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EXHIBIT 4.1
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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
10 3/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
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INDENTURE
Dated as of June 29, 2001
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FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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310(a)(1)......................................................................................7.10
(a)(2)......................................................................................7.10
(a)(3)......................................................................................N.A.
(a)(4)......................................................................................N.A.
(a)(5)......................................................................................7.10
(b).........................................................................................7.10
(c).........................................................................................N.A.
311(a).........................................................................................7.11
(b).........................................................................................7.11
(c).........................................................................................N.A.
312(a).........................................................................................2.06
(b).........................................................................................13.03
(c).........................................................................................13.03
313(a).........................................................................................7.06, 13.03
(b)(1)......................................................................................N.A.
(b)(2)......................................................................................7.06, 7.07
(c).........................................................................................7.06, 13.02
(d).........................................................................................7.06
314(a).........................................................................................7.06, 13.05
(b).........................................................................................N.A.
(c)(1)......................................................................................N.A.
(c)(2)......................................................................................N.A.
(c)(3)......................................................................................N.A.
(d).........................................................................................N.A.
(e).........................................................................................13.05
(f).........................................................................................N.A.
315(a).........................................................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................................................N.A.
(d).........................................................................................N.A.
(e).........................................................................................N.A.
316(a) (last sentence).........................................................................N.A.
(a)(1)(A)...................................................................................N.A.
(a)(1)(B)...................................................................................N.A.
(a)(2)......................................................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................................................13.13
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N.A. means not applicable.
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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317(a)(1)......................................................................................N.A.
(a)(2)......................................................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................................................N.A.
318(a).........................................................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................................................13.01
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE ..........................................................................................i
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions...............................................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions........................................................................18
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act........................................19
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction....................................................................20
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating..........................................................................20
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.............................................................21
Section 2.03 Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes...............................................22
Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent...............................................................22
Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust......................................................22
Section 2.06 Holder Lists.............................................................................23
Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange....................................................................23
Section 2.08 Replacement Notes........................................................................36
Section 2.09 Outstanding Notes........................................................................36
Section 2.10 Treasury Notes...........................................................................37
Section 2.11 Temporary Notes..........................................................................37
Section 2.12 Cancellation.............................................................................37
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.......................................................................37
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers............................................................................38
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT;
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.......................................................................38
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed........................................................38
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.....................................................................38
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption...........................................................39
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price..............................................................39
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part...................................................................40
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption......................................................................40
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.....................................................................41
Section 3.09 Repurchase Offers........................................................................41
Section 3.10 Application of Trust Money...............................................................43
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.........................................................................43
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................................43
Section 4.03 Reports..................................................................................44
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate...................................................................45
Section 4.05 Taxes....................................................................................45
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...........................................................45
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments......................................................................46
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries................48
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock...............................50
Section 4.10 Asset Sales..............................................................................52
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.............................................................53
Section 4.12 Liens....................................................................................55
Section 4.13 Business Activities......................................................................55
Section 4.14 Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt...................................................55
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control.............................................55
Section 4.16 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries.........56
Section 4.17 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries..................................57
Section 4.18 Payments for Consent.....................................................................57
Section 4.19 Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness...................................57
Section 4.20 Sale and Leaseback Transactions..........................................................58
Section 4.21 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.........................................................58
Section 4.22 Restriction on Transfer of Assets to Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries..........................58
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger Consolidation or Sale of Assets...................................................59
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default........................................................................60
Section 6.02 Acceleration.............................................................................61
Section 6.03 Other Remedies...........................................................................62
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults..................................................................62
Section 6.05 Control by Majority......................................................................62
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits......................................................................63
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment............................................63
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee...............................................................63
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................................................64
Section 6.10 Priorities...............................................................................64
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs....................................................................64
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ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee........................................................................65
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................66
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.............................................................66
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.....................................................................67
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.......................................................................67
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes...............................................67
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity...............................................................67
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee...................................................................68
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.........................................................69
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification............................................................69
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........................................69
ARTICLE EIGHT
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................................70
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge...........................................................70
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance......................................................................71
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance...............................................71
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions..........................................................................72
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.................................................................73
Section 8.07 Reinstatement............................................................................73
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes......................................................74
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.........................................................74
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act......................................................76
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents........................................................76
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.........................................................76
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc..........................................................77
ARTICLE TEN
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate.................................................................77
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.....................................................77
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt........................................................77
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Securities...............................................................78
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over......................................................78
Section 10.06 Notice by the Company....................................................................79
Section 10.07 Subrogation..............................................................................79
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Section 10.08 Relative Rights..........................................................................79
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.........................................80
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.................................................80
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.......................................................80
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination....................................................80
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee................................................................................81
Section 11.02 Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee....................................................82
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability........................................................82
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee...........................................82
Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.......................................83
Section 11.06 Releases Following Sale of Assets........................................................84
ARTICLE TWELVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge...............................................................84
Section 12.02 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions..........................................................................85
Section 12.03 Repayment to the Company.................................................................85
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.............................................................86
Section 13.02 Notices..................................................................................86
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes............................87
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.......................................87
Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion............................................87
Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents..............................................................88
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.................88
Section 13.08 Governing Law............................................................................88
Section 13.09 Consent to Jurisdiction..................................................................88
Section 13.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements............................................89
Section 13.11 Successors...............................................................................89
Section 13.12 Severability.............................................................................89
Section 13.13 Counterpart Originals....................................................................89
Section 13.14 Acts of Holders..........................................................................89
Section 13.15 Benefit of Indenture.....................................................................90
Section 13.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. .......................................................91
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A1 FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A2 FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit E FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY
SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
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INDENTURE dated as of June 29, 2001 among Stewart Enterprises,
Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Guarantors and Firstar Bank,
N.A., a national banking association, as trustee.
The Company (as defined below), the Guarantors and the Trustee
(as defined below) agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the 10 3/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
"144A GLOBAL NOTE" means a global note substantially in the
form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name
of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal
to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 144A.
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such
specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
"ADDITIONAL NOTES" means an unlimited maximum aggregate
principal amount of Notes (other than the Notes issued on the date hereof)
issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control," as used with respect to any Person, shall mean 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. For purposes of this definition, the
terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have
correlative meanings.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"ASSET SALE" means: (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of any assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance
or other disposition of all or
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substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole will be governed by Sections 4.15 and/or 5.01 hereof and not by
Section 4.10 hereof; and (2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the
Company's Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its
Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not
be deemed to be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions
that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $3
million;
(2) a transfer of assets or Equity Interests or a merger or
consolidation between or among the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary
to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts
receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business or
Foreign Cash Equivalents owned by any Restricted Subsidiary other than
a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents
owned by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or Foreign Cash
Equivalents owned by any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) the sale or other disposition of marketable securities
owned by the company or its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this
Indenture;
(7) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07
hereof; and
(8) the sale or other disposition of funds placed into escrow
accounts or trust funds for purposes of future delivery of property,
merchandise or services or care and maintenance of cemetery property,
in each case in connection with the ordinary course of business.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" in respect of a sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the
obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of
the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction, including any period
for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be
extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the
beneficial ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such "person"
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shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such
"person" has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities,
whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the
occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms "BENEFICIALLY OWNS" and
"BENEFICIALLY OWNED" shall have a corresponding meaning.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means (i) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of the corporation; (ii) with respect to a partnership,
the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (iii) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.
"BROKER-DEALER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance
sheet in accordance with GAAP.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means (i) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock; (ii) in the case of an association or a business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock; (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited); and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means: (i) United States dollars; (ii)
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having
maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition; (iii)
certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with
maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0
million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better; (iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii)
above; (v) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Services and in each case
maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and (vi) money market
funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the
kinds described in clauses (i) through (v) of this definition.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series
of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
"person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); (ii)
the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company; (iii) any "person" or "group" (as
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such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than
the Principal and his Related Parties becomes the beneficial owner (as defined
above), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the voting power of all
classes of Voting Stock of the Company; (iv) the first day on which a majority
of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing
Directors; or (v) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting
Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for
cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (A)
the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such
transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a
majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or
transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and (B)
immediately after such transaction, no "person" or "group" (as such terms are
used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Principal
and his Related Parties becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner
(as defined above) of 35% or more of the voting power of all classes of Voting
Stock of the Company.
"CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme,
Luxembourg.
"CLOSING DATE" means June 29, 2001.
"COMPANY" means Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
"CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period plus (i) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such
provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether or not paid or accrued and whether or not
capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs
and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component
of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net payments
pursuant to, and other net costs associated with, Hedging Obligations), to the
extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus (iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash
expenses that were paid in a prior period) and all other non-cash expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents (i) an
accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or (ii)
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period (except
for amortization representing prearranged or preneed acquisition costs)) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus (iv) non-cash items increasing
such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue
consistent with past practice, in each case, on a consolidated basis and
determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or
profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses
of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that
a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be
dividend to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental
approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect
restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements,
instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental
regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified
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 that (i) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is
not a Restricted Subsidiary including any Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; (ii) the Net Income of any Restricted
Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net
Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; (iii) the Net Income of any Person
acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date
of such acquisition shall be excluded; and (iv) the cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principles shall be excluded.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, with respect to any specified
Person as of any date, the sum of (i) the consolidated equity of the common
stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of
such date; plus (ii) the respective amounts reported on such Person's balance
sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of
dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net
earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the
extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred
stock.
"CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who: (i) was a member of
such Board of Directors on the date hereof; or (ii) was nominated for election
or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE" shall be at the
address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address
as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated
as of June 29, 2001, by and among the Company, the PR Borrowers (as defined
therein), the guarantor subsidiaries named therein, Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent, and the other
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Lenders named therein providing for up to $550 million in borrowings, including
any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified,
renewed, refunded, rearranged, replaced and/or refinanced from time to time.
"CREDIT FACILITIES" means one or more debt facilities
(including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper
facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the
sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to
borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each
case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, rearranged, replaced
and/or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
"CUSTODIAN" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not
bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT" means: (i) any Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement; and (ii) any other Senior Debt permitted
under this Indenture the principal amount of which is $50.0 million or more and
that has been designated by the Company as "Designated Senior Debt."
