GAAP.
"Change of Control" of the Company will be deemed to have occurred at
such time as (i) any Person (including a Person's Affiliates and associates),
other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined under
Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Company's Common Stock,
(ii) any Person (including a Person's Affiliates and associates), other than a
Permitted Holder, becomes the beneficial owner of more than 33 1/3% of the total
voting power of the Company's Common Stock, and the Permitted Holders
beneficially own, in the aggregate, a lesser percentage of the total voting
power of the Common Stock of the Company than such other Person and do not have
the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or
designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company,
(iii) there shall be consummated any consolidation or merger of the Company in
which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to
which the Common Stock of the Company would be converted into cash, securities
or other
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property, other than a merger or consolidation of the Company in which the
holders of the Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the
consolidation or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of
the Common Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such
consolidation or merger, or (iv) during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of
Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election by
such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of
the Company has been approved by a majority of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the begin ning of such period or whose
election or recommendation for election was previously so approved) cease to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Collateral" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Pledge
Agreement.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
Pledge Agreement.
"Common Stock" of any Person means all Capital Stock of such Person
that is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such
Person or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise
participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others
that will control the management and policies of such Person.
"Company" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
"Company Request" means any written request signed in the name of the
Company by any two of the following: the Chief Executive Officer; the
President; any Vice President; the Chief Financial Officer; the Treasurer; or
the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (but not both the Secretary and any
Assistant Secretary) of the Company.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person, for
any period, the aggregate amount of interest which, in conformity with GAAP,
would
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be set forth opposite the caption "interest expense" or any like caption
on an income statement for such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis for such period (including, but not limited to, Redeemable Dividends,
whether paid or accrued, on Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary, imputed interest
included in Capitalized Lease Obligations, all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing, the net costs associated with hedging obligations, the interest
portion of any deferred payment obligation, amortization of discount or premium,
if any, and all other non-cash interest expense (other than interest amortized
to cost of sales)) plus, without duplication, all net capitalized interest for
such period and all interest paid under any guarantee of Indebtedness (including
a guarantee of principal, interest or any combination thereof) of any Person,
plus the amount of all dividends or distributions paid on Disqualified Capital
Stock (other than dividends paid or payable in shares of Capital Stock of the
Company).
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that (a) the Net Income of any Person (the "other Person") in
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which the Person in question or any of its Subsidiaries has less than a 99%
interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to
be consolidated into the net income of the Person in question in accordance with
GAAP) shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid to the Person in question or the Subsidiary, (b) the Net
Income of any Subsidiary of the Person in question, which Subsidiary is subject
to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the making of
other distributions (other than pursuant to the Notes or this Indenture) shall
be excluded to the extent of such restriction or limitation (provided that if
any such restriction or limitation by its terms takes effect upon the occurrence
of a default or event of default, such exclusion shall become effective only
upon the occurrence of such default or event of default which is continuing),
(c)(i) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests
transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition and (ii) any
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net gain (but not loss) resulting from an Asset Sale by the Person in question
or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business shall
be excluded and (d) extraordinary, unusual and non-recurring gains and losses
shall be excluded.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located
at 101 Barclay Street-21W, New York, New York 10286.
"Credit Facility" means the credit agreement or credit agreements in
existence on the date hereof by and among the Company, any or all of the
Restricted Subsid iaries and any one or more lenders from time to time parties
thereto, as the same may be amended, extended, increased, renewed, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation
as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to
time, and any agreement or agreements governing Indebtedness incurred to
refinance, replace, restructure or refund in whole or in part the borrowings and
then maximum commitments under the Credit Facility or such agreement (whether
with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders
or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Credit Facility or other
credit agreements or otherwise). The Company shall promptly notify in writing by
means of an Officers' Certificate the Trustee of any such refunding,
replacement, restructuring or refinancing of the Credit Facility.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passing of time or
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Notes issued in the form of
one or more Global Notes, The Depository Trust Company or another Person
designated as Depository by the Company, which Person must be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness," as to the Company or any Guarantor,
as the case may be, means any
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Senior Indebtedness (a) under the Credit Facility, or (b) which at the time of
determination exceeds $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (or accreted
value in the case of Indebtedness issued at a discount) outstanding or available
under a committed facility and (x) unless such designation is prohibited by the
Credit Facility, which is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing
such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" by such Person and
(y) as to which the Trustee has been given written notice by means of an
Officers' Certificate of such designation.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock of the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary thereof which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
is redeem able at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or
prior to the maturity date of the Notes, for cash or securities constituting
Indebtedness. Without limitation of the foregoing, Disqualified Capital Stock
shall be deemed to include (i) any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company and (ii) any Pre ferred Stock of the Company, with respect to either
of which, under the terms of such Preferred Stock, by agreement or otherwise,
such Restricted Subsidiary or the Company is obligated to pay current dividends
or distributions in cash during the period prior to the maturity date of the
Notes; provided, however, that Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted
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Subsidiary thereof that is issued with the benefit of provisions requiring a
change of control offer to be made for such Preferred Stock in the event of a
Change of Control of the Company or Restricted Subsidiary, which provisions have
substantially the same effect as the provisions described in Section 4.19,
shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock solely by virtue of such
provisions; and provided, further, that Capital Stock owned by the Company or a
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Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary shall not constitute Disqualified Capital
Stock.
"EBITDA" means, for any Person, for any period, an amount equal to (a)
the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (ii) the provision
for taxes
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for such period based on income or profits to the extent such income
or profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income and any provision
for taxes utilized in computing net loss under clause (i) hereof, plus (iii)
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period (but only including Redeemable
Dividends in the calculation of such Consolidated Interest Expense to the extent
that such Redeemable Dividends have not been excluded in the calculation of
Consolidated Net Income), plus (iv) depreciation for such period on a
consolidated basis, plus (v) amortization of intangibles and other deferred
financing fees for such period on a consolidated basis, plus (vi) any other non-
cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (vii)
Permitted Tax Distributions, except that with respect to the Company each of the
foregoing items shall be determined on a consolidated basis with respect to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries only.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied as in effect in the United States from time to time.
"Guarantee" means, as the context may require, individually, a
guarantee, or collectively, any and all guarantees, of the Obligations of the
Company with respect to the Notes by each Guarantor, if any, pursuant to the
terms of Article 10 hereof, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C.
"Guarantor" means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that
hereafter becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.14, and "Guarantors" means
such entities, collectively.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness," as to any Guarantor, means the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including, without limitation,
interest accruing or that would have accrued but for the filing of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or other insolvency proceeding whether or not such interest
constitutes an allowable claim in such proceeding) on, and any and all other
fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnities and other
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amounts due pursuant to the terms of all agreements, documents and instruments
providing for, creating, securing or evidencing or otherwise entered into in
connection with, (a) such Guarantor's direct incurrence of any Indebtedness or
its guarantee of all Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries,
in each case, owed to lenders under or in respect of the Credit Facility, (b)
all obligations of such Guarantor with respect to any Interest Rate Agreement or
any guarantee thereof, (c) all obligations of such Guarantor to reimburse any
bank or other person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit,
acceptances or other similar instruments and all obligations of such Guarantor
with respect to guarantees of such reimbursement obligations, (d) all other
Indebtedness of such Guarantor which does not provide that it is to rank pari
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passu with or subordinate to the Guarantees and (e) all deferrals, renewals,
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extensions, replacements, refundings, refinancings and restructurings of, and
amendments, modifications and supplements to, any of the Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness described above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
forego ing, Guarantor Senior Indebtedness will not include (i) Indebtedness of
such Guarantor to any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness represented by the
Guarantees, (iii) any Indebtedness which by the express terms of the agreement
or instrument creating, evidencing or governing the same is junior or
subordinate in right of payment to any item of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness,
(iv) any trade payable arising from the purchase of goods or materials or for
services obtained in the ordinary course of business or (v) Indebtedness (other
than that described in clause (a) above) incurred in violation of this
Indenture.
"Holder" or "Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Registrar's books.
"incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of
any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise),
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation or the recording (other than previously recorded), as required
pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on
the balance sheet of such Person (and "incurrence," "incurred," "incurrable,"
and "incurring"
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shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that a
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change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists
at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of such
Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means (without duplication), with respect to any
Person, any indebtedness at any time outstanding, secured or unsecured,
contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase
price of any property (excluding, without limitation, any balances that
constitute accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the
foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent
not otherwise included (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) obligations
secured by a Lien to which the property or assets owned or held by such Person
is subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall
have been assumed (provided, however, that if such obligation or obligations
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shall not have been assumed, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be deemed to
be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligation or the fair market value
of the pledged property or assets), (iii) guarantees of items of other Persons
which would be included within this definition for such other Persons (whether
or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the guarantor, (iv) all
obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction (provided that, in the case of
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any such letters of credit, the items for which such letters of credit provide
credit support are those of other Persons which would be included within this
definition for such other Persons), (v) in the case of the Company, Disqualified
Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and (vi)
obligations of any such Persons under any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to
any of the foregoing if and to the extent such Interest Rate Agreement
obligations would appear as a liability
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upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP). The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding
balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and,
with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the
occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, provided (i) that
the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such
time as determined in conformity with GAAP and (ii) that Indebtedness shall not
include any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the foregoing definition, any trade payable arising from
the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary
course of business or contingent obligations arising out of customary
indemnification agreements with respect to the sale of assets or securities
shall not be deemed to be "Indebtedness" of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiaries for purposes of this definition. Furthermore, guarantees of (or
obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting) Indebtedness and Liens
securing In debtedness otherwise included in the determination of such amount
shall not also be included.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented
from time to time.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment
of interest on the Notes.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means, for any Person, any interest rate
swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or
other similar agreement designed to protect the party indicated therein against
fluctuations in interest rates.
"Investments" means, directly or indirectly, any advance, account
receivable (other than an account receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business or acquired as part of the assets acquired by the Company in connection
with the acquisition of assets which is otherwise permitted by the terms of
this Indenture), loan or capital contribution to (by means of transfers of
proper-
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ty to others, payments for property or services for the account or use of
others or otherwise), the purchase of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures,
partnership or joint venture interests or other securities of, the acquisition,
by purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets
or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or the making
of any investment in any Person. Investments shall exclude (i) extensions of
trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade
practices and (ii) the repurchases or redemptions of securities of any Person by
such Person.
"Issue Date" means the date the Notes are first issued by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee under this Indenture.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets of any Person,
any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance, preference,
priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including,
without limitation, any Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sales, or
other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing).
"Maturity Date" means July 15, 2007.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net
income (loss) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP minus Permitted
Tax Distributions with respect to such period, and excluding any foreign
currency translation gains or losses added or deducted, as applicable, in the
computation of Net Income.
"Net Proceeds" means (a) in the case of any sale of Capital Stock by
the Company, the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company, after payment
of expenses, commissions and the like incurred in connection
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therewith, whether such proceeds are in cash or in property (valued at the fair
market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, at
the time of receipt), (b) in the case of any exchange, exercise, conversion or
surrender of outstanding securities of any kind for or into shares of Capital
Stock of the Company which is not Disqualified Capital Stock, the net book value
of such outstanding securities on the date of such exchange, exercise,
conversion or surrender (plus any additional amount required to be paid by the
holder to the Company upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender,
less any and all payments made to the holders, e.g., on account of fractional
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shares and less all expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith)
and (c) in the case of any issuance of any Indebtedness by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such Person
after payment of expenses, commissions, underwriting discounts and the like
incurred in connection therewith.
"1996 Notes" means the 11 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes of the
Company due 2006.
"Non-Payment Event of Default" means any event (other than a Payment
Default) the occurrence of which entitles one or more Persons to accelerate the
maturity of any Designated Senior Indebtedness.
"Notes" means the securities that are issued under this Indenture, as
amended, restated or supplement ed from time to time pursuant to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means, with respect to any In debtedness, any principal,
premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages
and other expenses payable under the documentation governing such Indebtedness.
"Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or the
Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, or any other officer designated by the
Board of Directors, as the case may be.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive
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Officer, the President or any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer,
the Controller or any Treasurer of such Person that shall comply with applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel which
counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Payment Default" means any default, whether or not any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, or any other condition to
such default becoming an Event of Default has occurred, in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or any other amount payable in
connection with Designated Senior Indebtedness.