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means any Capital Stock that, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year
after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase
such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale
shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock
pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with
Section 4.07.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary that was
formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia.
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"EQUITY INTERESTS" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer
in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS" means the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date hereof.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: (i) the consolidated interest
expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether
paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and
net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations; plus (ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus (iii) any
interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee
or Lien is called upon; plus (iv) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid
or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than
dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and
local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case,
on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
"FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In
the event that the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness or issues,
repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the
period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or
prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
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"CALCULATION DATE"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment,
repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions and dispositions that have been made by the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including
through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions and application of the proceeds therefrom, during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period
and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect
as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference
period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be
calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under
the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (iii) of the
proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded;
and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations,
as determined in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded, but only to
the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges shall
not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries
following the Calculation Date.
"FOREIGN CASH EQUIVALENTS" means: (i) the official currency of
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom; (ii) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the government of any of Australia, Belgium,
Canada (including any province thereof), France, Germany, Mexico, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain or the United Kingdom or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (provided that the full faith and credit
of the relevant jurisdiction is pledged in support thereof), and in each case
having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;
(iii) certificates of deposit, time deposits and money market deposits with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank
deposits, in each case with any commercial bank or trust company organized in a
country listed in clause (i) above and having capital and surplus in excess of
$500.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent); (iv) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above; (v)
money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash
Equivalents or Foreign Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i)
through (iv) of this definition; and (vi) other securities owned by the
Company's Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries,
on the date hereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified
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Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entities as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in
effect on the Issue Date.
"GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section
2.07(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under
this Indenture.
"GLOBAL NOTES" means, individually and collectively, each of
the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 hereto, as appropriate, issued in accordance with
Section 2.01, 2.07(b)(iv), 2.07(d)(ii) or 2.07(f) of this Indenture.
"GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" means securities that are (a) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (b) 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 Company, and shall also include
a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as a 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. However, except as required by law, such 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 the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the U.S. Government obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"GUARANTEE" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct
or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"GUARANTORS" means (i) each direct or indirect Domestic
Subsidiary of the Company, excluding Investors Trust, Inc., SEI-DELFL, Inc.,
SEI-DELLA, Inc., SEI DELTX, Inc., West Lawn Cemetery and The Lincoln Memorial
Park Cemetery Association and immaterial subsidiaries which are prohibited by
law from guaranteeing the Notes; and (ii) any other subsidiary that executes a
Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions hereof; and their
respective successors and assigns.
"HEDGING OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements,
interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates or currency exchange rates.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any specified Person,
any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of
borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by
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bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); (iii) in respect of bankers'
acceptances; (iv) representing Capital Lease Obligations; (v) in respect of the
balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any
such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or (vi)
representing any Hedging Obligations; if and to the extent any of the preceding
items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP. In addition, the term "Indebtedness" includes (a) all Indebtedness of
others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not
such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person); provided that, where the
specified Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for such
Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the fair market value
(and where such fair market value is in excess of $10.0 million, such value
shall be determined by the Board of Directors) of the asset securing such
Indebtedness at the date of determination, and (b) to the extent not otherwise
included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other
Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date
shall be: (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount; and (ii) the principal amount thereof, together
with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any
other Indebtedness.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"INDIRECT PARTICIPANT" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
"INITIAL PURCHASERS" means the initial purchasers listed on
Schedule B of the Purchase Agreement dated June 19, 2001.
"INVESTMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or
indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or
capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and other advances and loans
to officers and employees made consistent with past practices), purchases or
other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is
no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to
have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the
fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold
or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of
Section 4.07. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed
to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third
Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the
acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the
final paragraph of Section 4.07.
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"ISSUE DATE" means the date on which the initial $300.0
million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes were originally issued under
this Indenture.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of payment are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 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 on such payment for the intervening period.
"LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL" means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such
Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction.
"LIQUIDATED DAMAGES" means all liquidated damages then owing
pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Service and any successor
thereof.
"NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before
any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however: (i)
any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or
loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale (without taking into
account clause (i) of the second paragraph of such definition) or any write-down
resulting from the adoption by the Board of Directors of the specified Person of
a plan for any such Asset Sale; or (b) the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) any extraordinary gain
or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary
gain or loss; and (iii) any loss related to the Company or one or more of its
Restricted Subsidiaries relieving some individuals with whom the Company or such
Subsidiary has entered into noncompetition agreements from the obligation not to
compete, as described in the Offering Memorandum, in an amount not to exceed $20
million.
"NET PROCEEDS" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
(i) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof, in each case, after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (ii) amounts required to
be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or
assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and (iii) any reserve for (1)
adjustment in
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respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP and (2) any indemnification obligations associated with such transactions.
"NON-RECOURSE DEBT" means Indebtedness: (i) as to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; (ii) no default with
respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice,
lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the
Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default
on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or
payable prior to its stated maturity; and (iii) as to which the lenders have
been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"NOTES" means the 10 3/4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
of the Company issued on the date hereof and the Exchange Notes. The Notes and
the Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all
purposes under this Indenture.
"OBLIGATIONS" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFERING" means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
"OFFERING MEMORANDUM" means the offering memorandum of the
Company for the offering of the Notes, dated June 19, 2001.
"OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed on behalf
of the Company by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or
the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 13.05 hereof.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means an opinion from legal counsel who
is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
13.05 hereof; provided, however, that such legal counsel shall not be an
employee of, or internal counsel to, the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries.
"OWNERSHIP INTEREST" means, with respect to any Person,
Capital Stock of such Person or any interest which carries the right to elect or
appoint any member of the Board of Directors or other executive officer of such
Person.
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"PARTICIPANT" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear
or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"PERMITTED BUSINESS" means any business conducted or proposed
to be conducted (as described in the Offering Memorandum) by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof and other businesses, including those
conducting financing and insurance operations reasonably related or ancillary
thereto.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means (i) any Investment in the
Company or in a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) any
Investment in Cash Equivalents; (iii) any Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such
Investment: (a) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, or (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 Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (iv)
any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10; (v)
any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; (vi) Hedging
Obligations; (vii) other Investments in any Person or Persons having an
aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together
with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) since the date
hereof, not to exceed $25 million; (viii) receivables owing to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of
business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionaire trade
terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under
the circumstances; (ix) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement
of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments; (x) investments
existing as of the date hereof; (xi) funds placed into escrow accounts or trust
funds for purposes of future delivery of property, merchandise or services or
care and maintenance of cemetery property, all in connection with the ordinary
course of business; and (xii) any investment by a Restricted Subsidiary, other
than a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, in Foreign Cash Equivalents.
"PERMITTED JUNIOR SECURITIES" means: (i) Equity Interests in
the Company or any Guarantor; or (ii) debt securities or rights to acquire debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt securities
issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a
greater extent than, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are subordinated to
Senior Debt under this Indenture.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means: (i) Liens on the assets of the
Company and any Guarantor securing Senior Debt that was permitted by the terms
of this Indenture to be incurred; (ii) Liens in favor of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time
such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence
prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to
any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
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(iv) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Liens
were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not
extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiary; (v) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09
covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness; (vi) Liens existing on
the date hereof; and (vii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.
"PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the
net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, rearrange, renew, replace,
defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that (i) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted
value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount
of any reasonably determined premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing
and such reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith); (ii) such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; (iii) if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded
is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of,
and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as
favorable in all material respects to the Holders of Notes as those contained in
the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and (iv) such indebtedness is incurred
either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.
"PRINCIPAL" means Frank B. Stewart, Jr.
"PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"PUERTO RICAN RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any wholly-owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is formed under the laws of Puerto
Rico and conducts a Permitted Business solely in Puerto Rico.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.
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"QUALIFIED EQUITY OFFERING" means (a) an offer and sale of
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company pursuant to a
registration statement that has been declared effective by the SEC pursuant to
the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise
relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the
Company) or (b) any sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company so long as, at the time of consummation
of such sale, the Company has a class of common equity securities registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) under the Exchange Act.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2001, by and among the Company and the other
parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act.
"REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE" means a Regulation S Temporary
Global Note or a Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent Global
Note in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.
"REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE" means a temporary Global
Note in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend, the
Private Placement Legend and the Temporary Regulation S Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at
maturity of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
"RELATED PARTY" means (i) any family member of any Principal;
or (ii) any trust, the beneficiary, owner or Person beneficially holding an 80%
or more controlling interest of which consists of the Principal and/or such
other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i).
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or
any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing 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 whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a Definitive Note bearing
the Private Placement Legend.
"RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
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"RESTRICTED INVESTMENT" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
"RESTRICTED PERIOD" means the 40-day restricted period as
defined in Regulation S.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means any Subsidiary of
the referred Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SENIOR DEBT" means: (i) all Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor outstanding from time to time under Credit Facilities and all
Hedging Obligations with respect thereto; (ii) any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this
Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred
expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; and (iii) all Obligations with
respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt shall not
include: (i) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or
owing by the Company; (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries or other Affiliates; (iii) any trade payables; or (iv) the portion
of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and any successor
thereof.
"STATED MATURITY" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness which by
its terms is expressly subordinate in right of payment in any respect to the
payment of any obligation on the Notes.
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"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any specified Person: (i)
any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof); and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general
partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary
of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor
of the Company's payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes,
executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
"TEMPORARY REGULATION S LEGEND" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.07(h) hereof, which is required to be placed on the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on
the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
"TRANSACTION DATE" means, with respect to the incurrence of
any Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the date
such Indebtedness is to be incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment,
the date such Restricted Payment is to be made.
"TRUSTEE" means Firstar Bank, N.A., a national banking
association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
"UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means one or more Definitive
Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent Global Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto that bears the Global
Note Legend and that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do
not bear the Private Placement Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company
that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
pursuant to a board resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary: (i)
has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; (ii) is not party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from
Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company; (iii) is a Person with respect to
which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct
or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b)
to maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such
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Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and (iv) has not
guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless such
guarantee or credit support is released upon such designation.
Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the board resolution giving effect to such
designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at
any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding
requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company shall be in
default of such Section 4.09.
"U.S. PERSON" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k)
under the Securities Act.
"VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any specified Person
means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital
Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying
shares or Investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law) shall at
the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
<Table>
<Caption>
DEFINED
IN
TERM SECTION
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"AFFILIATE TRANSACTION".................................................... 4.11
"ASSET SALE OFFER"......................................................... 4.10
"AUTHENTICATION ORDER"..................................................... 2.02
"CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER".................................................. 4.15
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT"................................................ 4.15
</Table>
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<Table>
<Caption>
DEFINED
IN
TERM SECTION
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"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE"........................................... 4.15
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE"...................................................... 8.03
"DTC"...................................................................... 2.01
"EVENT OF DEFAULT"......................................................... 6.01
"EXCESS PROCEEDS".......................................................... 4.10
"INCUR".................................................................... 4.09
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE"......................................................... 8.02
"OFFER AMOUNT"............................................................. 3.10
"OFFER PERIOD"............................................................. 3.10
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION"..................................................... 2.07
"PAYING AGENT"............................................................. 2.03
"PAYMENT DEFAULT".......................................................... 6.01
"PERMITTED DEBT"........................................................... 4.09
"PURCHASE DATE"............................................................ 3.10
"REGISTRAR"................................................................ 2.04
"RELATED JUDGMENT"......................................................... 13.09
"RELATED PROCEEDINGS"...................................................... 13.09
"REPURCHASE OFFER"......................................................... 3.10
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE"...................................... 2.07
"RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"...................................................... 4.07
"SPECIFIED COURTS"......................................................... 13.09
"UNITED STATES"............................................................ 2.07
</Table>
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Notes;
"INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder of a Note;
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture;
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the
Trustee; and
"OBLIGOR" on the Notes means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Notes.
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All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
and
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor
sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 hereto.
The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The Notes shall be (i) initially issued in registered, global form without
interest coupons and (ii) only shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and
be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 attached hereto (including the
Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto (but without the Global
Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the
outstanding Notes as shall
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be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect
the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance
with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07
hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance
on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of
the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") in New York, New York, and registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated
agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted
Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of (i) a written
certificate from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received
certification of Beneficial Ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount
at maturity of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note by non-U.S. persons
(except to the extent of any Beneficial Owners thereof who acquired an interest
therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from
registration under the Securities Act and who shall take delivery of a
beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Note bearing a Private Placement
Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.07(a)(ii) hereof), and (ii) an
Officers' Certificate from the Company. Following the termination of the
Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in Regulation S Permanent
Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the
authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel
the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in
connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of
Cedel Bank" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds
that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
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A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed
by two Officers of the Company (an "AUTHENTICATION ORDER"), authenticate Notes
for original issue with an unlimited maximum aggregate principal amount, of
which $300 million will be issued on the date of this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Notes. 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. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes.
If a Holder of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to
the Company, the Company shall pay all principal, interest and premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holder's Notes in accordance with those
instructions. All other payments on Notes shall be made at the office or agency
of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York unless
the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at
their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.
Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may
be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("REGISTRAR") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("PAYING AGENT"). 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. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party
to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with
respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
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Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the
Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or
one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.06 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If
the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at
least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred
as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee
of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or
by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of
such successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company
for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the
Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or
that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in
either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; (ii) the Company in its
sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part)
should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such
effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to
(x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar
of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the
Securities Act; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default
or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of either of
the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be
issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes
also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections
2.08 and 2.11 hereof. Except as otherwise provided above in this Section
2.07(a), every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of,
a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section
2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note
other than as provided in
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this Section 2.07(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the
Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests
in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities
Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require
compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial
interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. Except as required pursuant to the Private
Placement Legend, no written orders or instructions shall be required
to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in
this Section 2.07(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests
in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be
credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2)
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited
with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a
Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary
to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose
name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall
Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company
in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt
by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such
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beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction
of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or
otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust
the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant
to Section 2.07(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in
the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3)
a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an
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Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B)
or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for
Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest
for a Restricted Definitive Note as permitted by this Indenture or to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt
by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance
with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
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Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications and opinion in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certification in item 3(c)
thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section
2.07(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a
Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar
through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes
to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear
the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions
on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global
Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.07(c)(i)(A) and
(C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note
prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the
receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a
transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note as permitted by this Indenture or may
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note as permitted by
this Indenture only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder of
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such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note as permitted by this
Indenture or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, then,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii)
hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section
2.07(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions
an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name
or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the
Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive
Note
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issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.07(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications and
opinion in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or
cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of
clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause
(C) above, the Regulation S Global Note and in all other cases the 144A
Global Note.
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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes
to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes
to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the
subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the
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Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one
of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B),
(ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has
not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive
Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance
with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by
a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In
addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 2.07(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule
903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any
other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
broker-dealer, (2) a Person
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participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3)
a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof;
or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02,
the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that
certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not
Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange
Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company,
and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Unrestricted Definitive
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated
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by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the
appropriate principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the
consummation of the Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with
the Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under this
Indenture.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of
all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Private Placement Legend. Except as permitted below, each
Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor
or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE
DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE
DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE
AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON) (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE") ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT
TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY
SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i)
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PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY
DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND
(ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS
COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS
LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.07 (and all Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT
(I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(h) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation
S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE
FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS
DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS
OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
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(i) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged
for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased
or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to
or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global
Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(j) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11,
3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall
be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for
redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the
day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to
exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment
date.
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(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat
the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such
Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the
Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07
to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile
with the original to follow by first class mail.
Section 2.08 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note
if the Trustee's and the Company's requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is
sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the
Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its
expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the
Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.09 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section
3.07(b) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or
an Affiliate of any of the foregoing) holds, on a redemption date or maturity
date, money sufficient to pay Notes
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payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to
be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.10 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall
be considered as though 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 that the Trustee knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.11 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the
Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.12 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of
canceled Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of canceled
securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to the record
retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the disposition of
all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue
new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided
in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and
the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed
each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special
record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a
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notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the
amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT;
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers
Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed
or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance
with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on
which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata
basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair
and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes
to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from
the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount at maturity thereof to be redeemed. No
Notes in amounts of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notes and portions
of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 hereof, at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail
or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) 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 upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note
shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of
the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price and become due on the
date fixed for redemption;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest, and liquidated damages, if any, on Notes
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being
redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed
on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the
redemption date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided
in the preceding paragraph. The notice, if mailed in the manner provided herein
shall be presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such
notice.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on
the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay
the redemption price of and accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the
Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the
redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest and liquidated damages, if
any, shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for
redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or
prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest
shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close
of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be
so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to
comply with the preceding paragraph, interest and liquidated damages, if any
shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such
principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such
unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section
4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Note surrendered. No Notes in denominations of $1,000 or less shall be
redeemed in part.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) and (c) of this Section
3.07, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.07 prior to July 1, 2005. On or after July 1, 2005, the Company may
redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount)
set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on July 1 of the years indicated below:
<Table>
<Caption>
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2005............................... 105.3750%
2006............................... 102.6875%
2007 and thereafter................ 100.0000%
</Table>
(b) At any time prior to July 1, 2004, the Company may redeem
up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture
at a redemption price of 110.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with
the net cash proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings of the Company;
provided that (A) at least 65% of the aggregate principal
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amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of such redemption, (excluding Notes held by the Company
and its Subsidiaries); and (B) the redemption must occur within 45 days of the
date of the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption
payments or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Repurchase Offers.
In the event that, pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof,
the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase
their respective Notes (a "REPURCHASE OFFER"), it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
The Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of 30
Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent
that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "OFFER PERIOD"). No
later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the
"PURCHASE DATE"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes
required to be purchased pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof (the "OFFER
AMOUNT") or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered
in response to the Repurchase Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be
made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be
payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.
Upon the commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall
send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with
a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase
Offer. The Repurchase Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer, shall state:
(a) that the Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 hereof, and the length of
time the Repurchase Offer shall remain open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase
Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall
continue to accrete or accrue interest and Liquidated Damages, if any;
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(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note (or portion thereof) accepted for payment pursuant to the
Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrete or accrue interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, after the Purchase Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
a Repurchase Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral
multiples of $1,000 only;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Repurchase Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of
the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company,
a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase
Date;
(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a
telegram, telex, 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 such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to
be purchased pursuant to the terms of Section 3.02 hereof (with such
adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only
Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall
be purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry
transfer).
On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount
of Notes (or portions thereof) tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, or if
less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall
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 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent,
as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five days
after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount
equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case may
be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company, shall promptly
issue a new Note. The Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall
authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal
amount at maturity equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any
Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the
respective Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of
the Repurchase Offer on the Purchase Date.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws
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or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes
pursuant to a Repurchase Offer. To the extent that the provision of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section
3.09, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 3.09, by virtue of such conflict.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any
purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.10 Application of Trust Money.
All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of
the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date
money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for
and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The
Company shall pay all Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the
dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the
rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the
Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest, and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period)
at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or
an agent of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange 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
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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
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
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;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.04 of this Indenture.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes
are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee for
forwarding to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified
in the SEC's rules and regulations:
(i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would
be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and
10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company's
certified independent accountants; and
(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such
reports.
In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, the Company
shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods
specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept
such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and
prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Company and the Guarantors
have agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they will furnish
to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their
request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act.
(b) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the annual financial information
required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed
presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the
footnotes thereto, of the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the
financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of the Company.
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Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such
Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a
review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the
preceding fiscal year 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
its obligations under this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or,
if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all 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 is 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 not contrary to the then current
recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall
be accompanied by a written statement of the Company's independent public
accountants (which 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 that would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of Article Four or Article Five hereof 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 to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any
such violation.
(c) The Company shall, 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 4.05 Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, any material taxes, assessments, and
governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
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and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or
indirect holders of the Company's or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than
(a) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (b) to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company (other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary);
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantees, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated
Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
paragraph of Section 4.09; and
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(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (5) and (6) of the next
succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the
date of this Indenture to the end of the Company's most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial
statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period
is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus
(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received
by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a
contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or
sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible
or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other
than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
(c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
was made after the date hereof is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment
(less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment; plus
(d) $15 million.