"Permitted Holders" means, collectively, Leo W. Pierce, Sr., his
children or other lineal descendants (whether adoptive or biological), the
spouses of any of the foregoing and any probate estate of any such individual
and any trust, so long as one or more of the foregoing individuals is the
principal beneficiary of such trust, and any other partnership, corporation or
other entity all of the partners, shareholders, members or owners of which are
any one or more of the foregoing.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising
under or in connection with the Credit Facility in an amount not to exceed
$20 million above the amount that could be borrowed at the time of
determination under the first paragraph of Section 4.6;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company's Canadian subsidiary (and related
guarantees) under the Credit Facility in an aggregate amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed Cdn $30.3 million;
(iii) Indebtedness under the 1996 Notes and the guarantees thereof;
(iv) Indebtedness under the Notes and the Guarantees;
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(v) Indebtedness not covered by any other clause of this definition
which is outstanding on the date of this Indenture;
(vi) Indebtedness of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary and
Indebtedness of any Re stricted Subsidiary to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capital ized Lease Obligations
incurred to acquire property in the ordinary course of business which
Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations do not in the aggregate
exceed 5% of the Company's consolidated total assets;
(viii) Interest Rate Agreements;
(ix) additional Indebtedness of the Company not to exceed $3,000,000
in principal amount outstanding at any time; and
(x) Refinancing Indebtedness.
"Permitted Investments" means, for any Person, Investments made on or
after the date of this Indenture consisting of:
(i) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) Temporary Cash Investments;
(iii) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, in a Person (or in all or substantially all of the business or
assets of a business or a Person), if as a result of such Investment (a)
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (b) such
Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers
or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or (c) such business or assets
are owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(iv) reasonable and customary loans made to employees not to exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, plus any loans which
may be required to be made under the Company's Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000;
(v) an Investment that is made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in the form of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures,
partnership or joint venture interests or other securities that are issued
by a third party to the Company or Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial
consideration for the consummation of an Asset Sale that is otherwise
permitted by Section 4.10;
(vi) accounts receivable of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries generated in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) Investments existing on the Issue Date; and
(viii) Investments for any purpose not to exceed $2,000,000.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens on property or assets of, or any
shares of stock of or secured debt of, any Person or business existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time
such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or at the time such business is acquired by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Liens are not incurred in
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anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
merging into or consolidating with the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or such business being acquired by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that any such
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Lien does not extend to or cover any Property, shares or debt other than the
Property, shares or debt securing the Indebtedness so refunded, refinanced or
extended, (iii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (iv) Liens securing industrial revenue
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bonds, (v) Liens to secure Purchase Money Indebtedness that is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture, provided that (a) any such Lien is created
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solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness representing, or incurred to
finance, refinance or refund, the cost (including sales and excise taxes,
installation and delivery charges and other direct costs of, and other direct
expenses paid or charged in connection with, such purchase or construction) of
such Property, (b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such
Lien does not exceed 100% of such costs, and (c) such Lien does not extend to or
cover any Property other than such item of Property and any improvements on such
item, (vi) statutory liens or landlords', carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics',
suppliers', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (vii) other Liens
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which
obligations do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding, (viii) Liens for taxes, assessments or govern mental charges that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ix) Liens
securing Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (v)
of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness," provided that such Lien does
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not extend to any property other than that subject to the underlying lease, (x)
Liens securing Designated Senior Indebtedness, (xi) easements or minor defects
or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances on Property
not interfering in any material respect with the Company's or any Restricted
Subsidiary's use of such Property, (xii) Liens existing on the date of this
Indenture, (xiii) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business
(a) in connection with (1) leases, performance bonds and similar bonds or (2)
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation or (b) securing the performance of surety bonds and appeal bonds
required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the
enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof or (2) in
connection with judgments that do not give rise an Event of Default and which
do not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate, (xiv) Liens securing Interest Rate
Agreements entered into with any lender under the Credit Facility or
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any Affiliate thereof and any guarantees thereof and (xv) any extensions,
substitutions, replacements or renewals of the foregoing.
"Permitted Tax Distributions" means with respect to any period for
which the Company is taxed as an S corporation or other pass-through entity for
Federal income tax purposes, distributions to the holders of Capital Stock of
the Company based on estimates of the highest amount of federal, state and local
income tax per share of Capital Stock that any holder of Capital Stock of the
Company would be required to pay as a result of the Company's being treated as a
pass-through entity for income tax purposes.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government (including any agency or political subdivision thereof).
"Pledge Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Pledge and
Intercreditor Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time.
"Preferred Stock" means any Capital Stock of a Person, however
designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to
dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the
holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.
"Property" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the
most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries under
GAAP.
"Public Equity Offering" means a public offering by the Company of
shares of its Capital Stock and any and all rights, warrants or options to
acquire such Capital Stock.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business by a Person to finance the cost (including the cost
of construction) of an item of Property, the principal amount
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of which Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) 100% of such cost and (ii)
reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in connection therewith.
"Redeemable Dividend" means, for any dividend or distribution with
regard to Disqualified Capital Stock, the quotient of the dividend or
distribution divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory
federal income tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then
applicable to the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that refunds,
refinances, renews, replaces or extends any Indebtedness of the Company
outstanding on the Issue Date or other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group
of lenders or creditors, but only to the extent that (i) the Refinancing
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent as the
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, if at all, (ii) the
Refinancing Indebtedness is scheduled to mature either (a) no earlier than the
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, or (b) after the maturity
date of the Notes, (iii) the portion, if any, of the Refinancing Indebtedness
that is scheduled to mature on or prior to the maturity date 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 Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended that
is scheduled to mature on or prior to the maturity date of the Notes, (iv) such
Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount that is equal to or
less than the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount then out standing under
the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, (b) the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess of
preexisting prepayment provisions on such Indebtedness being refunded,
refinanced or extended and
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(c) the amount of customary fees, expenses and costs related to the incurrence
of such Refinancing Indebtedness, and (v) such Refinancing Indebtedness is
incurred by the same Person that initially incurred the Indebtedness being
refunded, refinanced or extended, except that the Company may incur Refinancing
Indebtedness to refund, refinance or extend Indebtedness of any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company.
"Restricted Payment" means any of the following: (i) the declaration
or payment of any dividend or any other distribution or payment on Capital Stock
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any payment made
to the direct or indirect holders (in their capacities as such) of Capital Stock
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than (x)
dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), and (y) in the case of
Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, dividends or distributions payable to
the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company), (ii) the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Capital Stock
owned by the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, excluding
Disqualified Capital Stock), (iii) the purchase, defeasance, repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value, prior to any sched uled
maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment of, or the
making of any principal payment on any Indebtedness which is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes other than subordinated Indebtedness acquired in
anticipation of satisfying a scheduled sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity (in each case due within one year of the date of
acquisition), (iv) the making of any Investment or guarantee of any Investment
in any Person other than a Per mitted Investment, (v) any designation of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the basis of the
Investment by the Company therein and (vi) forgiveness of any Indebtedness of an
Affiliate of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary. For purposes of determining the amount expended for
Restricted Payments, cash distributed
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or invested shall be valued at the face amount thereof and property other than
cash shall be valued at its fair market value in the good faith determination of
the Board of Directors. It is agreed that any payments made to Leo W. Pierce,
Sr. or his spouse pursuant to a pension obligation of the Company in the annual
amount of $96,000 shall not constitute a Restricted Payment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary and includes all of the Subsidiaries of the Company
existing as of the Issue Date. The Board of Directors of the Company may
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is to become a
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary if immediately after giving effect to such
action (and treating any Acquired Indebtedness as having been incurred at the
time of such action), the Company could have incurred at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section
4.6.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" means any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company of any real or tangible personal Property, which Property (i) has
been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing and (ii) would
constitute an Asset Sale if such property had been sold in an outright sale
thereof.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and its successors.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as
constituted from time to time or any successor performing substantially the same
functions.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing or that would have
accrued but for the filing of a bankruptcy, reorganization or
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other insolvency proceeding whether or not such interest constitutes an
allowable claim in such proceeding) on, and any and all other fees, expense
reimbursement obligations and other amounts due pursuant to the terms of all
agreements, documents and instruments providing for, creating, securing or
evidencing or otherwise entered into in connection with (a) all Indebtedness of
the Company owed to lenders under or in respect of the Credit Facility, (b) all
obligations of the Company with respect to any Interest Rate Agreement, (c) all
obligations of the Company to reimburse any bank or other person in respect of
amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments,
(d) all other Indebtedness of the Company which does not provide that it is to
rank pari passu with or subordinate to the Notes and (e) all deferrals,
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renewals, extensions, replacements, refundings, refinancings and restructurings
of, and amendments, modifications and supplements to, any of the Senior
Indebtedness described above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
foregoing, Senior Indebtedness will not include (i) Indebtedness of the Company
to any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the
Guarantees, (iii) Indebtedness represented by the 1996 Notes and the guarantees;
(iv) any Indebtedness which by the express terms of the agreement or instrument
creating, evidencing or governing the same is junior or subordinate in right of
payment to any item of Senior Indebtedness, (v) any trade payable arising from
the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary
course of business, or (vi) Indebtedness (other than that described in clause
(a) above) incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" of any specified Person means any corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association or other business entity, whether now
existing or hereafter organized or acquired, (i) in the case of a corporation,
of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, officers or trustees thereof is held by such first-named Person or
any of its Subsidiaries; or (ii) in the case of a partnership, joint venture,
association or other business entity, with respect to which such first-named
Person or any of its Subsidiaries has the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of
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such entity by contract or otherwise or if in accordance with GAAP such entity
is consolidated with the first-named Person for financial statement purposes.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means (i) Invest ments in marketable
direct obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America, or of
any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof, maturing within 365
days of the date of purchase; (ii) Investments in demand deposits or
certificates of deposit issued by a bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, in each case
having capital, surplus and undivided profits totaling more than $500,000,000
and rated at least A by S&P and A-2 by Moody's, maturing within 365 days of
purchase; (iii) Investments not exceeding 365 days in duration in money market
funds that invest substantially all of such funds' assets in the Investments
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above; (iv) any security maturing not more
than 180 days after the date of acquisition, backed by a stand-by or direct pay
letter of credit issued by a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause
(ii) above; or (v) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the
date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate or
Subsidiary of the Company) organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia with a
rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of "P-1" by
Moody's or "A-1" by S&P.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S)
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in
Section 8.3 here of).
"Trust Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust
Administration department or similar department performing corporate trust work
of the Trustee or any successor to such department or, in the case of a
successor-Trustee, any officer of such successor Trustee performing corporate
trust functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to
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whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is classified after the
Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by a resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors of the Company; provided that a Subsidiary organized or acquired
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after the Issue Date may be so classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if
such classification is in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 4.9
hereof. The Trustee shall be given prompt written notice by the Company of each
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company under this
provision, together with a copy of each such resolution adopted.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means (i) securities that are direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit are pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
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custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt.
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"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary 99% or more
of the outstanding Capital Stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) of
which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
Section 1.2. Other Definitions.
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The definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections
indicated as follows:
Term Defined in Section
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"Affiliate Transaction".............. 4.11
"Agent Members"...................... 2.14
"Bankruptcy Law"..................... 6.1
"Business Day"....................... 13.8
"Change of Control Offer"............ 4.19
"Change of Control Payment Date"..... 4.19
"Covenant Defeasance"................ 9.3
"Custodian".......................... 6.1
"Event of Default"................... 6.1
"Excess Proceeds Offer".............. 4.10
"Global Notes"....................... 2.1
"Guarantee Payment Blockage Date".... 10.7
"Guarantor Representative"........... 10.7
"Initial Blockage Period"............ 11.3
"Initial Guarantee Blockage Period".. 10.7
"Legal Defeasance"................... 9.2
"Legal Holiday"...................... 13.8
"Offer Period"....................... 4.10
"Paying Agent"....................... 2.3
"Payment Blockage Period"............ 11.3
"Physical Notes"..................... 2.1
"Purchase Date"...................... 4.10
"Registrar".......................... 2.3
"Reinvestment Date".................. 4.10
"Representative"..................... 11.3
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion
of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture
to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following TIA
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terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture securityholder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Inden ture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor on the indenture securities" means the Company, the
Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have
the meanings therein assigned to them.
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction.
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Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined
expressly or by reference;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(5) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to every
gender; and
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
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Section or Subdivision, unless expressly stated otherwise.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.1. Dating; Incorporation of Form in Indenture.
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The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A which is incorporated in and made part of
this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company may use "CUSIP" numbers in
issuing the Notes. The Company shall approve the form of the Notes. Each Note
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes annexed
hereto as Exhibit A, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global
notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A
("Global Notes"), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository,
duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided and shall bear the legend set forth on Exhibit B. The aggregate
princi pal amount of any Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depository, as hereinafter provided.
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication.
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The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture is $120,000,000.