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date
of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment
would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange
for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or under an employee
stock option plan established by the Company) of, Equity Interests of
the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially
concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Company from its
stockholders; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds
that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement,
defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3) (b)
of the preceding paragraph;
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(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of or other payment on or with respect to subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor with the net cash proceeds
from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata
basis;
(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any of the Company's
directors or employees (or those of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)
pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement or stock
option agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such
repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not
exceed $1.0 million in any twelve-month period; provided that the
Company may carry over and make in a subsequent calendar year, in
addition to the amounts permitted for such calendar year, the amount of
such purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements for
value permitted to have been made but not made in any preceding
calendar year up to a maximum of $3.0 million in any calendar year; and
(6) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the
cashless exercise of stock options and warrants of the Company.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall
be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s)
or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair
market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
Section shall be determined by the Board of Directors, whose resolution with
respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors'
determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the
fair market value exceeds $15.0 million. 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 4.07 were
computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by
this Indenture.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or
with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by,
its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
However, the restrictions above shall not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) Existing Indebtedness and the Credit Agreement as in
effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken
as a whole, than those contained in such Existing Indebtedness and the
Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(3) applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such
Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of
such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than
the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired,
provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was
permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so
acquired of the nature described in clause (3) of the first paragraph
of Section 4.08;
(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted
Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole,
than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced; and
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(9) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness that limit the right
of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "INCUR") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any
Disqualified Stock, and the Company will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided,
however, that the Company and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt), if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company's most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.25 to 1 from the date of
this Indenture through and including October 31, 2002 and 2.50 to 1 thereafter,
determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the
beginning of such four-quarter period.
So long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would be caused thereby, the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 will not
prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, "PERMITTED DEBT"):
(1) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness under Credit
Facilities (and the incurrence by the Guarantors of guarantees thereof)
in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding (with
letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the
maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $550 million, of which up to $40
million may be incurred by the Company's Puerto Rican Restricted
Subsidiaries that are borrowers under the Credit Agreement (and the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may guarantee such borrowings
by the Company's Puerto Rican Restricted Subsidiaries), less the
aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to repay any term Indebtedness
under Credit Facilities pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof;
(2) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Existing Indebtedness;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Subsidiary
Guarantees to be issued on the date hereof and the Exchange Notes and
the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(4) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage
financings or purchase money obligations, in each case incurred for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment
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used in the business of the Company or such Guarantor, in an aggregate
principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $25 million at any time
outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiary of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) permitted to be
incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 or clauses (2),
(3), (4), (5), or (11) of this paragraph;
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company
and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on
such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the
Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and
(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by
a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof, shall be deemed,
in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose
of fixing or hedging (a) interest rate risk with respect to any
floating rate Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this
Indenture to be outstanding, or (b) currency exchange rate risk with
respect to any currency exchanges;
(8) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that was
permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;
(9) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount and the payment of interest on any Indebtedness
in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms will not be
deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section
4.09; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included
in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
(10) the incurrence by the Company's Unrestricted Subsidiaries
of Non-Recourse Debt, provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness
ceases to be
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Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be
deemed to constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that was not permitted by this clause (10);
(11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund,
refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(11), not to exceed $30 million; and
(12) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of performance bonds, workers' compensation
claims, surety or appeal bonds and payment obligations in connection
with self insurance or similar obligations, in each case, incurred in
the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09,
in the event that any proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (12) above,
or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section
4.09, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the
date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09.
Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are
first issued and authenticated hereunder shall be deemed to have been incurred
on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the
definition of Permitted Debt.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal
to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued, sold
or otherwise disposed of;
(2) such fair market value is evidenced by (i) for any Asset
Sale resulting in Net Proceeds less than or equal to $10.0 million, an
Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, or (ii) for any Asset
Sale resulting in Net Proceeds in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution
of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee; and
(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For
purposes of this Section 4.10, each of the following shall be deemed to
be cash:
(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or
such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms
subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that
are assumed by the
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transferee of any such assets pursuant to a written agreement
that releases or provides for the release of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations
received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from
such transferee that are converted promptly, but in any event
no later than 30 days after such Asset Sale, by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the
cash received in that conversion).
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option: (i) to repay
Senior Debt; (ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a
majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business; (iii) to make a
capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business; or
(iv) to acquire other long-term assets in or that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business.
Pending the final applications of any such Net Proceeds, the
Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest
such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute "EXCESS
PROCEEDS." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million,
the Company will make an offer to purchase an ("Asset Sale Offer") to all
Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with
the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture
with respect to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price
in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and
will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an
Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of
Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on
the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered.
Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be
reset at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales
provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such
conflict.
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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction,
contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an "AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"), unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $3.0 million, a resolution of the
Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this
Section and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved
by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Director; and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $5.0 million, an opinion as to the
fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such
Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by
an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of
national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior
paragraph:
(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) payment of reasonable directors fees and expenses to
Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
(3) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07 of
this Indenture;
(4) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or
grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of,
employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans
approved by the Board of Directors and made in the ordinary course of
business;
(5) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of
business in accordance with the past practices of the Company or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries, but in any event not to exceed $3.0
million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
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(6) the issuance or sale for cash of any Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company; and
(7) the agreements described in "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions" of the Offering Memorandum and in existence on
the date of this Indenture and renewals of such agreements in a manner
not less advantageous to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.12 Liens.
Other than Permitted Liens, the Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind securing
Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables upon any of their property or
assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this
Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the
obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured
by a Lien.
Section 4.13 Business Activities.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to
such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt.
The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and senior in any respect in
right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the Senior Debt of such Guarantor and senior in
any respect in right of payment to such Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of
Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes
pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at an
offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount repurchased
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the
date of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within 30 days following any
Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15
and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment and (2) the purchase
price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later
than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment
Date"), and containing the other provisions required by Section 3.09. The
Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and any other securities
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laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a
Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to such
Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations
described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(b) By 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time on the Change of Control
Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment
all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change
of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted
together with an Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall
promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment
for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause
to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal
amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided
that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. Prior to compliance with this Section 4.15, but in any event
within 90 days following a Change of Control, the Company will either repay all
outstanding Senior Debt or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all
agreements governing outstanding Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of Notes
required by this Section 4.15. The Company shall publicly announce the results
of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of
Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth
in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and all other provisions of this
Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of
Control Offer.
Section 4.16 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company), unless:
(1) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition is of all the Equity Interests in such Restricted
Subsidiary, provided that, in the event that such Restricted Subsidiary
is a non-Domestic Subsidiary, (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale,
lease or other disposition is of Equity Interests representing at least
eighty percent (80%) of the Voting Stock of all Equity Interests in
such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the Equity Interests retained by the
Company are treated as an Investment of the Company; and
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(2) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section
4.10.
In addition, the Company will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if
necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying
shares) to any Person other than to the Company and/or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 4.17 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default.
If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the
aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed
to be a Restricted Investment made as of the time of such designation and that
designation will only be permitted if such Investment would be permitted at that
time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such
Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as
if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference
period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following
such designation.
Section 4.18 Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of 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
and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.19 Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness.
The Company will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to Guarantee or pledge any assets to
secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company unless such
Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental
indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such
Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with
such Subsidiary's Guarantee of or pledge to secure such other Indebtedness
unless such other Indebtedness is Senior Debt, in which case the Guarantee of
the Notes may be subordinated to the Guarantee of such Senior Debt to the same
extent as the Notes are subordinated to such Senior Debt.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any Subsidiary
Guarantee will provide by its terms that it will be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged under the
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circumstances described in Section 11.06. The form of the Subsidiary Guarantee
is attached as Exhibit D.
Section 4.20 Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction;
provided that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and
leaseback transaction if:
(1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
could have incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable
Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test in the first paragraph of Section 4.09;
(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the
subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and
(3) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of
such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.
Section 4.21 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires
or creates another Domestic Subsidiary on or after the date of this Indenture,
then that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary must become a Guarantor
and execute a supplemental indenture (in the form of Exhibit E hereto providing
for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Domestic Subsidiary on the
same basis as the Guarantors at the time of the execution of such supplemental
indenture) and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee within 15 Business
Days of the date on which it was acquired or created.
Section 4.22 Restriction on Transfer of Assets to Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not sell, convey, transfer or otherwise
dispose of its assets or property to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are
not Guarantors, except for sales, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions
(a) of assets or property having an aggregate fair market value no greater than
$5 million made after the date of this Indenture and in the ordinary course of
business; or (b) of assets or property having a fair market value not in excess
of the amount of Investments (other than Permitted Investments) then permitted
to be made pursuant to Section 4.07. The amount of any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition permitted pursuant to clause (b) of Section 4.07
will be treated as the payment of a Restricted Payment in calculating the amount
of Restricted Payments made by the Company.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
The Company may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate
or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the
surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related
transactions, to another Person; unless:
(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation in
any such consolidation or merger; or (b) the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company)
or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made assumes all the obligations of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary (if such Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor), as the case
may be, under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of
Default exists; and
(4) if such transaction involves the Company, the Company or
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made will, on the date
of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09.
In addition, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary
may, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. This Section
5.01 will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or to the merger or consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary into
the Company.
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ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest
on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes whether or not
prohibited by the subordination provisions of this Indenture;
(2) default in payment when due of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes, whether or not prohibited by the
subordination provisions of this Indenture;
(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described in Sections 4.10,
4.15 and 5.01;
(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice to comply with any of the other
agreements in this Indenture;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of
this Indenture, if that default:
(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the
expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness
on the date of such default (a "PAYMENT DEFAULT"); or
(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness
prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under
which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has
been so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more;
(6) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0
million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days;
(7) except as permitted this Indenture, any Subsidiary
Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable
or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect
or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor,
shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;
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(8) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case, or
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case, or
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of
it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or
(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become
due; and
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in an involuntary case, or
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of
the property of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all principal, premium, if any, accrued interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, of the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.
If any Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 occurs
and is continuing, then the principal, premium, if any, accrued interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes shall ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other action on the part
of the Trustee or any Holder.