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The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers
of the Company or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Such
signatures may be either manual or facsimile. The Company's seal shall be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Notes and may be in facsimile
form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note or at anytime thereafter, the
Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Note. Such signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate Notes for
original issue in the aggregate principal amount of $120,000,000 upon a Company
Request. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may
not exceed such amount except as provided in Section 2.7 hereof. The Notes shall
be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment,
an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. Such authenticating agent shall have the same
right as the Trustee in dealing with the Company or an Affiliate.
Section 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent.
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The Company shall appoint a registrar, which shall maintain an office
or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange ("Registrar"), and a paying agent, which shall maintain an office or
agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York
where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and shall maintain
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an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.
Neither the Company nor any Affiliate may act as Paying Agent. The Company may
change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any
Noteholder.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If
the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or agent for service
of notices and demands, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee
shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation pursuant to
Section 7.7. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes.
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Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
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On or before each due date of the principal and interest on any Notes,
the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such
principal and interest so becoming due. Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust
for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes (whether such
money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and
the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any default by the
Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. Money
held in trust by the Paying Agent need not be segregated except as required by
law and in no event shall the Paying Agent be liable for any interest on any
money received by it hereunder. The Company at any time may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and the Trustee, may at any
time during the continuance of any Payment Default, upon written request to a
Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent together with a complete accounting of
such sums. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for
the money delivered to the Trustee.
Section 2.5. Noteholder Lists.
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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
Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee on or before each January 1 and July 1 in each year, 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
Noteholders, including the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each such
Noteholder.
Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.
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When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register
the transfer thereof, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if
the require-
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ments of applicable law are met and, when Notes are presented to the
Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes
of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as
requested provided that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney, duly authorized in writing.
To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Note
for registration of transfer or exchange at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, the Company shall issue and execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes at the
Registrar's request in the name of the transferee or Holder, as the case may be,
designated by the Registrar. Any exchange or transfer shall be without any
service charge to the Noteholder, except that the Company may require payment by
the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision
shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.9, 3.6 or 8.5 hereof. The
Registrar shall not be required to register transfers of Notes or to exchange
Notes for a period of 15 days before the day of mailing of the notice of
redemption of any Notes to be redeemed. The Registrar shall not be required to
exchange or register transfers of any Notes called or being called for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part.
Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global
Note, agree that transfers of the beneficial interests in such Global Note may
be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such
Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the
Global Note shall be re quired to be reflected in a book entry.
Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any duty to monitor
the Company's compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the
Company's compliance with any Federal or state securities laws.
Section 2.7. Replacement Notes.
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If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or Trustee or if
the Holder of a Note presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and
the Trustee that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken and of
the ownership thereof, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met.
An indemnity bond may be re quired by the Company or the Trustee that is
sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the
Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if
a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee each may charge for its
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) in replacing a
Note. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.
Section 2.8. Outstanding Notes.
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Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases to be
outstanding until the Company and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each
of them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If a Paying Agent holds on a Redemption Date or Maturity Date money
sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and all accrued interest on
Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited from paying such money to the
Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that
date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Subject to Section 13.6, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
solely because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Note.
Section 2.9. Temporary Notes.
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Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, benefits and privileges,
of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes presented to it.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
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The Company 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
shall cancel and retain or, upon written request of the Company, return to the
Company, in accordance with its normal practice, all Notes surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.7 hereof, the
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes in respect of which it has
previously paid all principal, premium and interest accrued thereon, or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.
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If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted amounts, plus (to the extent permitted by law) any
interest payable on defaulted amounts pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, to the
persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix the special record date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to
the Trustee and provide the Trustee at least 20 days notice of the proposed
amount of default interest to be paid and the special payment date. At least 15
days before the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be
mailed to each Noteholder at his address as it appears on the Notes register
maintained by the Registrar a notice that states the special record date, the
payment date (which shall be not less than five nor more than ten days after the
special record date), and the amount to be paid. In lieu of the foregoing
procedures, the Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner
satisfactory to the Trustee.
Section 2.12. Deposit of Moneys.
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Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date
and Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due
on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely
manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the Holders on such
Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and
interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depository or its nominee, as
the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole holder of the Global
Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall
be payable at the office of the Paying Agent.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Number.
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The Company in issuing the Notes may use a "CUSIP" number(s), and if
so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s) in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may
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state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number(s) printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The
Company will promptly notify in writing the Trustee of any such CUSIP number
used by the Company in connection with the Notes and any change in such CUSIP
number.
Section 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.
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(a) The Global Notes shall (i) be registered in the name of the
Depository or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee
as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the legend as set forth in
Exhibit B.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository
and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole,
but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees.
Certificated Notes (the "Physical Notes") shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Notes if
(i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depository for any Global Note and a successor depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written
request from the Depository to issue Physical Notes.
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(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in any Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be
issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of a written order from the
Company authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Physical Notes
of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to
beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Notes shall be deemed to
be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest
in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of
authorized denominations.
(e) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled
to take under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1. Notices to Trustee.
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If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof,
(i) at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of a partial
redemption, (ii) at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of a
total redemption or (iii) during such other period as the Trustee may agree to
in writing, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption
Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the redemption price,
and deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
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stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions contained in
Section 3.7 hereof, as appropriate.
Section 3.2. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Re deemed.
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In the event that fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed, if the Notes are listed on a
national securities exchange, in accordance with the rules of such exchange or,
if the Notes are not so listed, on either a pro rata basis or by lot, or such
other method as it shall deem fair and appropriate; provided, however, that if a
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partial redemption is made with the proceeds of a Public Equity Offering,
selection of the Notes or portion thereof for redemption shall be made by the
Trustee on a pro rata basis, unless such a method is prohibited by law or by the
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rules of such national securities exchange. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of the Notes
that have denominations larger than $1,000. Notes and portions thereof the
Trustee selects shall be redeemed in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of
$1,000. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise
requires, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption
also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.
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At least 30 days, but no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-
class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as
the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar pursuant to
Section 2.3 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the
CUSIP numbers thereof) and shall state:
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(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment,
interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date;
(7) the paragraph of Section 3.7 hereof pursuant to which the Notes called
for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being redeemed.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's sole expense.
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Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
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Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.3 is mailed,
Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at
the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the
Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid
at the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the
Redemption Date, provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular
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interest payment record date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the
accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered
on the relevant record date, and provided, further, that if a Redemption Date is
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a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and
no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption Date to such
succeeding Business Day.
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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On or prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available
funds money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on
all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company to
the Trustee for cancellation.
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on Notes called for redemption shall
have been made available in accordance with the preceding paragraph and payment
thereof is not prohibited pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Notes
called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the
Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and,
subject to the first proviso in Section 3.4, accrued and unpaid interest on such
Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so
paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption
payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and any interest not paid
on such unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate
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and in the manner provided in the Notes.
Section 3.6. Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for a Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.7. Optional Redemption.
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(a) The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after July 15, 2002 at the following redemption prices
(expressed as a percentage of principal amount), together, in each case, with
accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on July 15 of each year listed below:
Year Percentage
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2002 104.563%
2003 103.042%
2004 101.521%
2005 and thereafter 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, at its option, may
redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original principal amount of Notes at
any time and from time to time prior to July 15, 2000 at a redemption price
equal to 109% of the aggregate principal amount so redeemed, plus accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, with the Net Proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings; provided that at least $78,000,000 aggregate principal
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amount of Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of any such redemption pursuant to a Public Equity Offering and that
any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such
Public Equity Offering.
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ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Payment of Notes.
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The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on
the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An
installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is
due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay such installment.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including post-
petition interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) and overdue
interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Notes.
Section 4.2. SEC Reports.
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(a) The Company will file with the SEC all information, documents and
reports to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, whether or not the Company is subject to such filing requirements, so long
as the SEC will accept such filings. The Company (at its own expense) will
file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC, copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company files with the SEC pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company shall also comply with the
provisions of TIA (S) 314(a). 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 rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
(b) The Company will transmit to all Holders,
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in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the SEC.
Section 4.3. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) 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 which would prohibit or forgive the
Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any,
and/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; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 4.4. Compliance Certificate.
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(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 100 days after
the end of each fiscal year and on or before 50 days after the end of the first,
second and third quarters of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate (one of
the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company) stating that
a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such
fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this
Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this
Indenture and is not in default in the
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performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof
(or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all or
such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and
what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and
that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in
existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or
interest, if any, on the Notes are prohibited or, if such event has occurred, a
description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as (and to the extent) not contrary to the then current
recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.2 above shall be
accompanied by a written statement of the Company's independent public
accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements
nothing has come to their attention which would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of this Article 4 or Article 5 of this
Indenture or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not
be liable directly or indirectly for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such
violation.
(c) The Company will, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 4.5. Taxes.
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The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay
prior to delinquency all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
Section 4.6. Limitation on Additional Indebtedness.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Indebtedness) unless (a) after giving effect to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness and the receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, the ratio
of total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the
Company's Adjusted EBITDA is less than 6.0 to 1; provided, however, that if the
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Indebtedness which is the subject of a determination under this provision is
Acquired Indebtedness, or Indebtedness incurred in connection with the
simultaneous acquisition of any Person, business, property or assets, then such
ratio shall be determined by giving effect (on a pro forma basis, as if the
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transaction had occurred at the beginning of the four quarter period ending at
the end of the last fiscal quarter of such Person or business for which
financial statements are available) to the incurrence or assumption of such
Acquired Indebtedness or such other Indebtedness by the Company; and (b) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or
as a consequence of the incurrence of such Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may incur Permitted Indebtedness; provided, that the Company will
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not incur any Permitted Indebtedness, without meeting the Indebtedness
incurrence provisions of the preceding paragraph, that ranks pari passu or
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junior in right of payment to the Notes and that has a maturity or mandatory
sinking fund payment prior to the maturity of the Notes.
Notwithstanding the two preceding paragraphs, the Company will not
permit any of its foreign Subsidiaries to incur any subordinated Indebtedness.
Section 4.7. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restrict ed Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any
Preferred Stock (except Preferred Stock to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) to
hold any such Preferred Stock unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
would be entitled to incur or assume Indebtedness under Section 4.6 hereof in
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the aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liqui dation value of the
Preferred Stock to be issued; provided, however, that any Restricted Subsidiary
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that guarantees the Notes pursuant to Section 4.14 shall be permitted to
issue Preferred Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Section 4.8. Limitation on Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not (i) sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise
convey or dispose of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than
under the terms of the Credit Facility, under the terms of any Designated Senior
Indebtedness or as permitted in Section 4.12 hereof) or (ii) permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Capital Stock, other than to the Company or
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company. The foregoing restrictions shall not
apply to an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof or the
issuance of Preferred Stock in compliance with Section 4.7 hereof.
Section 4.9. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
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The Company will not make, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, any Restricted Payment, unless:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of or immediately after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment;
(b) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted
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Payment, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) under Section 4.6 hereof; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the
aggregate of all Restricted Payments declared (except to the extent not
made on the payment date) or made after the Issue Date does not exceed the
sum of (1) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Company
subsequent to the Issue Date (or minus 100% of any cumulative deficit in
Consolidated Net Income during such
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period) and (2) 100% of the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market
value of securities or other property received by the Company from the
issue or sale, after the Issue Date, of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock or Capital Stock of the Company issued to any
Subsidiary of the Company) of the Company or any Indebtedness or other
securities of the Company convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Capital Stock (other than Dis qualified Capital Stock) of the Company
which has been so converted or exercised or exchanged, as the case may be,
and (3) $3,000,000. For purposes of determining under this clause (c) the
amount expended for Restricted Payments, cash distributed shall be valued
at the face amount thereof and property other than cash shall be valued at
its fair market value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4.9
shall not prohibit (i) the payment of any distribution within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof, if at such date of declaration such payment would
comply with the provisions of this Indenture, (ii) the retirement of any shares
of Capital Stock of the Company or subordinated Indebtedness by conversion into,
or by or in exchange for, shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Capital Stock), or out of, the Net Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other shares of Capital Stock of
the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), (iii) the redemption or
retirement of Indebtedness of the Company subordinated to the Notes in exchange
for, by conversion into, or out of the Net Proceeds of, a substantially
concurrent sale or incurrence of Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness owed
to a Subsidiary) of the Company that is contractually subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes to at least the same extent as the subordinated
Indebtedness being redeemed or retired, (iv) the retirement of any shares of
Disqualified Capital Stock by conversion into, or by exchange for, shares of
Disqualified Capital Stock, or out of the Net Proceeds of the substantially
concur rent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other shares of
Disqualified Capital Stock, (v) Permitted Tax Distributions, (vi) additional
payments to employees of the Company for repurchases of,
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stock or repurchases pursuant to the Company's Nonqualified Stock Option Plan;
provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such payments under this
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clause (vi) does not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate, exclusive of amounts
funded by insurance proceeds; and provided, further, that with respect to clause
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(vi) (other than with respect to payments funded by insurance proceeds) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
any such distribution or payment or will occur immediately after giving effect
to any such distribution or payment; and provided, further, that, in determining
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the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue
Date, all distributions or payments made pursuant to clause (vi) (exclusive of
insurance proceeds) shall be included.
Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such
Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the
calculations required by this Section 4.9 were computed, which calculations may
be based upon the Company's latest available financial statements, and that no
Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing and no Default or Event of
Default will occur immediately after giving effect to any Restricted Payments.
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Section 4.10. Limitation on Certain Asset Sales.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time
of such sale or other disposition at least equal to the fair market value
thereof (as determined for Asset Sales other than eminent domain, condemnation
or similar government proceedings in good faith by the Company's board of
directors, and evidenced by a board resolution); (ii) not less than 85% of the
consideration received by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
is in the form of cash or Temporary Cash Investments; and (iii) the Asset Sale
Proceeds received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary are applied (a)
first, to the extent the Company elects, or is required, to prepay, repay or
purchase debt under any then existing Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary within 180 days following the receipt of the Asset Sale
Proceeds from any Asset Sale; (b) second, to the extent of the balance of Asset
Sale Proceeds after application as described above, to the extent the Company
elects, to an investment in assets (including Capital Stock or other securities
purchased in connection with the acquisition of Capital Stock or property of
another Person) used or useful in businesses similar or ancillary to the
business of the Company or Restricted Subsidiary as conducted at the time of
such Asset Sale, provided that such investment occurs or the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary enters into contractual commitments to make such
investment, subject only to customary conditions (other than the obtaining of
financing), on or prior to the 181st day following receipt of such Asset Sale
Pro ceeds (the "Reinvestment Date") and Asset Sale Proceeds contractually
committed are so applied within 270 days following the receipt of such Asset
Sale Proceeds; and (c) third, if on the Reinvestment Date with respect to any
Asset Sale, the Available Asset Sale Proceeds exceed $10 million, the Company
shall apply an amount equal to such Available Asset Sale Proceeds to an offer to
repurchase the Notes, or any future Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the
Notes, which Indebtedness contains similar provisions requiring the Company to
repurchase such Indebtedness at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of repurchase (an "Excess Proceeds Offer"); provided, however, that prior to
making
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any such Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company may, to the extent required pursuant
to the terms of Indebtedness outstanding as of the Issue Date, offer to use such
Available Asset Sale Proceeds to repurchase and use all or a portion of such
Available Asset Sale Proceeds to repurchase such Indebtedness. If an Excess
Proceeds Offer is not fully subscribed, the Company may retain the portion of
the Available Asset Sale Proceeds not required to repurchase Notes for general
corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered pursuant
to such Excess Proceeds Offer is more than the amount of the Available Asset
Sale Proceeds, the Notes tendered will be repurchased on a pro rata basis or by
such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
(b) If the Company is required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the
Company shall mail, within 30 days following the Reinvestment Date (or within
120 days following the Reinvestment Date if the Company is required to make an
offer to purchase Indebtedness (other than the Notes) outstanding as of the
Issue Date), a notice to the Holders stating, among other things: (1) that such
Holders have the right to require the Company to apply the Available Asset Sale
Proceeds to repurchase such Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
date of purchase; (2) the purchase date (the "Purchase Date"), which shall be
no earlier than 30 days and not later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed; (3) the instructions, deter mined by the Company, that each Holder must
follow in order to have such Notes repurchased; and (4) the calculations used
in determining the amount of Available Asset Sale Proceeds to be applied to the
repurchase of such Notes. The Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a
period of 20 Business Days following its commencement (the "Offer Period"). The
notice, which shall govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.10 and the length of time the Excess Proceeds Offer will remain
open;
(2) the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for
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payment will not be purchased and will continue to accrue
interest;
(4) that any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess
Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase
Date so long as payment thereof is not prohibited pursuant to the terms of
the Indenture;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any
Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note
completed, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business
Days before the Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Company, depositary or Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not
later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or
letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing his election to have the Note purchased;
(7) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Available Asset Sale Proceeds, the Trustee shall select
the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may
be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of
$l,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased) or by such other
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate; and
(8) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered.
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis or by such other method as the
Trustee shall
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deem fair and appropriate to the extent necessary, Notes or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, and deposit with the Paying
Agent U.S. legal tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued
interest, if any, on the Notes to be purchased and deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted
for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly (but in any case not later than 5 days after the
Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the
purchase price of the Note tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company
for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and mail or make available for delivery such new Note to
such Holder equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Note
surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by
the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the
results of the Excess Proceeds Offer on the Purchase Date; provided, however,
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that prior to making any such Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company may, to the
extent required pursuant to the terms of Indebtedness outstanding as of the
Issue Date, offer to use such Available Asset Sale Proceeds to repurchase and
use all or a portion of such Available Asset Sale Proceeds to repurchase such
Indebtedness. If an Excess Proceeds Offer is not fully subscribed, the Company
may retain the portion of the Available Asset Sale Proceeds not required to
repurchase Notes for general corporate purposes.
Section 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series
of related transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase,
exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with any Affiliate
(including entities in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
own a minority interest) or holder of 10% or more of the Company's Common Stock
(an "Affiliate Transaction") or extend, renew, waive or otherwise modify the
terms of any Affiliate Transaction entered into prior to the Issue
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Date unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is between or among the Company and
its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; (ii) such Affiliate Transaction is solely between
or among Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company; or (iii) the terms of such
Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, and the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are
at least as favorable as the terms which could be obtained by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in a comparable transaction made
on an arm's-length basis between unaffiliated parties; provided, however, that
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the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may renew any then existing
Affiliate Transaction through either a renewal option or upon expiration of an
arrangement on substantially similar terms to those in effect immediately
preceding such expiration. In any Affiliate Transaction involving an amount or
having a value in excess of $1 million which is not permitted under clause (i)
or (ii) above, the Company must obtain a resolution of the Board of Directors
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (iii) above and
that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors. In transactions with a value
in excess of $3 million which are not permitted under clause (i) or (ii) above,
the Company must obtain a written opinion as to the fairness from a financial
point of view of such a transaction from an independent investment banking firm
of national standing or real estate firm of national standing (as the case may
be).
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.11(a) will not apply to
(i) any Restricted Payment that is not prohibited by Section 4.9 hereof, (ii)
any trans action, approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith, with an officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or of
any Subsidiary in his or her capacity as an officer, director, employee or
consultant entered into in the ordinary course of business, including
compensation, indemnity and employee benefit arrangements with any officer,
director, employee or consultant of the Company or of any Subsidiary, or (iii)
customary investment banking, underwriting, placement agent or financial advisor
fees paid in connection with services rendered to the Company or any Subsidiary.
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Section 4.12. Limitations on Liens.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any Liens of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any property
or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any shares of stock or
debt of any Restricted Subsidiary which owns property or assets, now owned or
hereafter acquired, in any case which secures Indebtedness pari passu with or
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subordinated to the Notes unless (i) if such Lien secures Indebtedness which is
pari passu with the Notes, then the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable or
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senior basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligation
is no longer secured by a Lien or (ii) if such Lien secures Indebtedness which
is subordinated to the Notes, any such Lien shall be subordinated to the Lien
granted to the Holders of the Notes in the same collateral to the same extent as
such subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
Section 4.13. Limitations on Investments.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any Investment other than (i) a Permitted Investment or
(ii) an Investment that is made as a Restricted Payment in compliance with
Section 4.9 hereof, after the Issue Date.
Section 4.14. Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries.
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The Company shall not create or acquire, nor permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to create or acquire, any Subsidiary other than (i) a
Restricted Subsidiary existing as of the date of this Indenture, (ii) a
Restricted Subsidiary that is acquired or created after the date of this
Indenture, or (iii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that each
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Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia acquired or created pursuant to clause (ii)
shall, at the time it has either assets or shareholder's equity in excess of
$5,000, execute a guarantee, in the form attached as Exhibit C to this Indenture
and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee (and with such
docu-
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mentation relating thereto as the Trustee shall require, including, without
limitation, a supplement or amendment to this Indenture and an Opinion of
Counsel as to the enforceability of such Guarantee).
Section 4.15. Limitation on Other Senior Subordinated Debt.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur, contingently or otherwise, any
Indebtedness (other than the Notes and the Guarantees, as the case may be) that
is both (i) subordinate in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and (ii) senior in
right of payment to the Notes and the Guarantees, as the case may be. For
purposes of this Section 4.15, Indebtedness is deemed to be senior in right of
payment to the Notes and the Guarantees, as the case may be, if it is not
explicitly subordinate in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness at least to
the same extent as the Notes and the Guarantees, as the case may be, are
subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
Section 4.16. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction unless (i) the consideration
received in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is at least equal to the fair
market value of the property sold, as determined by a Board Resolution, and (ii)
the Company could incur the Attributable Indebtedness in respect of such Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction in compliance with Section 4.6.
Section 4.17. Payments for Consent.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of
interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement
to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this
Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or agreed
to be paid to all Holders of the Notes which so consent,
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waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents
relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.18. Corporate Existence.
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Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Restricted
Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of each Restricted Subsidiary and the
rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
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required to preserve any such right, license or fran chise, or the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.19. Change of Control.
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(a) Within 30 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, the
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of such occurrence and shall make an
offer to purchase (the "Change of Control Offer") the outstanding Notes at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus any accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to the Change of Control Payment Date (as
hereinafter defined) (such applicable purchase price being hereinafter referred
to as the "Change of Control Pur chase Price") in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 4.19.
If the Credit Facility is in effect, or any amounts are owing
thereunder or in respect thereof, at the time of the occurrence of a Change of
Control, prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders described in paragraph
(b) below, but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the
Company covenants to (i) repay in full all obligations under or in respect of
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the Credit Facility or offer to repay in full all obligations under or in
respect of the Credit Facility and repay the obligations under or in respect of
the Credit Facility of each lender who has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain
the requisite consent under Credit Facility to permit the repurchase of the
Notes pursuant to this Section 4.19. The Company must first comply with the
covenant described in the preceding sentence before it shall be required to
purchase Notes in the event of a Change of Control; provided that the Company's
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failure to comply with the covenant described in the preceding sentence
constitutes an Event of Default described in clause (3) under Section 6.1 hereof
if not cured within 60 days after the notice required by such clause.
(b) Within 30 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, the
Company also shall (i) cause a notice of the Change of Control Offer to be sent
at least once to the Dow Jones News Service or similar business news service in
the United States and (ii) send by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Trustee and to each Holder of the Notes, at the address appearing in the
register maintained by the Registrar of the Notes, a notice stating:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.19 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment, and
otherwise subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(ii) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date
(which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 20 Business Days and no
later than 60 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed (the
"Change of Control Payment Date"));
(iii) that any Note not tendered will not be purchased and will
continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change
of Control Purchase Price, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of
Control Payment Date;
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(v) that Holders accepting the offer to have their Notes purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the
Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the
reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified
in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding
the Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their acceptance if
the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the
third 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 the Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that
such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered, provided that each Note purchased and each such new
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Note issued shall be in an original principal amount in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof;
(viii) any other procedures that a Holder must follow to accept a
Change of Control Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance; and
(ix) the name and address of the Paying Agent.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful, (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof or beneficial
interests under a Global Note properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
Change of Control Purchase Price of all Notes or portions thereof or beneficial
interests so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or
portions thereof tendered to the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly (1)
mail to each holder of Notes so ac-
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cepted and (2) cause to be credited to the respective accounts of the Holders
under a Global Note of beneficial interest so accepted payment in an amount
equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price for such Notes, and the Company
shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to
such holder, a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered and shall issue a Global Note equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of benefi cial interest so surrendered; provided that
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each such new Note shall be issued in an original principal amount in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
(c) (i) If the Company or any Subsidiary thereof has issued any
outstanding (A) Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or (B) Preferred Stock, and the Company or such Subsidiary is required to
make a change of control offer or to make a distribution with respect to such
subordinated Indebtedness or Preferred Stock in the event of a Change of
Control, the Company shall not consummate any such offer or distribution with
respect to such subordinated Indebtedness or Preferred Stock until such time as
the Company shall have paid the Change of Control Purchase Price in full to the
holders of Notes that have accepted the Company's Change of Control Offer and
shall otherwise have consummated the Change of Control Offer made to holders of
the Notes and (ii) the Company will not issue Indebtedness that is subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes or Preferred Stock with change of control
provisions requiring the payment of such Indebtedness or Preferred Stock prior
to the payment of the Notes in the event of a Change of Control under this
Indenture.