If any Event of Default occurs by reason of any willful action
or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on its behalf with the
intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to
pay if it then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof,
then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become
and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law. If an
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Event of Default occurs during any time that the Notes are outstanding, by
reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of
the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the
Notes, then, the premium specified in this Indenture shall also become
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration
of the Notes.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, interest, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
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 Holder of a Note 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. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes, waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, or the principal of, the
Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however,
that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment
default that resulted from such acceleration). The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of
Holders have consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such consents. In
case of any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes,
respectively. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the
TIA and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from
this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. 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 impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines
may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may
involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Trustee may withhold from Holders
of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default or Event of Default relating to the
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payment of principal or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any) if it determines
that withholding notice is in their interest.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture,
or the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees only if:
(a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue
the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory
to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be
incurred by it in connection with the request or direction;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of and, if requested,
the provision of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee
a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over
another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any,
interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Note, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection
with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole
amount of principal of, premium, if any, interest, and Liquidated Damages, if
any, remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and
premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and such further amount 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.
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Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to 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 Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or
its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and
distribute any money or other securities or property payable or deliverable on
any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To
the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding,
shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien
on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money,
securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in
such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation,
expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if
any, interest, and Liquidated Damages, if any, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the
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costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' 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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit
by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of
more than ten percent in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(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 its exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and 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; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
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(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this
Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered
to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
costs, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in connection with the
request or direction.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document
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.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may
consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture,
any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such event is sent to the
Trustee in accordance with Section 12.02 hereof, and such notice references the
Notes.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may become a creditor of, or otherwise deal
with, the Company or any of
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its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as
described in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it must eliminate such conflict
within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or
resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is
also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in
good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date hereof, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the
Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described
in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the
reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply
with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports
as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the
Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each
stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA Section
313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed
on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services
hereunder in accordance with a written schedule provided by the Trustee to the
Company. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and
expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements
and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
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The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all
losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture,
including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company
(including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether
asserted by either of the Company or any Holder or any other person) or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may
be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the
Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not
pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) hereof occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its
agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section
313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be
discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The
Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
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(d) the Trustee 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. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company, or the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has
been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such
Holder 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. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section
7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
Person, the successor Person without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to
TIA Section 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a)
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to the extent indicated therein. The Trustee hereby waives any right to set-off
any claim that it may have against the Company in any capacity (other than as
Trustee and Paying Agent) against any of the assets of the Company held by the
Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee is or becomes a lender of any
other Indebtedness permitted hereunder to be pari passu with the Notes, then
such waiver shall not apply to the extent of such Indebtedness.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of the Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time,
elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding
Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
and all obligations of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged
with respect to their obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees on the date
the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "LEGAL DEFEASANCE").
For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented
by the outstanding Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05
hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b)
below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this
Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
discharged hereunder:
(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive
payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due
from the trust referred to below,
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Article Two and Section 4.02 hereof,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection herewith,
and
(d) this Article Eight.
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Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released
from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09,
4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 and 4.22
hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT
DEFEASANCE"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01
hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise
under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections
6.01(3) through (6) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in United
States dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay
the principal of, or interest, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any,
on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable
redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify
whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular
redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (ii) since the date hereof, there has been a change
in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon, such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that,
the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not
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recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming 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;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing either (i) on the date of such deposit or (ii) insofar as
Sections 6.01(8) and (9) hereof are concerned, at any time in the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are bound;
(f) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that, assuming no intervening bankruptcy of
the Company or any Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 91st
day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an "insider"
of the Company under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day
following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;
(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors
of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance
have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
8.05, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 8.04 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 (including the Company acting as
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
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principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal
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 Eight to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government
Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion
delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof
that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), 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 notification or publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or any
Guarantor's obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's or such Guarantor's assets;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of a Note; or
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of
its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or
supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and
6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
(including Additional Notes, if any) (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Notes).
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any
indenture supplemental hereto. If a record
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date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or its duly designated proxies,
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental
indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the
requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days
after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically
and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of
its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or
supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence
satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid,
and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02
hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended
or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the 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 amended or
supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, or the Notes.
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with respect to
the redemption of the Notes;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, or Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes (including
Additional Notes, if any) by the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
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(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or Events of Default or the rights
of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes;
(g) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture;
(h) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantees;
(i) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to
make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale
in accordance with Section 4.10 or the obligation of the Company to
make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change
of Control in accordance with Section 4.15, including, in each case,
amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;
(j) except as otherwise permitted under Article Five, consent
to the assignment or transfer by the Company or any Guarantor of any of
their rights or obligations under this Indenture;
(k) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Indenture or
the related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the
Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders
of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(l) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes
shall be set forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the
TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a
Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder
of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for all Notes may
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issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note
shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture
or Note authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement
does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture or Note
until its Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or
supplemental indenture or Note, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and
(subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note
agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of
payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article Ten, to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof
or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the
subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
The holders of Senior Debt of the Company will be entitled to
receive payment in full of all Obligations due in respect of Senior Debt of the
Company (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding
at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt of the Company) before the
Holders of Notes will be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the
Notes (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior
Securities and payments made from the trust pursuant to Article Eight hereof),
in the event of any distribution to creditors of the Company: (i) in a
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (ii) in a bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its
property; (iii) in an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iv) in any
marshaling of the Company's assets and liabilities.
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt.
The Company may not make any payment in respect of the Notes
(except in Permitted Junior Securities or from the trust pursuant to Article
Eight hereof).
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(a) In the event of and during the continuation beyond any
applicable grace period of any default in the payment of principal of,
interest or premium, if any, on any Designated Senior Debt, or any
Obligation owing from time to time under or in respect of Senior Debt,
or in the event that any default (other than a payment default) with
respect to any Designated Senior Debt shall have occurred and be
continuing and shall have resulted in such Designated Senior Debt
becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which
it would otherwise have become due and payable; or
(b) If any event of default other than as described in clause
(a) above with respect to any Designated Senior Debt shall have
occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Designated
Senior Debt or the holders of any series thereof (or their
Representative or Representatives) to declare such Designated Senior
Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have
become due and payable;
(1) in case of any payment or nonpayment default
specified in clause (a), unless and until such default shall
have been cured or waived in writing in accordance with the
instruments governing such Designated Senior Debt or such
acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or
(2) in case of any nonpayment default specified in
clause (b), during the period (a "PAYMENT BLOCKAGE Period")
commencing on the date the Trustee receives written notice (a
"PAYMENT BLOCKAGE Notice") of such default from the Company or
a Representative of the holders of such Designated Senior Debt
(which notice shall be binding on the Company, the Trustee and
the Holders of Notes as to the occurrence of such a nonpayment
event of default) and ending on the earlier of: the date on
which such default is cured or waived or 179 days after the
date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is
received, unless the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt
of the Company has been accelerated.
No new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered to the Company
or the Trustee that would start a new Payment Blockage Period unless and until:
(i) 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Payment
Blockage Notice that started a Payment Blockage Period; and (ii) all scheduled
payments of principal, interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment
default which existed or was continuing with respect to the Designated Senior
Debt on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall
be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of any subsequent Payment
Blockage Period.
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Securities.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the
acceleration.
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any
payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes (except in Permitted Junior
Securities or from the trust
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pursuant to Article Eight hereof) at a time when the Trustee or such Holder, as
applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Article Ten
hereof, such payment shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder, as applicable,
in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered,
upon written request, to the holders of Senior Debt as their interests may
appear or their Representative under this Indenture or other agreement (if any)
pursuant to which Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Obligations with
respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such
Obligations in full in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article Ten, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt 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 Debt, and shall not be liable to any
such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of
Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holders
of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten, except if such
payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
Trustee.
Section 10.06 Notice by the Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying
Agent in writing of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of
any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article Ten, but
failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to
the Senior Debt as provided in this Article Ten.
Section 10.07 Subrogation.
After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Notes are
paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all
other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior
Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that
distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the
payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article Ten to holders of
Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as
between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08 Relative Rights.
This Article Ten defines the relative rights of Holders of
Notes and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders
of Senior Debt; or
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(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising
its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to
the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article Ten to pay
principal of or interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a
Default or Event of Default.
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the
subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by
any act or failure to act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the
Company or any Holder to comply with this Indenture.
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to
holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article Ten, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such representative or of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt 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 Ten.
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Ten or any
other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any
payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may
continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received
at its Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of
such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article Ten. Only the
Company or a representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article Ten
shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent
may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof,
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to
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effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Ten, and appoints the
Trustee to act as such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the
form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30
days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the lenders under the
Credit Agreement are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on
behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
Subject to this Article Eleven each of the Guarantors hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture,
the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a)
the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest
on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful
(subject in all cases to any applicable grace period provided herein), and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will
be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any
performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly
and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that
this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect
to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
Subject to Section 6.06 hereof, each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant
that this Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated
in full force and effect.
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Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations
guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six
hereof for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six hereof, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The
Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying
Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of
the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 11.02 Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee pursuant to this Article Eleven shall be junior and subordinated to
any of the existing and future Senior Debt of such Guarantor on the same basis
as the Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company. For the
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the
right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the Guarantors only at such
times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes
pursuant to this Indenture, including Article Ten hereof.
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder,
hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary
Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the
extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be
limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section
11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form included in Exhibit D shall be endorsed by an Officer
of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the
Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the
Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries creates or acquires any new Domestic Subsidiaries subsequent to the
date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.21 hereof, the Company shall
cause such Domestic Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to this
Indenture and Subsidiary Guarantees in accordance with Section 4.21 hereof and
this Article Eleven, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06, a Guarantor may
not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets or
consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the
surviving Person) another Person unless:
(a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(b) either:
(i) the Person acquiring the property in any such
sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger is a corporation, organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the
obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its
Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement
pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the
Trustee; or
(ii) such sale or other disposition complies with
Section 4.10, including the application of the Net Proceeds
therefrom.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by a Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for a Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein
as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or
all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in all
respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall
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prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06 Releases Following Sale of Assets.
Any Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee, (i) in connection with any sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor
(including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, if the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of that Guarantor complies with Section 4.10 hereof, including the
application of the Net Proceeds therefrom; (ii) in connection with any sale of
all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before
or after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, if the sale of all such Capital Stock of that Guarantor complies with
Section 4.10 hereof, including the application of the Net Proceeds therefrom and
(iii) if the Company properly designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Upon delivery by the Company to the
Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof,
the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and
interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this
Indenture as provided in this Article Eleven.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:
(a) either:
(i) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and
thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(ii) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a
notice of redemption or otherwise
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or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in
U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of
any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
for principal, premium, accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of
such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable
by it under this Indenture; and
(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the
payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case
may be.
The Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to
satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall pay to the
Company from time to time upon its request any cash or Government Securities
held by it as provided in this section which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that
would then be required to be deposited to effect a satisfaction and discharge
under this Article Twelve.
Section 12.02 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 12.03 hereof, all money and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
12.02, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 12.01 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 (including the Company acting as
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 and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, but such money shall be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 12.03 Repayment to the Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal, and premium
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and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York
Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition), 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 notification or publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties
shall control.
Section 13.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or any Guarantor,
on the one hand, or the Trustee, on the other hand, to the other is duly given
if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered
or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others' address:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70005
Telecopier No.: (504) 849-2307
Attention: Kenneth C. Budde, Chief Financial Officer
With copies to:
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,
Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
Telecopier No.: (504) 582-8012
Attention: L. Richards McMillan, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
Firstar Bank, N.A.
101 East 5th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Telecopier No.: (651) 229-6415
Attention: Frank Leslie
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The Company, Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so
mailed to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by
the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in
it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to its rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 312(c).
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied;
and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been
satisfied.
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Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company or any Guarantor as such shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture,
the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note
waives and releases these individuals from this liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 13.08 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE
USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 Consent to Jurisdiction.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based
upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby ("RELATED
PROCEEDINGS") may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of
America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York
in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the "SPECIFIED
COURTS"), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
(except for
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proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such
court (a "RELATED JUDGMENT"), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of
such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process,
summons, notice or document by mail to such party's address set forth above
shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any
objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the
Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to
plead or claim in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 13.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other
indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used
to interpret this Indenture.
Section 13.11 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall
bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 and 11.06.
Section 13.12 Severability.
In case any provision in 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.
Section 13.13 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
Section 13.14 Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by the Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the
manner provided in this Section 13.14.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to such witness, notary or officer the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of
any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 13.14, the principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any
Holder, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the
Notes maintained by the Registrar as provided in Section 2.04 hereof.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a resolution of its Board
of Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such resolution, which shall be a date not earlier
than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith or the date of the most recent list of Holders forwarded to
the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof and not
later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of the then outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented
to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, and for that purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as
of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent
by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall
become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than
eleven months after the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future
Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the
registration or transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Note.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do
so itself with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or
by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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Section 13.15 Benefit of Indenture.
Nothing, in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying
Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 13.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table 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 of this Indenture and shall
in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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SIGNATURES
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ WILLIAM E. ROWE
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Name: William E. Rowe
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
GUARANTORS:
S.E. OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, INC.
GRIFFIN-LEGGETT, INC.
FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, INC.
GRIFFIN LEGGETT HEALEY & ROTH, INC.
GRIFFIN-LEGGETT INSURANCE AGENCY, INC
GROSS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
REST HILLS MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
GRIFFIN LEGGETT - CONWAY, INC.
DILDAY BROTHERS HUNTINGTON VALLEY
MORTUARY
HOPSON MORTUARY, INC.
LASSILA FUNERAL CHAPELS, INC.
SANTA BARBARA FUNERAL SERVICES, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
ALL SOULS MORTUARY, INC.
ASHES TO ASHES, INC.
ASSUMPTION MORTUARY, INC.
BARSTOW FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
BUCHHEIM FAMILY, INC.
CALVARY MORTUARY OF LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA, INC.
CATHOLIC MORTUARY SERVICES, INC.
DeYOUNG MEMORIAL CHAPEL, INC.
HOLY CROSS MORTUARY OF CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, INC.
HOLY CROSS MORTUARY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, INC.
LOMBARD & CO.
N.D. DAVIS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
QUEEN OF HEAVEN MORTUARY, INC.
RESURRECTION MORTUARY, INC.
RICHARD PIERCE FUNERAL SERVICE
RIVER CITIES FUNERAL CHAPEL, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF DELANO, CALIFORNIA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, INC.
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S.E. ACQUISITION OF LOS OSOS MORTUARY AND MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF OAKHURST, CALIFORNIA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, INC.
SAN FERNANDO MISSION MORTUARY, INC.
SANTA CLARA MORTUARY, INC.
SCOVERN MORTUARY, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
SDCA HOLDINGS, INC.
SAN DIEGO CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
SIMPLICITY PLAN OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
STEWART PRE-NEED SERVICES, INC.
STRICKLIN/SNIVELY MORTUARY
CATALINA CHANNEL CREMATION SOCIETY
WALLACE E. WHITE & HOWARD J. CALLANAN, INC.
WOODSIDE CHAPEL OF CRIPPEN & FLYNN
SENTINEL CREMATION SOCIETIES, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF MURIETTA, CALIFORNIA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA, INC.
VICTOR V. DESROSIER, INC.
CEMETERY MANAGEMENT, INC.
ARLINGTON MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
BALDWIN-FAIRCHILD FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
ALL FAITHS MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
ORLANDO FUNERAL HOME, INCORPORATED
THE SIMPLICITY PLAN, INC.
BAY AREA CREMATORY, INC.
BRUCE OCALA FUNERAL HOME, INC.
BETH DAVID FUNERAL CHAPEL TAMPA, INC.
BETH DAVID MEMORIAL CHAPEL, INC.
CHAPEL HILL CEMETERY, INC.
GLEN HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
HIGHLAND MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
SEMORAN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
FLORIDA HILLS MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
GARDEN OF MEMORIES, INC.
A.P. BOZA FUNERAL HOME, INC.
CURRY & SON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
WOODLAWN MEMORY GARDENS, INC. (ST. PETE)
GOOD SHEPHERD MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
DAVID C. GROSS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
HUBBELL FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, INC.
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KENT R. PALMER, INC.
KICLITER FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MADCEM OF FLORIDA, INC.
MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, INC.
OAKLAWN PARK CEMETERY AND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ROBERTS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ROYAL PALM MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
SYLVAN ABBEY MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
TRINITY MEMORIAL GARDENS OF LAKELAND, INC.
TURNER CREMATORY, INC.
TURNER FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
WALSH & WOOD FUNERAL HOME, INC.
WOODLAWN PARK CEMETERY COMPANY
MEMORIAL SUNSET PARK, INC.
NATIONAL MONUMENT CO., INC.
SOUTH DADE-PALMS MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
CHEATHAM HILL MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
EMPRESAS STEWART - CEMENTERIOS, INC.
EMPRESAS STEWART - FUNERARIAS, INC.
EASTLAWN CORPORATION
HOLLY HILL MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
ROSE HAVEN FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY, INC.
ACME MAUSOLEUM CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL STONE & ERECTORS, INC.
LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME (JOINT VENTURE)
LAKE LAWN PARK, INC.
METAIRIE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
PINE CREST CEMETERY, INC.
ALL FAITHS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY, INC.
S.E. AUSTRALIA, INC.
S.E. SOUTH-CENTRAL, INC.
ELLISON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
KILGORE-GREEN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LATHAN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
PINE CREST FUNERAL HOME, INC.
FAITH MEMORIAL PARK & MAUSOLEUM COMPANY, INC.
VALHALLA MEMORY GARDENS AND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ROCKCO AND SON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ROCKCO'S FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF LITHONIA, GEORGIA, INC.
ANDREW J. McGANN & SON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS, INC.
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S.E. ACQUISITION OF OAK LAWN AND ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, INC.
S.E. CEMETERY MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC.
THEIS-GORSKI FUNERAL HOME, INC.
KNUTSON FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
PAULEY FUNERAL HOME, INC.
RUNYAN MANGOLD, INC.
PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL SERVICES, INC.
D.W. NEWCOMER'S SONS, INC.
DWN PROPERTIES, INC.
FUNERAL SECURITY PLANS, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF BOONVILLE, MISSOURI, INC.
WYUKA FUNERAL HOME, INC.
WYUKA SIMPLICITY PLAN, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, INC.
MT. JULIET FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MT. JULIET MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
NAVE FUNERAL HOME OF LEBANON, INC.
CEMETERY SERVICES, INC.
S.E. CEMETERY MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC.
WISCONSIN MEMORIAL PARK COMPANY, INC.
TIME-LOCK INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
SIMPLE TRIBUTE, INC.
SIMPLE TRIBUTE OF FLORIDA, INC.
SIMPLE TRIBUTE OF TENNESSEE, INC.
SIMPLE TRIBUTE OF MARYLAND, INC.
ST. BERNARD MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
ST. BERNARD MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ST. VINCENT de PAUL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
STEWART ENTERPRISES (EUROPE), INC.
STEWART RESOURCE CENTER, INC.
STEWART SERVICES, INC.
S.E. MID-ATLANTIC, INC.
GARNER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, INC.
HAISTEN FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
HAISTEN FUNERAL HOME OF HENRY COUNTY, INC.
HIGGINS AND SON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY, INC.
BOUNDS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
CEDAR HILL CEMETERY COMPANY, INC.
CREST LAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
FORT LINCOLN CEMETERY, INC.
FORT LINCOLN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
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GALLERY GRANITE CORPORATION
HILLCREST MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INC.
HINES-RINALDI FUNERAL HOME, INC.
JOHN M. TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LOUDON PARK CEMETERY COMPANY
DRUID RIDGE CEMETERY COMPANY
LOUDON PARK FUNERAL HOME, INC.
NALLEY'S FUNERAL HOME, INC.
NATIONAL HARMONY MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
PARKLAWN, INC.
THE PARKWOOD CEMETERY COMPANY
PARKWOOD MANAGEMENT COMPANY
WILLIAM W. CHAMBERS, INC.
GORNY & GORNY PATERSON-CLIFTON MORTUARY
S.E. ACQUISITION OF CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, INC.
C.J. APPLEGATE & SONS, INC.
GARDINIER COLLETTI MEMORIAL HOME, INC.
MATTLE GRAY NULTON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MURPHY FUNERAL SERVICE, INC.
NULTON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
OTTO REDANZ FUNERAL HOME, INC.
CORNELL & DAGGETT, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF FREDONIA, NEW YORK, INC.