In the event that a Change of Control occurs and the Holders of Notes
exercise their right to require the Company to purchase Notes, if such purchase
constitutes a "tender offer" for purposes of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act
at that time, the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 as
then in effect with respect to such repurchase.
Section 4.20. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
surrendered for registration or trans-
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fer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to
or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set
forth in Section 13.2.
The Company 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 such designations. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee set forth in Section 13.2 as such office of the Company.
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Section 4.21. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
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(a) The Company shall cause all material properties used or useful
to the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear
and tear excepted) and supplied with all equipment deemed necessary in the good
faith judgment of the Officers of the Company and shall cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof,
all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times
unless the failure to so maintain such properties (together with all other such
failures) would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.21 shall prevent the Company
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or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such
properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is
in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
(b) The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and
each of its Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance)
against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the reasonable, good faith opinion
of the Company are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of
the Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers
or with the government of the United States of America or an agency or
instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such
methods as shall be customary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, for
corporations similarly situated in the industry, unless the failure to provide
such insurance (together with all other such failures) would not have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
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whole.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.1. Limitation on Consolidation,
Merger and Sale of Assets.
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(a) The Company will not and will not permit any Guarantor to
consolidate with, merge with or into, or transfer all or substantially all of
its assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one transaction
or a series of related transactions), to any Person unless: (i) the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing Person, or the Person
(if other than the Company or the Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to
which the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, are transferred shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Notes and this
Indenture, and the obligations under this Indenture shall remain in full force
and effect; (ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a
pro forma basis the Company or such Person could incur at least $1.00 additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof,
provided, however, that a Guarantor may merge into the Company or another
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Guarantor without complying with this clause (iii).
(b) In connection with any consolidation, merger or transfer of
assets contemplated by this Section 5.1, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation,
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merger or transfer and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with
this Section 5.1 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction or transactions have been complied with.
Section 5.2. Successor Person Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Guarantor in accordance
with Section 5.1 above, the successor corporation formed by such consol idation
or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company or such Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor corporation had been named as the Company or such Guarantor
herein, and thereafter the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1. Events of Default.
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An "Event of Default" occurs if
(1) there is a default in the payment of any principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at
maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise, whether or not such
payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article 11 hereof;
(2) there is a default in the payment of any interest on any Note
when the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues for a
period of 30 days, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 11 hereof;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor defaults in the observance or
performance of any other covenant in the Notes or this Indenture for 60
days after
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written notice from the Trustee to the Company or written notice from the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding to the Company and the Trustee;
(4) there is a default in the payment at final maturity of principal
in an aggregate amount of $3,000,000 or more with respect to any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof which
default shall not be cured, waived or postponed pursuant to an agreement
with the holders of such Indebtedness within 60 days after written notice,
or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness aggregating $3,000,000 or more
which acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 20 days after
written notice to the Company of such Default by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by any Holder;
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a final judgment or
judgments which can no longer be appealed for the payment of money in
excess of $3,000,000 (which are not paid or covered by third party
insurance by financially sound insurers that have not disclaimed coverage)
against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof and such judgment
remains undischarged, for a period of 60 consecutive days during which a
stay of enforcement of such judgment shall not be in effect;
(6) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
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(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary,
and, in each case, the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for 60 consecutive days.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the Trustee shall
not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written
notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust Officer at the Corporate Trust
Office by the Company or any other Person.
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Section 6.2. Acceleration.
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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under
Section 6.1(6) or (7) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee, may declare to be immediately due and payable the
entire principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding plus premium, if any,
and accrued but unpaid interest to the date of acceleration and (i) such amounts
shall become immediately due and payable or (ii) if there are any amounts
outstanding under or in respect of the Credit Facility, such amounts shall
become due and payable upon the first to occur of an acceleration of amounts
outstanding under or in respect of the Credit Facility or five Business Days
after receipt by the Company and the Representative of notice of the
acceleration of the Notes; provided, however, that after such acceleration but
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before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration is obtained by the
Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration and its consequences
if all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated
principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because of
the acceleration, have been cured or waived and if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent there to. In case an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1 (6) or (7) with respect to the Company occurs,
the principal, premium, if any, and interest amount with respect to all of the
Notes shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes.
Section 6.3. Other Remedies.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision of
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the Notes or this Indenture and may take any necessary action requested of it as
Trustee to settle, compromise, adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to
which it is a party.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder 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 and
Events of Default.
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Subject to Sections 6.2, 6.7 and 8.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding have the right to waive any
existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to
exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
Section 6.5. Control by Majority.
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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture. The Trustee, however, may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the
Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Noteholder
not taking part in such direction, and the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith shall, by a Trust Officer, determine that the proceedings
so directed may involve it in personal liability; provided that the
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Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section 6.6. Limitation on Suits.
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Subject to Section 6.7 below, a Noteholder may not institute any
proceeding or pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes
unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer, and if requested, provide to the
Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
A Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Noteholder.
Section 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and
interest of the Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or
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affected without the consent of the Holder.
Section 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee.
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If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest
specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against
the Company or the Guarantors (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole
amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with
interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the
rate then borne by the Notes, and such further amounts as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, including all sums due and owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section
7.7.
Section 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or the
Guarantors (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property
and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same
after deduction of its reasonable charges and expenses to the extent that any
such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such proceedings
and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Noteholder 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
Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan
or reorganization, 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 Noteholder in any such proceedings.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
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If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 hereof;
SECOND: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and interest as to each, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes;
and
THIRD: to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount
from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section 6.10. The Trustee shall give the Company
prior notice of any such record date and payment date; provided, however, that
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the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the establishment of such
record date or payment date or any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this
Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
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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'
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fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 6.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee.
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(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of 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 same circumstances in the conduct
of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part,
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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 but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but
need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of 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 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.
(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 Sections 6.2 and 6.5 hereof.
(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, paragraphs (a),
(b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Section 7.1 shall govern every provision of this
Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee.
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(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right
or power unless it receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any
loss, liability, expense or fee.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company or
any Guarantor. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by the law.
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to Section 7.1 hereof:
(1) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require
an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall
conform to the provisions of Section 13.5 hereof. The Trustee shall be
protected and shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(3) The Trustee may act through agents and attorneys and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney
(other than the negligence or willful misconduct of an agent who is an
employee of the Trustee) appointed by it with due care.
(4) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers; provided that the Trustee's conduct does not
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constitute negligence or bad faith.
(5) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the
advice or opinion of such
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counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or
suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or
opinion of such counsel.
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform
services for or otherwise deal with the Company or any Guarantor, or any
Affiliates thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be
subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.
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The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use
of the proceeds from the sale of Notes or any money paid to the Company pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be responsible for any statement
in the Notes or any document used in connection with the sale of the Notes other
than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.
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If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default
within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of
the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as the board of directors of the Trustee, the
executive committee or any trust committee of such board and/or its Trust
Officers in good faith determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the
interests of the Noteholders.
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
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If required by TIA (S) 313(a), within 60 days after March 1 of any
year, commencing March 1, 1998, the
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Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder a brief report dated as of such March 1
that complies with TIA (S) 313(a); provided that no such report need be
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transmitted if no such events listed in TIA (S) 313(a) have occurred within
such period. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA (S) 313(b)(2). The Trustee
shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA (S) 313(c) and TIA
(S) 313(d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall
be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any
stock exchange.
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity.
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The Company and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from time to
time such reasonable compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the
Company and the Trustee for its services hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust). The Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee
upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or
made by it in connection with its duties under this Indenture, including the
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify each of the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss,
damage, claim, liability, reasonable expense (including but not limited to
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) or taxes (other than taxes based on the
income of the Trustee) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or
performance of its duties under this Indenture including the reasonable costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder
(including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee shall notify the
Company and the Guarantors in writing promptly of any claim asserted against the
Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee to
so notify the
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Company and the Guarantors shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantors of
their obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors need not
reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or
liability incurred by the Trustee through its negligence or bad faith. To
secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors 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 in its capacity as such, except such money or
property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.7 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements
and advances shall be joint and several liabilities of the Company and each of
the Guarantors and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, including the termination or rejection hereof in any bankruptcy
proceeding to the extent permitted by law.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
For purposes of this Section 7.7, the term "Trustee" shall include any
trustee appointed pursuant to Article 9.
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee.
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The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company and the Guarantors
in writing, such resignation to become effective upon the appointment of a
successor Trustee. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the removed Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's written consent
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the
Trustee at its election if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10
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hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any
Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately following
such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights under Section
7.7 hereof, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, 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. A successor Trustee shall mail
notice of its succession to each Noteholder. Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section
7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Consolidation,
Merger or Conversion.
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If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or
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converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
assets to, another corporation or national banking association, subject to
Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation or national banking association
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA (S) 310(a)(1) and (2) in every respect. The Trustee shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
(S) TIA (S) 310(b), including the provision in (S) 310(b)(1); provided that
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there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA (S) 310(b)(1) any indenture
or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in other securities, of the Company or the Guarantors are
outstanding if the requirements for exclusion set forth in TIA (S) 310(b)(1) are
met.
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company.
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The Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.12. Paying Agents.
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The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
(A) that it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such
sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any obligor on the Notes)
in trust for the benefit of Holders
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of the Notes or the Trustee;
(B) that it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of
Default, upon written request from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by it together with a full accounting thereof; and
(C) that it will give the Trustee written notice within three (3)
Business Days of any failure of the Company (or by any obligor on the
Notes) in the payment of any installment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable.
ARTICLE 8.
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 8.1. Without Consent of Holders.
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The Company and the Guarantors, if any, when authorized by a Board
Resolution of each of them, and the Trustee may modify, waive, amend, restate or
supplement this Indenture, the Pledge Agreement or the Notes without notice to
or consent of any Noteholder:
(1) to comply with Section 5.1 hereof;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the SEC under the TIA;
(4) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to make any
other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of
any Noteholder; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the
Guarantors, if any, in the execution
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of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this
Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which
may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects its own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture.
Section 8.2. With Consent of Holders.
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The Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may modify,
amend, waive or supplement this Indenture, the Pledge Agreement or the Notes
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes without notice to any
Noteholder. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes may waive compliance in a particular instance by
the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes without notice to
any Noteholder. Subject to Section 8.4, without the consent of each Noteholder
affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver
pursuant to Section 6.4, may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to this Indenture, the
Pledge Agreement or the Notes;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on
any Note;
(3) reduce the principal of or premium on or change the stated
maturity of any Note
(4) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note
or change the place of payment from New York, New York;
(5) change the amount or time of any payment required by the Notes or
reduce the premium payable upon any redemption of the Notes in accordance
with Section 3.7 hereof, or change the time before which no such redemption
may be made;
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(6) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest
on, or redemption payment with respect to, any Note (including any
obligation to make a Change of Control Offer or, after the Company's
obligation to purchase Notes arises thereunder, an Excess Proceeds Offer
or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect to such
offers);
(7) make any changes in Sections 6.4 or 6.7 hereof or this sentence
of Section 8.2; or
(8) affect the ranking of the Notes in a manner adverse to the
Holders.
After a modification, amendment, supplement or waiver under this
Section 8.2 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders a notice
briefly describing the modification, amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such modification,
amendment, supplement or waiver.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, modification,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
Section 8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Notes shall
comply with the TIA as then in effect.
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Section 8.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
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Until a modification, 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 notice of revocation before the date the modification, amendment,
supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any modification,
amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then,
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to consent to such modification, amendment, supplement, or waiver or to
revoke any consent previously given, 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 unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.
After a modification, amendment, supplement, waiver or other action
becomes effective, it shall bind every Noteholder, unless it makes a change
described in any of clauses (1) through (8) of Section 8.2 hereof. In that
case, the modification, amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind
each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a
Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder's Note.
Section 8.5. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
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If a modification, amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms
of a Note, the Trustee may request the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the
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Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the
Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the
Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery a new
security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such
modification, amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
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The Trustee shall sign any modification, amendment, supplement or
waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 8 if the modification, amendment,
supplement or waiver 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 or refusing to sign such modification, amendment, supplement or
waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.1
hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such modification, amendment, supplement or
waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and such supplemental
indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and
the Guarantors enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms
(subject to customary exceptions). The Company or any Guarantor may not sign a
modification, amendment or supplement until the Board of Directors of the
Company or such Guarantor, as appropriate, approves it.
ARTICLE 9.
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section 9.1. Discharge of Indenture.