BROWN MEMORIALS, INC.
CATAWBA MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
CENTRAL STONE WORKS, INCORPORATED
HAROLD C. DAVIS, INC.
EVANS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
EVERGREEN MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
GARRETT - HILLCREST, INC.
HIGHLAND MEMORY GARDENS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, INC.
JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LANCASTER FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
MCLAURIN'S FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MILLER-LEE, INC.
PARKLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
POLLOCK WELLS FUNERAL SERVICE, INC.
STEPHENS SERVICES, INC.
THOMAS-YELVERTON COMPANY
1730 INVESTMENT CO., INC.
MEMORIAL PARKS, INCORPORATED
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN P. M., INC.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
KIRK & NICE SUBURBAN CHAPEL, INC.
KIRK & NICE, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
S.E. CEMETERY MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK COMPANY
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PET HAVEN, INC.
DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME, INC.
THE MACKEY MORTUARY, INC.
CANNON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
OCONEE MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC.
PINEVIEW, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF CHARLESTON, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF LIBERTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
MONTE VISTA BURIAL PARK, INC.
BLUE RIDGE MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
CLINCH VALLEY MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INC.
EVERLY COMMUNITY FUNERAL CARE, INC.
EVERLY FUNERAL HOMES, INCORPORATED
EVERLY PFP, INC.
SIMPLICITY PLANS OF ALABAMA, INC.
FAIRFAX FUNERAL HOME, INC.
JOSEPH W. TEAGUE FUNERAL HOME, INC.
RICHMOND MEMORIAL PARKS, INC.
WASHINGTON MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INCORPORATED
WISE CORPORATION
BARTLETT-BURDETTE-COX FUNERAL HOME, INC.
CALFEE FUNERAL SERVICE OF PINEVILLE, INC.
CASDORPH & CURRY FUNERAL HOME, INC.
DODD-PAYNE-HESS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
EVANS FUNERAL HOME, INC. (WEST VIRGINIA)
GRACELAND MAUSOLEUM, INC.
KIMES FUNERAL HOME, INC.
KLINGEL-CARPENTER MORTUARY, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF MALDEN, WEST VIRGINIA, INC.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LAKEWOOD MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
MEMORIAL SERVICES OF COLUMBIA, INC.
MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL MORTUARY, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF NEVADA, INC.
DESERT MEMORIAL, INC.
NEPTUNE SOCIETY OF NEVADA, INC.
RENO MEMORIAL, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF RENO, NEVADA, INC.
STRONG & BURNS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
MONTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF OREGON, INC.
AMLING/SCHROEDER FUNERAL SERVICE, INC.
CASCADE CREMATORY, INC.
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CHAPEL OF THE ROSES, INC.
CHAPEL OF THE VALLEY FUNERAL HOME, INC.
DUTTON, INC.
J.P. FINLEY AND SON MORTUARY, INC.
SUNSET HILLS MEMORIAL PARK
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, INC.
NISWONGER & REYNOLDS, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF MYRTLE CREEK, OREGON, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF REEDSPORT, OREGON, INC.
TABOR'S DESERT HILLS MORTUARY, INC.
CAROLINA FINANCIAL CORPORATION OF PICKENS
HILL-CREST MEMORIAL PARK
OCONEE MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
DILLARD MEMORIAL, INC.
COLE & GARRETT FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
HIGHLAND MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INC.
HOLLY HILLS, INC.
KINGSPORT CEMETERY CORPORATION
THE NASHVILLE HISTORIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, INC.
PASADENA FUNERAL HOME, INC.
RESTLAND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ANDERSON-CLAYTON BROS. FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
LITTLE BETHEL MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
ROSELAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
BELEW FUNERAL HOME, INC.
BEXAR COUNTY MORTUARY SERVICES, INC.
BLUEBONNET HILLS MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
BLUEBONNET HILLS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
BRIGHT-HOLLAND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
CRESPO & SONS, INCORPORATED
DALTON & SON FUNERAL HOME, INC.
EMERALD HILLS FUNERAL CORPORATION
J. E. FOUST & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS, INC.
GUARDIAN CREMATION SOCIETY, INC.
GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
HILLTOP MEMORIAL PARK
LAUREL LAND MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
LAUREL LAND FUNERAL HOME, INC.
SINGING HILLS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
LAUREL LAND OF FORT WORTH, INC.
LAUREL LAND FUNERAL HOME OF FORT WORTH, INC.
LYONS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
METROCREST FUNERAL HOME, INC.
RESTLAND OF DALLAS, INC.
ABBEY PLAN OF TEXAS, INC.
HIGHLAND MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
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SIMPLICITY PLAN OF TEXAS, INC.
SOUTHPARK FUNERAL HOME, INC.
SOUTH MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
S.E. ACQUISITION OF WASHINGTON, INC.
E.R. BUTTERWORTH & SONS
CREMATION SOCIETY NORTHWEST, INC.
EVERGREEN STAPLES FUNERAL CHAPEL, INC.
CUNNINGHAM MEMORIAL PARK, INC.
LEGACY ONE, INC.
FINDLAY CEMETERY, INC.
EASTLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS, INCORPORATED
GRANDVIEW MEMORY GARDENS, INCORPORATED
GREENHILLS MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
HIGHLAND MEMORY GARDENS, INCORPORATED
HOLLY MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC. (VA)
MONTICELLO MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
SUNSET MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
BLUE RIDGE FUNERAL HOME, INC.
BLUE RIDGE MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.
C.G.R., INC.
EASTERN CEMETERY ASSOCIATES, INC.
ETERNAL LIGHT FUNERALS, INC.
KANAWHA PLAZA PARTNERSHIP
LEGACY ONE SERVICE CORPORATION
LOI CHARLESTON, INC.
MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
NATIONAL EXCHANGE TRUST, LTD.
NATIONAL FUNERAL SERVICES, INCORPORATED
PLEASANT VIEW MEMORY GARDENS, INC.
WILLIAMS-BLUE RIDGE FUNERAL HOME, INC.
By: /s/ KENNETH C. BUDDE
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Name: Kenneth C. Budde
Title: Assistant Treasurer
FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By: /s/ FRANK LESLIE
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Name: Frank Leslie
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A1
[Face of Note]
CUSIP 860370AC9
No. _______ **$298,960,000**
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Issue Date: June 29, 2001
Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation (the "Company",
which term includes any successor under this Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns,
the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($298,960,000) on July 1, 2008.
Interest Payment Dates: January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2002.
Record Dates: December 15 and June 15.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
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Name: William E. Rowe
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
By:
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Name: Kenneth C. Budde
Title: Chief Financial Officer
This is one of the 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Dated:
FIRSTAR BANK, N.A., as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO 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 TO
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.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON NOR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES
ENDORSED HEREON BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED
HEREON (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON) (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, (D)
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PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E)
PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF
THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN
EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE
FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE
TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
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[Reverse Side of Note]
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in this Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at 10 3/4% per annum from the date hereof until
maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company
shall pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in arrears on
January 1 and July 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on
the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided
that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this
Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next
succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be January 1, 2002. The Company shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1%
per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
installments of interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the
extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons
who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the December 15
or June 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose in The City of New York maintained for such purposes, or, at
the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the
register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately
available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest,
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes
the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the
Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Firstar Bank, N.A.,
the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any
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Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any
of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of June 29, 2001 ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the
extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the
Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. This
Note is an obligation of the Company limited to $300,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount. The Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides
that an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued
thereunder.
5. Optional Redemption. (a) Except as set forth in paragraphs
5(b) and 8 below, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes
prior to July 1, 2005. On or after July 1, 2005, the Company shall have the
option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages
of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 1 of the years
indicated below:
<Table>
<Caption>
Year Percentage
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2005....................................................... 105.3750%
2006....................................................... 102.6875%
2007 and thereafter........................................ 100.0000%
</Table>
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to July
1, 2004, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 110.75% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages thereon, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Qualified Equity Offerings of the Company; provided that at least
65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and such redemption
shall occur within 45 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity
Offering.
6. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to
make mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund payments with respect to the
Notes.
7. Selection and Notice of Redemption. If less than all of the
Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for
redemption as follows: (i) if the Notes are listed, in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes
are listed, or (ii) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or by any method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. No Notes of $1,000
or less may be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first
class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to
each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its
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registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. If any Note is
to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new
Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note
will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the
original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for
redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest and liquidated damages,
if any, cease to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
8. Repurchase at Option of Holder. (a) Upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the
"Change of Control Offer") at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the
aggregate principal amount repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Change of
Control Payment"). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company
shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions
that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the
date specified in such notice which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the
procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.
(b) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0
million, the Company will make an offer to purchase an ("Asset Sale Offer"),
pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture, to all Holders of Notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to
purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out
of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to
100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any
Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount
of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of
each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and
fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required
to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is
not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Notes to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note
will be treated as its owner for all purposes.
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11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding and Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default
or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal of the Notes then
outstanding and Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). Without the consent of any
Holder of Notes, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes
in addition to or in place of Definitive Notes, to provide for the assumption of
the Company's or any Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of
a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company or any Guarantor, to make any change that would provide any
additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder or to
comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
12. Defaults and Remedies. In the case of an Event of Default,
as defined in the Indenture arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further
action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or
Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or Liquidated
Damages, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under
the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on their behalf
with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would
have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to
the optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall
also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law
upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs during any
time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by the Company or on its behalf with the
intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the
premium specified in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable
to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.
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13. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with
the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
14. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any of the Guarantors
as such will have any liability for any of the Company's or any Guarantors'
obligations under the Notes, the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantees, or for
any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, these obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases these individuals
from this liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
15. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes
and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders
under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of June 29, 2001, between the Company, the Guarantors and the
parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional
Notes, Holders of Additional Notes shall have the rights set forth in one or
more registration rights agreements, if any, between the Company, the Guarantors
and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the
Guarantors to the purchasers of Additional Notes (the "Registration Rights
Agreement").
17. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by
the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation
is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights
Agreement. Requests may be made to:
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70005
Telecopier No.: (504) 849-2307
Attention: Martin R. de Laureal, Vice President of Investor
Relations
with copies to:
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,
Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
Telecopier: (504) 582-8012
Attention: L. Richards McMillan, Esq.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Insert assignee's legal name)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box below:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
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Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an
interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note,
have been made:
<Table>
<Caption>
Principal Amount at
Amount of Decrease in Amount of Increase in Maturity Signature of
Principal Amount at Principal Amount at of this Global Note Authorized Officer
Maturity Maturity Following such of Trustee or
Date of Exchange of this Global Note of this Global Note decrease (or increase) Note Custodian
---------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- ------------------
</Table>
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EXHIBIT A2
[Face of Note]
CUSIP U85049AA0
No. _______ **$1,040,000**
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Issue Date: June 29, 2001
Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation (the "Company")
which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns,
the principal sum of ONE MILLION AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,040,000) on July
1, 2008.
Interest Payment Dates: January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2001.
Record Dates: December 15 and June 15.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
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Name: William E. Rowe
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
By:
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Name: Kenneth C. Budde
Title: Chief Financial Officer
This is one of the 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Dated:
FIRSTAR BANK, N.A., as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO 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 TO 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.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND
THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE
AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON NOR
ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY
OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES
ENDORSED HEREON (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED
HEREON) (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY
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THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND
THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN
THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E)
PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH
OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE
OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE
TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A
HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
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[Reverse Side of Note]
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in this Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at 10 3/4% per annum from the date hereof until
maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company
shall pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in arrears on
January 1 and July 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on
the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided
that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this
Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next
succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be January 1, 2002. The Company shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1%
per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
installments of interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the
extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons
who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the December 15
or June 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose in The City of New York maintained for such purposes, or, at
the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the
register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately
available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest,
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes
the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the
Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Firstar Bank, N.A.,
the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any
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Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any
of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of June 29, 2001 ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the
extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the
Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. This
Note is an obligation of the Company limited to $300,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount. The Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides
that an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued
thereunder.
5. Optional Redemption. (a) Except as set forth in paragraphs
5(b) and 8 below, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes
prior to July 1, 2005. On or after July 1, 2005, the Company shall have the
option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages
of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 1 of the years
indicated below:
<Table>
<Caption>
Year Percentage
---- ----------
2005..................................................... 105.3750%
2006..................................................... 102.6875%
2007 and thereafter...................................... 100.0000%
</Table>
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to July
1, 2004, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 110.75% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages thereon, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Qualified Equity Offerings of the Company; provided that at least
65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and such redemption
shall occur within 45 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity
Offering.
6. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to
make mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund payments with respect to the
Notes.
7. Selection and Notice of Redemption. If less than all
of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for
redemption as follows: (i) if the Notes are listed, in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes
are listed, or (ii) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or by any method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. No Notes of $1,000
or less may be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first
class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to
each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its
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registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. If any Note is
to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new
Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note
will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the
original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for
redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest and liquidated damages,
if any, cease to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
8. Repurchase at Option of Holder. (a) Upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the
"Change of Control Offer") at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the
aggregate principal amount repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Change of
Control Payment"). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company
shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions
that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the
date specified in such notice which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the
procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.
(b) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0
million, the Company will make an offer to purchase an ("Asset Sale Offer"),
pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture, to all Holders of Notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to
purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out
of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to
100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any
Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount
of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of
each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and
fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required
to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is
not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Notes to be redeemed.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note
will be treated as its owner for all purposes.
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11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding and Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default
or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal of the Notes then
outstanding and Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). Without the consent of any
Holder of Notes, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes
in addition to or in place of Definitive Notes, to provide for the assumption of
the Company's or any Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of
a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company or any Guarantor, to make any change that would provide any
additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder or to
comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
12. Defaults and Remedies. In the case of an Event of Default,
as defined in the Indenture arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further
action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or
Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or Liquidated
Damages, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under
the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on their behalf
with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would
have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to
the optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall
also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law
upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs during any
time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by the Company or on its behalf with the
intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the
premium specified in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable
to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.
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13. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with
the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
14. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any of the Guarantors
as such will have any liability for any of the Company's or any Guarantors'
obligations under the Notes, the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantees, or for
any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, these obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases these individuals
from this liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
15. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes
and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders
under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of June 29, 2001, between the Company, the Guarantors and the
parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional
Notes, Holders of Additional Notes shall have the rights set forth in one or
more registration rights agreements, if any, between the Company, the Guarantors
and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the
Guarantors to the purchasers of Additional Notes (the "Registration Rights
Agreement").
17. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by
the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation
is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights
Agreement. Requests may be made to:
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70005
Telecopier No.: (504) 849-2307
Attention: Martin R. de Laureal, Vice President of Investor
Relations
with copies to:
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,
Carrere and Denegre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
Telecopier: (504) 582-8012
Attention: L. Richards McMillan, Esq.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Insert assignee's legal name)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature:
-----------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box below:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Date:
-----------------
Your Signature:
-----------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
----------------------------
Signature Guarantee*:
-------
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S
Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or of other
Restricted Global Notes for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global
Note, have been made:
<Table>
<Caption>
Principal Amount at
Amount of Decrease in Amount of Increase in Maturity Signature of
Principal Amount at Principal Amount at of this Global Note Authorized Officer
Maturity Maturity Following such of Trustee or
Date of Exchange of this Global Note of this Global Note decrease (or increase) Note Custodian
---------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- ------------------
</Table>
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70005
Telecopier No.: (504) 849-2307
Attention: Kenneth C. Budde, Chief Financial Officer
Firstar Bank, N.A.
101 East 5th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Telecopier No.: (651) 229-6415
Attention: Frank Leslie
Re: 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June
29, 2001 (the "Indenture"), among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a Louisiana
Corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors, and Firstar Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
___________________ (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to
transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in
the principal amount at maturity of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests
(the "Transfer"), to ___________________________ (the "Transferee"), as further
specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor
hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to
Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies
that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person
that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more
accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a "qualified institutional buyer"
within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of
Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the
proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global
Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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2. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the Regulation S
Permanent Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further
certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United
States and either (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee
was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its
behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the
United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such
Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was
prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts
have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a) or Rule
904(a) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not
part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S.
Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note
will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery
of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or a Restricted Definitive
Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or
Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(check one):
(a) such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the requirements
of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by an
Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy
of which the Transferor has attached to this certification);
or
(b) such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a
subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
4. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note.
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(a) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions
contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the
Indenture.
(c) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule
903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the
United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (A) OR (B)]
(A) a beneficial interest in the:
(i) 144A Global Note (CUSIP 860370AC9); or
(ii) Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U85049AA0);
(B) a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(A) a beneficial interest in the:
(i) 144A Global Note (CUSIP 860370AC9); or
(ii) Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U85049AA0);
(iii) Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _______); or
(B) a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(C) an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70005
Telecopier No.: (504) 849-2307
Attention: Kenneth C. Budde, Chief Financial Officer
Firstar Bank, N.A.
101 East 5th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Telecopier No.: (651) 229-6415
Attention: Frank Leslie
Re: 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June
29, 2001 (the "Indenture"), among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a Louisiana
corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors and Firstar Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
__________________________ (the "Owner") owns and proposes to
exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the
principal amount at maturity of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the
"Exchange"). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In
connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal
principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial
interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii)
such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(b) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer,
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(ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained
in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.
(c) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the
Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(A) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection
with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal
amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account without
transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will
continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note
and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(B) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial
interest in the [CHECK ONE] [ ] 144A Global Note, [ ] Regulation S
Global Note, [ ] IAI Global Note with an equal principal amount at
maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner's
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own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected
in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of
the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities
Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject
to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of June 29, 2001 (the "Indenture")
among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., the other Guarantors (as defined in the
Indenture and Firstar Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
(as defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption
or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and
premium, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, 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 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 Guarantors to the
Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the
Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees
to and shall be bound by such provisions, (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 by this Subsidiary Guarantee shall
cease to be so subordinated and subject in right of payment upon any defeasance
of this Note in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
[Name of Guarantor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated
as of _____________, among __________________ (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), a
subsidiary of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a
Louisiana corporation (the "Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Firstar Bank, N.A., as trustee
under the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to
the Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of June 29, 2001 providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of 10 3/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain
circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations under the Notes
and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Subsidiary
Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
agrees as follows:
(a) Along with all other Guarantors, to jointly and severally Guarantee
to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company
hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will
be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest
on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
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(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, 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. Failing
payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed
for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to
pay the same immediately. This Subsidiary Guarantee is a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of
any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor.
(c) Subject to Section 6.06 of the Indenture, the following is hereby
waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever.
(d) The Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated
in full force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six of the Indenture for the
purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article Six of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee.
(h) Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the
Holders and the Guarantors irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to the extent
necessary so that they shall not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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3. Subordination. The Obligations of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Supplemental
Indenture shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary on the same basis as the Notes are junior and
subordinated to the Senior Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the
foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive
and/or retain payments by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary only at such time as they
may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to the
Indenture, including Article Ten thereof.
4. Execution and Delivery. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees
that the Subsidiary Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such
Subsidiary Guarantee.
5. Guaranteeing Subsidiary May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain
Terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06 of the Indenture, a
Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor
is the surviving Person) another Person unless:
(a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(b) either:
(i) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger is a corporation, organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the
obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its
Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement
pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the
Trustee; or
(ii) such sale or other disposition complies with Section
4.10, including the application of the Net Proceeds
therefrom.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by a Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for a Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein
as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or
all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in all
respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof.
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Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
6. Releases.
(a) Any Guarantor will be released and relieved of any
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, (i) in connection with any sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor
(including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, if the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of that Guarantor complies with Section 4.10 of the Indenture, including
the application of the Net Proceeds therefrom; (ii) in connection with any sale
of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, if the sale of all such Capital Stock of that Guarantor complies
with Section 4.10 of the Indenture, including the application of the Net
Proceeds therefrom and (iii) if the Company properly designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Upon delivery by
the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation
Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required
in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and
interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the
Indenture as provided in Article Eleven of the Indenture.
7. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future
director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations
of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Subsidiary
Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each
Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws.
8. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT
THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
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9. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of
this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement.
10. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
11. Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any
manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein,
all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the
Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date
first above written.
Dated: ,
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[Guaranteeing Subsidiary]
By:
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Name:
Title:
STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
FIRSTAR BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE
By:
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Name:
Title:
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