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The Company and the Guarantors, if any, may terminate their
obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees, if any, and this Indenture, except
the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of this Section 9.1, if
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there shall have been cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Notes thereto fore authenticated and delivered (other than any
Notes that are asserted to have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall
have been replaced as provided in Section 2.7 hereof) and the Company has paid
all sums payable by it hereunder or deposited all required sums with the
Trustee.
After such delivery the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in
writing the discharge of the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under the
Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations
specified below.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company in Sections 2.7, 7.7, 9.5, 9.6 and 9.8 hereof shall
survive.
Section 9.2. Legal Defeasance.
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The Company may at its option, by Board Resolution, be discharged
from its obligations with respect to the Notes and the Guarantors, if any,
discharged from their obligations under the Guarantees, if any, on the date the
conditions set forth in Section 9.4 below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes
and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall, subject to Section 9.6 hereof, execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of
Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust funds described in
Section 9.4 hereof and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when
such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes
under Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 4.20 hereof, (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section
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7.7 hereof) and (D) this Article 9. Subject to compliance with this Article 9,
the Company may exercise its option under this Section 9.2 with respect to the
Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.3 below
with respect to the Notes.
Section 9.3. Covenant Defeasance.
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At the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the
Company and the Guarantors, if any, shall be released from their respective
obligations under Sections 4.2 through 4.19 hereof, inclusive, and clause (a)
(iii) of Section 5.1 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.4 hereof are satisfied
(hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance") and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed to
not be outstanding for purposes of any direction, waiver, consent, declaration
or act of the Holders (and the consequences thereof) in connection with such
covenants but shall continue to be outstanding for all other purposes hereunder.
For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company and the
Guarantors, if any, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified
Section or portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such specified Section or portion thereof or
by reason of any reference in any such specified Section or portion thereof to
any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
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Section 9.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.2
or Section 9.3 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10
hereof who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 9
applicable to it) as funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination
thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by
the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal
of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the outstanding Notes at the
maturity date of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, or on dates for
payment and redemption of such principal, premium, if any, and interest
selected in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Notes;
(2) no Event of Default or Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, or shall have occurred
and be continuing at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration
of the longest preference period under any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the
Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that this condition
shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(3) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or consti-
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tute default under any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound;
(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that, as a result of such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance,
neither the trust nor the Trustee will be required to register as an investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(5) in the case of an election under Section 9.2 above, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling to the effect that or (ii) there has been a change in any applicable
Federal income tax law with the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes or persons in their positions will
not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes solely as a
result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner, including as a result of prepayment, and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(6) in the case of an election under Section 9.3 hereof, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the Legal Defeasance under Section
9.2 above or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 9.3 hereof (as the case may
be) have been complied with; and
(8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit under clause (1) was not made by the
Company with the intent of
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defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or
others.
Section 9.5. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
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All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof in respect of
the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the
Holders of such Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no duty to invest such money or U.S. Government Obligations.
The Company and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof or the
principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 9.4 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.
Section 9.6. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.1, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof by
reason of
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any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the obligations of the Company and any Guarantor under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, if any, shall be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until such time as
the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.1 hereof; provided, however,
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that if the Company or any Guarantors have made any payment of, principal of,
premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement
of their obligations, the Company or such Guarantors, as the case may be, shall
be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment
from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
Section 9.7. Moneys Held by Paying Agent.
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In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient
moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof, to the Company (or,
if such moneys had been deposited by any Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.
Section 9.8. Moneys Held in Trust.
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Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held
by the Company or any Guarantors in trust for the payment of the principal of,
or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain
unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have
respectively become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or, if
appropriate, the Guarantors, upon Company Request, or if such moneys are then
held by the Company or any Guarantors in trust, such moneys shall be released
from such trust; and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
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Trustee or
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any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at
the expense of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, either mail to each
Noteholder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Notes
maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, or cause to be
published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the
English language, customarily published each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, New York, a notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of
such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the
Company or the Guarantors, if any, or the release of any money held in trust by
the Company or any Guarantors, as the case may be, Noteholders entitled to the
money must look only to the Company and any Guarantors for payment as general
creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
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ARTICLE 10.
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
Section 10.1. Guarantee.
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Subject to the provisions of this Article 10, each Guarantor, by
execution of the Guarantee, will jointly and severally unconditionally guarantee
to each Holder and to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, 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 premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, to the
extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other Obligations of
the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of
such Note and this Indenture, 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.
Each Guarantor, by execution of the Guarantee, will agree that its obligations
thereunder and hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of,
and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of
any such Note or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any
such Note or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to
the Company with respect thereto by the Holder of such Note or the Trustee, or
any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of a surety or such Guarantor.
Each Guarantor, by execution of the Guarantee, will waive diligence,
presentment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy
of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company,
protest or notice with respect to any such Note or the Indebtedness evidenced
thereby and all demands whatsoever, and will covenant that the Guarantee will
not be discharged as to any such Note except by
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payment in full of the principal thereof, premium if any, and interest thereon
and as provided in Section 9.1 hereof. Each Guarantor, by execution of the
Guarantee, will further agree that, as between such Guarantor, on the one
hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of
the Obligations guaranteed by the Guarantee may be accelerated as provided in
Article 6 hereof for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
Obligations guaranteed thereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such
Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee. In addition,
without limiting the foregoing provisions, upon the effectiveness of an
acceleration under Article 6 hereof, the Trustee shall promptly make a demand
for payment on the Notes under the Guarantee provided for in this Article 10
and not discharged. Failure to make such demand shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the Guarantee upon any Guarantor.
A Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
with respect to a Note unless the certificate of authentication on such Note
shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
Section 10.2. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
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A Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of a Guarantor by the manual
or facsimile signature of an Officer of such Guarantor. A guarantee need not be
affixed to a Note, and the validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall
not be affected by the fact that it is not so affixed.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on the Guarantee no
longer holds that office, such Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
Section 10.3. Limitation of Guarantee.
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The obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum
amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of
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such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees of Senior
Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made
by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations
under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under
Federal or state law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under
a Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a
pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 10.4. Release of Guarantor.
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A Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under its
Guarantee if:
(i) the Guarantor has sold all or substantially all of its assets or
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have sold all of the Capital
Stock of the Guarantor owned by them, in each case in a transaction in
compliance with Sections 4.10 and 5.1 hereof to the extent applicable; or
(ii) the Guarantor merges with or into or consolidates with, or
transfers all or substantially all of its assets to, the Company or another
Guarantor in a transaction in compliance with Section 5.1 hereof;
and in each such case, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied
with.
Section 10.5. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated to Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness.
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Each Guarantor, by execution of the Guarantee, will covenant and
agree, and each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants
and agrees, that to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this
Article 10, the Indebtedness represented by the
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Guarantee and the payment of any Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee by such
Guarantor are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment
as provided in this Article 10 to the prior indefeasible payment and
satisfaction in full in cash or, as acceptable to the holders of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, in any other manner, of all existing and
future Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
This Section 10.5 and the following Sections 10.6 through 10.11 shall
constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such
provisions, become holders of or continue to hold Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
of any Guarantor; and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of each Guarantor; and such holders are made
obligees hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.
Section 10.6. Payment Over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, etc., of a Guarantor.
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In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding,
or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to any Guarantor or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, or (b)
any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of any Guarantor, whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy
or (c) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshaling of assets or liabilities of any Guarantor, then and in any such
event:
(1) the holders of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor shall be entitled to receive payment and satisfaction in full in
cash or, as acceptable to the holders of such Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, in any other manner, of all amounts due on or in respect of
all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Notes are
entitled to receive or retain, pursuant to the Guarantee of such Guarantor,
any payment or distribution of any kind or character by such Guarantor on
account of any of its Obligations on its Guarantee; and
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(2) any payment or distribution of assets of such Guarantor of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, by set-off or
otherwise, to which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled but for
the subordination provisions of this Article 10 shall be paid by the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating
trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebted
ness of such Guarantor or their representative or representatives or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments
evidencing any of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of
such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the
extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or, as acceptable to the
holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, in any
other manner, of all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the
holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 10.6, the Trustee or the Holder of any Note shall have
received any payment or distribution of assets of such Guarantor of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including,
without limitation, by way of set-off or otherwise, in respect of any of
its Obligations on its Guarantee before all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
of such Guarantor is paid and satisfied in full in cash or such payment and
satisfaction thereof in cash is provided for, then and in such event such
payment or distribution upon written notice to the Trustee or the Holder of
such Note, as the case may be, shall be held by the Trustee or the Holder
of such Note, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the holders
of such Guarantor or Senior Indebtedness and shall be immediately paid
over or delivered forthwith to the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making payment or distribution of assets of such Guarantor
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for application to the payment of all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all of such Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or, as acceptable to the holders of
such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, any other manner, after giving effect
to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
The consolidation of a Guarantor with, or the merger of a Guarantor
with or into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of a Guarantor
following the transfer of all of its assets (as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety) to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in
Article 5 hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of
assets and liabilities of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Article 10 if
the Person formed by such consolidation or the surviving entity of such merger
or the Person which acquires by transfer such assets (as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety) shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger or
transfer comply with the conditions set forth in such Article 5 hereof.
Section 10.7. Suspension of Guarantee Obligations When Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness in Default.
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(a) Unless Section 10.6 hereof shall be applicable, after the
occurrence of a Payment Default, no payment or distribution of any assets or
securities of a Guarantor (or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary of such
Guarantor) of any kind or character (including, without limitation, cash,
property and any payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by
reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor being
subordinated to its Obligations on its Guarantee) may be made by or on behalf of
such Guarantor (or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary of such Guarantor),
including, without limitation, by way of set-off or otherwise, for or on account
of its Obligations on its Guarantee, and neither the Trustee nor any holder or
owner of any Notes shall take or receive from any Guarantor (or any Restricted
Subsidiary or Subsidiary of such Guarantor), directly or indirectly in any
manner, payment
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in respect of all or any portion of its Obligations on its Guarantee following
the delivery by the representative of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness (the "Guarantor Representative") to the Trustee of written notice
of (i) the occurrence of a Payment Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness
which constitutes Guaran tor Senior Indebtedness or (ii) the occurrence of a
Non-Payment Event of Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness which constitutes
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the acceleration of the maturity of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness in accordance with its terms, and in any such
event, such prohibition shall continue until such Payment Default is cured,
waived in writing or ceases to exist or such acceleration has been rescinded or
otherwise cured. At such time as the prohibition set forth in the preceding
sentence shall no longer be in effect, subject to the provisions of the
following paragraph (b), such Guarantor shall resume making any and all
required payments in respect of its Obligations under its Guarantee.
(b) Unless Section 10.6 hereof shall be applicable, upon the
occurrence of a Non-Payment Event of Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness
which constitutes Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor, no payment or
distribution of any assets or securities of such Guarantor of any kind or
character (including, without limitation, cash, property and any payment or
distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any
other Indebtedness of such Guarantor being subordinated to its Obligations on
its Guarantee) shall be made by such Guarantor, including, without limitation,
by way of set-off or otherwise, for or on account of any of its Obligations on
its Guarantee, and neither the Trustee nor any holder or owner of any Notes
shall take or receive from any Guarantor (or any Restricted Subsidiary or
Subsidiary of such Guarantor), directly or indirectly in any manner, payment in
respect of all or any portion of its Obligations on its Guarantee for a period
(a "Guarantee Payment Blockage Period") commencing on the date of receipt by the
Trustee of written notice from the Guarantor Representative of such Non-Payment
Event of Default, unless and until (subject to any blockage of payments that may
then be in effect under the preceding paragraph (a)) the earliest to occur of
the following events: (x) more than 179 days shall
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have elapsed since the date of receipt of such written notice by the Trustee,
(y) such Non-Payment Event of Default shall have been cured or waived in writing
or shall have ceased to exist or such Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have
been paid in full in cash and the Trustee has been so notified either by the
Guarantor Representative or such Guarantor or (z) such Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to such Guarantor
or the Trustee from the Guarantor Representative, after which, in the case of
clause (x), (y) or (z), such Guarantor shall resume making any and all required
payments in respect of its Obligations on its Guarantee, including any missed
payments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, no event of
default with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness which constitutes
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (other than a Payment Default) which existed or
was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Guarantee Payment Blockage
Period initiated by the Guarantor Representative shall be, or be made, the
basis for the commencement of a second Guarantee Payment Blockage Period
initiated by the Guarantor Representative unless such event of default shall
have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days. In
no event shall a Guarantee Payment Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days from
the date of the receipt by the Trustee of the notice referred to in this Section
10.7(b) or, in the event of a Non-Payment Event of Default which formed the
basis for a Payment Blockage Period under Section 11.3(b) hereof, 179 days from
the date of the receipt by the Trustee of the notice referred to Section 11.3(b)
(the "Initial Guarantee Blockage Period"). Any number of additional Guarantee
Payment Blockage Periods may be commenced during the Initial Guarantee Blockage
Period; provided, however, that no such additional Guarantee Payment Blockage
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Period shall extend beyond the Initial Guarantee Blockage Period. After the
expiration of the Initial Guarantee Blockage Period, no Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period may be commenced under this Section 10.7(b) and no Payment
Blockage Period may be commenced under Section 11.3(b) hereof until at least 180
consecutive days have elapsed from the last day of the Initial Guarantee
Blockage Period.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee or
the Holder of any Note shall
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have received any payment from a Guarantor prohibited by the foregoing
provisions of this Section 10.7, then and in such event such payment shall be
paid over and delivered forthwith to the Guarantor Representative initiating
the Guarantee Payment Blockage Period, in trust for distribution to the holders
of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or, if no amounts are then due in respect of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, promptly returned to the Guarantor, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 10.8. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness.
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Upon the payment in full of all amounts payable under or in respect of
all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, the Holders shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities of such
Guarantor made on such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness until all amounts due to be
paid under the Guarantee shall be paid in full. For the purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which Holders of the Notes
or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 10,
and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 to holders of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as
among each Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment or
distribution by such Guarantor to or on account of such Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness.
If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would otherwise
have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article 10 shall have been
applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, to the payment of all
amounts payable under Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case, the
Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by
such holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient
to indefeasibly pay all amounts payable under or in respect
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of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in full in cash.
Section 10.9. Guarantee Subordination Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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The subordination provisions of this Article 10 are and are intended
solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Notes on the one hand and the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness on the
other hand. Nothing contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture
or in the Notes is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among each Guarantor,
its creditors other than holders of its Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the
Holders of the Notes, the obligation of such Guarantor, which is absolute and
unconditional, to make payments to the Holders in respect of its Obligations on
its Guarantee in accordance with its terms; or (b) affect the relative rights
against such Guarantor of the Holders of the Notes and creditors of such
Guarantor other than the holders of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness; or (c)
prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Note from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon a Default or an Event of Default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 10 of
the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (1) in any insolvency or bankruptcy
case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, arrangement,
reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith or
any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up, or any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or other marshaling of assets and liabilities referred to
in Section 10.6 hereof, to receive, pursuant to and in accordance with such
Section, cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the
Trustee or such Holder, or (2) under the conditions specified in Section 10.7
hereof, to prevent any payment prohibited by such Section or enforce their
rights pursuant to Section 10.7(c) hereof.
The failure by any Guarantor to make a payment in respect of its
obligations on its Guarantee by reason of any provision of this Article 10 shall
not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of
Default hereunder.
Section 10.10. Application of Certain
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Article 11 Provisions.
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The provisions of Sections 11.4, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10, 11.12 and
11.13 hereof shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to each Guarantor and their
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respective holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the rights, duties and
obligations set forth therein shall govern the rights, duties and obligations of
each Guarantor, the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, the Holders and
the Trustee with respect to the Guarantee and all references therein to Article
11 hereof shall mean this Article 10.
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee as a Holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights.
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The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article 10 with respect to any Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture
shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this
Article 10 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
ARTICLE 11.
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
Section 11.1. Notes Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
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The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Notes, by its
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article 11, the Indebtedness
represented by the Notes and the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Notes are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in
right of payment as provided in this Article 11 to the prior indefeasible
payment and satisfaction in full in cash or, as acceptable to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of all existing and future
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Senior Indebtedness.
This Article 11 shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons
who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of or continue to hold
Senior Indebtedness; and such provisions are made for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness; and such holders are made obligees hereunder and
they or each of them may enforce such provisions.
Section 11.2. Payment Over of Proceeds upon
Dissolution, etc.
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In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding,
or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors,
as such, or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary or (b) any
liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary
or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of
assets or liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event:
(1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment and satisfaction in full in cash or, as acceptable to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of all amounts due on or in
respect of all Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Notes are
entitled to receive or retain any payment or distribution of any kind or
character on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes; and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, by set-off or
otherwise, to which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled but for
the provisions of this Article 11 shall be paid by the liquidating trustee
or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, whether a
trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise,
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees
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under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the
aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior Indebtedness
held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in
full in cash or, as acceptable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, in
any other manner, of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving
effect to any con current payment or distribution, or provision therefor,
to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 11.2, the Trustee or the Holder of any Note shall have received
any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, including, without
limitation, by way of set-off or otherwise, in respect of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes before all Senior Indebtedness
is paid and satisfied in full in cash or such payment and satisfaction
thereof in cash is provided for, then and in such event such payment or
distribution upon written notice to the Trustee or the Holder of such Note,
as the case may be, shall be held by the Trustee or the Holder of such
Note, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness and shall be immediately paid over or delivered
forthwith to the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making
payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the
payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent
necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or, as acceptable
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any other manner, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor,
to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company
with or into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following the transfer of all its assets (as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety) to another Person upon the terms
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and conditions set forth in Article 5 hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of
creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the
purposes of this Article 11 if the Person formed by such consolidation or the
surviving entity of such merger or the Person which acquires by transfer such
assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety) shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger or transfer, comply with the conditions set forth in such
Article 5 hereof.
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Section 11.3. Suspension of Payment When Senior
Indebtedness in Default.
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(a) Unless Section 11.2 hereof shall be applicable, after the
occurrence of a Payment Default no payment or distribution of any assets or
securities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any kind or character
(including, without limitation, cash, property and any payment or distribution
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other
Indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Notes by
the Company) may be made by or on behalf of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, including, without limitation, by way of set-off or otherwise, for
or on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, or for
or on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of
the Notes, and neither the Trustee nor any holder or owner of any Notes shall
take or receive from the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly in any manner, payment in respect of all or any portion of Notes
following the delivery by the representative of the holders of Designated Senior
Indebtedness (the "Representative") to the Trustee of written notice of (i) the
occurrence of a Payment Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness or (ii) the
occurrence of a Non-Payment Event of Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness
and the acceleration of the maturity of Designated Senior Indebtedness in
accordance with its terms, and in any such event, such prohibition shall
continue until such Payment Default is cured, waived in writing or ceases to
exist or such acceleration has been rescinded or otherwise cured; provided that
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nothing in this sentence shall be deemed to affect the right of the Holders to
receive solely from the funds deposited in trust pursuant to clause (1) of
Section 9.4 hereof prior to the date of such Payment Default and as more fully
set forth in such Section payments or distributions in respect of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in connection with any Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. At such time as the prohibition set forth in
the preceding sentence shall no longer be in effect, subject to the provisions
of the following paragraph (b), the Company shall resume making any and all
required payments in respect of the Notes, including any missed payments.
(b) Unless Section ll.2 hereof shall be applicable, upon the
occurrence of a Non-Payment Event of
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Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness, no payment or distribution of any
assets or securities of the Company of any kind or character (including, without
limitation, cash, property and any payment or distribution which may be payable
or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company
being subordinated to the payment of the Notes by the Company) shall be made by
or on behalf of the Company, including, without limitation, by way of set-off
or otherwise, for or on account of any principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes or for or on account of the purchase, redemption,
defeasance or other acquisition of Notes, and neither the Trustee nor any holder
or owner of any Notes shall take or receive from the Company, directly or
indirectly in any manner, payment in respect of all or any portion of the Notes,
for a period (a "Payment Blockage Period") commencing on the date of receipt by
the Trustee of written notice from the Representative of such Non-Payment Event
of Default unless and until (subject to any blockage of payments that may then
be in effect under the preceding paragraph (a)) the earliest to occur of the
following events: (x) more than 179 days shall have elapsed since the date of
receipt of such written notice by the Trustee, (y) such Non-Payment Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist
or such Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash and
the Trustee has been so notified by either the Representative or the Company or
(z) such Payment Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to
the Company or the Trustee from the Representative, after which, in the case of
clause (x), (y) or (z), the Company shall resume making any and all required
payments in respect of the Notes, including any missed payments. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, no event of default with respect to
Designated Senior Indebtedness (other than a Payment Default) which existed or
was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period
initiated by the Representative shall be, or be made, the basis for the
commencement of a second Payment Blockage Period initiated by the Representative
unless such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not
less than 90 consecutive days. In no event shall a Payment Blockage Period
extend beyond 179 days from the date of the receipt by the Trustee of the notice
referred to in this Section 11.3(b)
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(the "Initial Blockage Period"). Any number of additional Payment Blockage
Periods may be commenced during the Initial Blockage Period; provided, however,
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that no such additional Payment Blockage Period shall extend beyond the Initial
Blockage Period. After the expiration of the Initial Blockage Period, no Payment
Blockage Period may be commenced under this Section 11.3(b) and no Guarantee
Payment Blockage Period may be commenced under Section 10.7(b) hereof until at
least 180 consecutive days have elapsed from the last day of the Initial
Blockage Period.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee or
the Holder of any Note shall have received any payment prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section 11.3, then and in such event such payment
shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Representative initiating the
Payment Blockage Period, in trust for distribution to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or, if no amounts are then due in respect of Senior Indebtedness,
promptly returned to the Company, or otherwise as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 11.4. Trustee's Relation to Senior
Indebtedness.
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With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article 11, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee shall
not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall mistakenly pay
over or deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person moneys or assets to
which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article 11 or otherwise.
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Section 11.5. Subrogation to Rights of Holders
of Senior Indebtedness.
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Upon the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of
the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and
securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full. For purposes
of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the
Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article
11, and no payments pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11 to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as
among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and
the Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.
If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would otherwise
have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article 11 shall have been
applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, to the payment of all
amounts payable under the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, then and in such
case the Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by
such holders of such Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to
indefeasibly pay all amounts payable under or in respect of such Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash.
Section 11.6. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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The provisions of this Article 11 are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes on the one
hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is
intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than
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holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the
Notes the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes as and when
the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or (b)
affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Notes
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
(c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Note from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon a Default or an Event of Default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 11 of
the holders of Senior Indebtedness (1) in any insolvency or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, arrangement, reorganization or
other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, or any liquidation,
dissolution or other winding-up, or any assignment for the benefit of creditors
or other marshaling of assets and liabilities referred to in Section 11.2
hereof, to receive, pursuant to and in accordance with such Section, cash,
property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such
Holder, or (2) under the conditions specified in Section 11.3, to prevent any
payment prohibited by such Section or enforce their rights pursuant to Section
11.3(c) hereof.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes by reason of any provision of this Article 11
shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of
Default hereunder.
Section 11.7. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
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Each Holder of a Note by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes, including, in the
event of any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership proceedings, or
otherwise, the timely filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of the
indebtedness of the Company owing to such Holder in the form required in such
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proceedings and the causing of such claim to be approved. If the Trustee does
not file such a claim prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such a claim, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, or any Representative, may
file such a claim on behalf of Holders of the Notes.
Section 11.8. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants
of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have
or be otherwise charged with.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section
11.8, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes,
without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 11 or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (1) change the manner, place
or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior
Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same (or any agreement under which
Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (2) sell, exchange, release or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior
Indebtedness; (3) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection or
payment of Senior Indebtedness; and (4) exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights against the Company and any other Person; provided, however, that in no
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event shall any such actions limit the right of the Holders of the Notes to take
any action to accelerate the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Article 6 hereof
or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable laws if the
taking of such action does not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture.
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Section 11.9. Notice to Trustee.
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(a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in respect of the Notes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee
in respect of the Notes, unless and until the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or
from any trustee, fiduciary or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any
such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section
11.9, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1 hereof, the Trustee shall
be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice to the Trustee and
the Company by a Person representing itself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee, fiduciary or agent therefor) to establish that such
notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee,
fiduciary or agent therefor); provided, however, that failure to give such
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notice to the Company shall not affect in any way the ability of the Trustee to
rely on such notice. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith
that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a
holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution
pursuant to this Article 11, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish
evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of
Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 11, and if such
evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment.
Section 11.10. Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article 11, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1
hereof, and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency,
bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding-up
or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit
of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof
or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 11.
Section 11.11. Rights of Trustee as a Holder of
Senior Indebtedness; Preservation
of Trustee's Rights.
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The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article 11 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of
Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of
any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 11 shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
Section 11.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article 11 shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article 11 in addition to or in place of the Trustee.
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Section 11.13. No Suspension of Remedies.
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Nothing contained in this Article 11 shall limit the right of the
Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the maturity of
the Notes pursuant to Article 6 or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or
under applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 11 of
the holders, from time to time, of Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 12.
SECURITY
Section 12.1. Pledge Agreement.
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Each Holder, by accepting any Notes, agrees to all of the terms and
provisions of the Pledge Agreement as the same may be in effect or may be
amended from time to time and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent under
the Pledge Agreement to act as secured party with respect thereto. The due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when and as the
same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity,
by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal and interest, if any, of the Notes and payment and performance of all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this
Indenture and the Notes, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall,
subject to the prior Liens described therein, be secured as provided in the
Pledge Agreement. The security interest in the Collateral of the Holders of the
Notes shall be junior in priority to such security interest in the Collateral
securing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) and the 1996 Notes (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), and any
renewals, extensions, replacements, refundings, refinancings and restructurings
thereof, and amendments, modifications and supplements thereto and any other
Senior Indebtedness that may have a lien on the Collateral.
Section 12.2. Certificates and Opinions.
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The Company shall cause (a) TIA (S) 314(b), relating to an Opinion of
Counsel regarding the lien of the Pledge Agreement and (b), TIA (S) 314(d),
relating to an Officers' Certificate or other documents regarding the fair value
of the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), to be complied with to
the extent applicable. Any determinations regarding fair value shall be made by
an independent appraiser or other expert.
Section 12.3. Authorization of Actions to Be
Taken by the Collateral Agent Under
the Pledge Agreement.
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The Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in its sole
discretion and without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, take all actions
it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (a) enforce or effect the Pledge
Agreement and (b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of
the obligations of the Company hereunder as provided therein. Such actions
shall include, but not be limited to, advis ing, instructing or otherwise
directing any agent ap pointed by it in connection with enforcing or effecting
any term or provision of the Pledge Agreement. Subject to the provisions of the
Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to
maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any
impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation
of the Pledge Agreement, and such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent
may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of any
parties secured by the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain
suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any
legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with,
such enactment, rule or order would impair the security under the Pledge
Agreement or be prejudicial to the interests of any parties secured by the
Collateral or of the Collateral Agent).
Section 12.4. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by
the Trustee Under the Pledge Agreement.
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The Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver
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the Pledge Agreement, receive any funds for the benefit of Holders
distributed under the Pledge Agreement, to make further distributions of such
funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture, and
otherwise take or refrain from taking any action permitted or required to be
taken or refrained from taking by the Trustee, in its capacity as such, pursuant
to the provisions of the Pledge Agreement. In receiving any such funds or
otherwise taking or refraining from taking any such action, the Trustee shall be
deemed to be acting pursuant to this Indenture and shall have the benefit of all
of the protections, limitations on liability and exculpations afforded to it as
Trustee under this Indenture.
Section 12.5. Termination of Security Interest.
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Upon the payment in full of all obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Notes, or in the event of an earlier termination of the Pledge
Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof, the Trustee shall, at the request of
the Company together with an Officers' Certificate to such effect, deliver
notification to the Collateral Agent that such obligations have been paid in
full or, if the Collateral Agent is not the pledgee, send a certificate executed
by a Trust Officer to such pledgee, stating that such obligations have been paid
in full.
ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
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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 required provision shall control.
Section 13.2. Notices.
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Any notice or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in
person, sent by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by
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first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
Pierce Leahy Corp.
631 Park Avenue
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Fax Number: 610-992-8394
Copy to:
Cozen and O'Connor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Attention: Richard J. Busis, Esq.
Fax Number: 215-665-2013
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street - 21W
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Fax Number: (212) 815-5915
Such notices or communications shall be effective when received and
shall be sufficiently given if so given within the time prescribed in this
Indenture.
The Company, any Guarantors or the Trustee by written notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to
him by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register
kept by the Registrar. If a notice or communication to a Noteholder is mailed
in the manner provided above, it shall be deemed duly given on the date so
deposited in the mail, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required
by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
Section 13.3. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
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Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312 (b) with other
Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA (S) 312(c).
Section 13.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent.
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Upon any request or application by the Company or any Guarantor to the
Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 13.5 below) 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 (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 13.5 below) 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.
Section 13.5. Statements Required in Certificate
and Opinion.
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Each certificate and opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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(1) a statement that the Person 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 Person, it or he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or 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 Person,
such covenant or condition has been complied with.
Section 13.6. When Treasury Notes Disregarded.
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In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Notes or by any
Affiliate of any of them shall be disregarded as though they were not
outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, a
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of any of them.
Section 13.7. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
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The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of
Noteholders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
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Section 13.8. Business Days; Legal Holidays.
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A "Business Day" is a day that is not a Legal Holiday. A "Legal
Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday, a federally-recognized holiday or a day on
which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made
at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 13.9. Governing Law.
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THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.
Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements.
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This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan,
security or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such
indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 13.11. No Recourse Against Others.
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No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Notes, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture, or in any of the Notes, or because of the creation of
any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any shareholder,
officer, director, partner, affiliate, beneficiary or employee, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation or against
the property or assets of any such shareholder, officer, employee, partner,
affiliate, beneficiary or
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director, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor, or any
successor corporation thereof, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or
rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise;
it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the Notes are solely
obligations of the Company and any Guarantors, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, any
shareholder, officer, employee, partner, affiliate, beneficiary or director of
the Company or any Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of
the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or the
Notes or implied therefrom, and that any and all such personal liability of, and
any and all claims against every shareholder, officer, employee, partner,
affiliate, beneficiary and director, are hereby expressly waived and released as
a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of the Notes. It is understood that this limitation on recourse is
made expressly for the benefit of any such shareholder, employee, officer,
partner, affiliate, beneficiary or director and may be enforced by any one or
all of them.
Section 13.12. Successors.
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All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture
and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this Indenture shall
bind its successor.
Section 13.13. Multiple Counterparts.
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The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each
signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together
represent one and the same agreement.
Section 13.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall
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in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.15. Separability.
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Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if
for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the
basic purpose of this Indenture or 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and the Company's corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested,
all as of the date and year first written above.
PIERCE LEAHY CORP.
By: /s/ Joseph P. Linaugh
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Name: Joseph P. Linaugh
Title: Vice President, Treasurer
ATTEST:
/s/ Michael Pierce
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Name: Michael Pierce
Title: Secretary
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Lucille Firrincieli
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Name: Lucielle Firrincieli
Title: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
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(FACE OF NOTE)
[FORM OF NOTE]
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CUSIP 720722 AC1
Number
PIERCE LEAHY CORP.
9% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2007
Pierce Leahy Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company", which
term includes any successor corporation) for value received promises to pay to
_______________ or registered assigns the principal sum of ______________
Dollars, on July 15, 2007.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15,
1998
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
PIERCE LEAHY CORP.
By:
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By:
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[SEAL]
Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007 referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture
Dated:
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE SIDE)
PIERCE LEAHY CORP.
9 1/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2007
I. INTEREST.
Pierce Leahy Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note semiannually on
January 15 and July 15 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"),
commencing on January 15, 1998, at the rate of 9% per annum. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest on
the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of the original issuance of the
Notes.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and on overdue
premium, if any, and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate equal
to 1% per annum in excess of the rate borne by the Notes.
II. METHOD OF PAYMENT.
The Company will pay interest on this Note provided for in Paragraph I
above (except defaulted interest) to the person who is the registered Holder of
this Note at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 preceding the
Interest Payment Date (whether or not such day is a Business Day). The Holder
must surrender this Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United
States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; provided, however, that the Company may pay principal, premium,
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if any, and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest
check to the Holder's registered address.
III. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the
"Trustee"), will act as Paying
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Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to the Holders of the Notes. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates may act as Paying Agent but may act as registrar or
co-registrar.
IV. INDENTURE; RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
The Company issued this Note under an Indenture dated as of July 7,
1997 (the "Indenture") by and between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of
this Note include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S)
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Note is subject
to all such terms, and the Holder of this Note is referred to the Indenture and
said Trust Indenture Act for a statement of them. All capitalized terms in
this Note, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings assigned to them by the
Indenture.
The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to
$120,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Indenture imposes certain
restrictions on, among other things, the incurrence of indebtedness, the
incurrence of liens and the issuance of preferred stock by the Company and its
subsidiaries, mergers and sale of assets, the payments of dividends on, or the
repurchase of, capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries, certain other
restricted payments by the Company and it subsidiaries, certain transactions
with, and investments in, its affiliates, certain sale and lease-back
transactions and a provision regarding change-of-control transactions. The
restrictions are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
V. SUBORDINATION.
The Indebtedness represented by the Notes is, to the extent and in the
manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated in right of payment to the prior
indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all existing and future
Senior Indebtedness as defined in the Indenture, and this Note is issued subject
to such provisions. Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees
to and shall be bound by such provisions,
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(b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf of such Holder, to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of
such Holder for such purpose; provided, however, that the Indebtedness evidenced
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by this Note shall cease to be so subordinate and subject in right of payment
upon any defeasance of this Note referred to in Paragraph XVII below.
VI. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part,
at any time on or after July 15, 2002 at the redemption prices set forth in
Section 3.7 of the Indenture, together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid
interest to the redemption date.
In addition, the Company, at its option, may redeem Notes out of the
Net Proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings at the redemption price, in
the amount and under the terms set forth in the Indenture.
VII. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption will be mailed via first class mail at least 30
days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date to each Holder of
Notes to be redeemed at its registered address as it shall appear on the
register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar. On and after any Redemption
Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption unless the Company shall fail to redeem any such Note.
VIII. OFFERS TO PURCHASE.
The Indenture requires that certain proceeds from Asset Sales be used,
subject to further limitations contained therein, to make an offer to purchase
certain amounts of Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. The Company is also required to make an offer to purchase Notes upon
occurrence of a Change of Control in accordance with procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
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IX. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or
exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Note
selected for redemption for a period of 15 days before the day of mailing of the
notice of redemption of any such Notes to be redeemed or any Note after it is
called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note being redeemed in part.
X. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it
for all purposes.
XI. UNCLAIMED MONEY.
If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest on any Note
remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money
back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to money must
look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an "abandoned
property" law designates another person.
XII. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be
modified, amended or supplemented by the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding and any existing default or compliance with
any provision may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Without the consent of Holders, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the
Trustee may amend the
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Indenture or the Notes or supplement the Indenture for certain specified
purposes including providing for uncertificated Notes in addition to
certificated Notes, and curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or making
any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any
Holder.
XIII. SUCCESSOR ENTITY.
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and immediately before and
thereafter no Default exists and certain other conditions are satisfied, the
predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.
XIV. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.1(6) or (7) of the
Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Company
and the Trustee, may declare to be immediately due and payable the entire
principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding plus accrued but unpaid
interest to the date of acceleration and (i) such amounts shall become
immediately due and payable or (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding under
or in respect of the Credit Facility, such amounts shall become due and payable
upon the first to occur of an acceleration of amounts outstanding under or in
respect of the Credit Facility or five Business Days after receipt by the
Company and the Representative of notice of the acceleration of the Notes;
provided, however, that after such acceleration but before judgment or decree
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based on such acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and
annul such acceleration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default,
other than the nonpayment of principal, premium or interest that has become due
solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived and if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree. No such rescission
shall affect any
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subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. In case
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) of the Indenture with
respect to the Company occurs, such, principal amount, together with premium,
if any, and interest with respect to all of the Notes, shall be due and payable
immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any
continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any,
or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests.
XV. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the
Company, any Guarantor or their Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company, any Guarantor or their Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
XVI. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
As more fully described in the Indenture, a director, officer,
employee, partner, affiliate, beneficiary or shareholder, as such, of the
Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of
the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. The
Holder of this Note by accepting this Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration or the issuance
of this Note.
XVII. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of the entire
indebtedness on this Note and for defeasance of certain covenants in the
Indenture upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.
XVIII. ABBREVIATIONS.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name
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of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common),
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
XIX. CUSIP NUMBERS.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of the Notes. 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.
XX. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO: PIERCE
LEAHY CORP., 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer.
XXI. AUTHENTICATION.
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the
Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
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(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint:
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Agent 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 other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:__________________________________________________________
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.19 of the Indenture, check the
appropriate box:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.19
If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.19 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased:
$__________________
(multiple of $1,000)
Date:______________
Your Signature:_______________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
___________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTES
Any Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A
DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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FORM OF GUARANTEE
The undersigned (the "Guarantor") hereby unconditionally guarantees,
on a senior subordinated basis, jointly and severally with all other guarantors
under the Indenture dated as of July 7, 1997 by and between Pierce Leahy Corp.,
a Pennsylvania corporation, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (as amended,
restated or supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture"), to the extent set
forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, (a) the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes, whether
at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of
interest on overdue principal, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest,
and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to
the Noteholders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in
Article 10 of the Indenture, and (b) in 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, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of the Guarantor to the Noteholders and to the Trustee
pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article
10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the
precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee.
Guarantor:
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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