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Exhibit 4.3
COSTILLA ENERGY, INC.
10 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2006
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of January 16, 1998
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INDENTURE
Dated as of October 1, 1996
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 16, 1998
(the "Supplemental Indenture"), by and between Costilla Energy, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, having its principal office at 400 West Illinois, Suite 1000,
Midland, Texas 79701 (the "Company") and State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee (the "Trustee").
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed
and delivered that certain Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1996 (the
"Indenture") providing for the issuance of its 10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2006
(the "Notes"). All terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this First
Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, the
Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with the consent
of holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes;
WHEREAS, Section 9.07 of the Indenture provides that the
Trustee shall execute any supplemental indenture or other amendment authorized
pursuant to Article IX of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental
Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a
valid amendment of and supplement to the Indenture have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
(a) Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended as
follows:
(i) The following definitions are hereby amended in their
entirety to read as follows:
"Credit Facility" means a credit facility that may be entered
into among the Company and the lenders parties thereto, including any
related note guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith and in each case as such
agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement
thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including any agreements extending the maturity of, renewing,
refunding, replacing, refinancing, increasing or otherwise
restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such
agreements.
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"Notes" means the Existing Notes and the New Notes.
(ii) Clause (b) of the definition of "Permitted
Liens" is amended to read as follows:
"Liens under the Credit Facility;"
(iii) The following definitions are added:
"Exchange Notes" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"Existing Notes" means the $100,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 10 1/4% Senior Notes of the Company issued on October 8,
1996.
"IAI Global Note" means any Global Note representing the
aggregate principal amount of New Notes held by Institutional
Accredited Investors.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that
is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"New Notes" means the 10 1/4% Senior Notes of the Company
issued at any time after the Issue Date (other than any Notes issued
in exchange for Existing Notes pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.07 under
the Indenture).
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Private Exchange Notes" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of January 16, 1998 between the Company, BT Alex.
Brown Incorporated and Prudential Securities Incorporated.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Global Note representing
the aggregate principal amount of New Notes held by Non-U.S. Persons.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on
an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a
Restricted Security.
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"144A Global Note" means a Global Note representing the
aggregate principal amount of New Notes held by QIBs.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend initially set
forth in the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.16 herein.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the
meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a person who is not a U.S. person, as
defined in Regulation S.
(b) The first sentence of Section 2.02 of the Indenture
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any
one time shall not exceed $180,000,000 except as provided in Section
2.07 hereof; provided, however, that any New Notes issued under this
Indenture shall be issued in accordance with Section 4.12 of this
Indenture.
(c) The first sentence of the fourth paragraph of Section
2.02 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.02, the Trustee shall, upon
receipt of the Company Order requesting such action, (1) authenticate
Notes for original issuance in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $180,000,000 in the form of a Global Note or (2) authenticate
Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes for issuance in exchange for
a like principal amount of Notes."
(d) Article II of the Indenture is hereby amended by
adding the following Sections:
Section 2.16 Restrictive Legend. Each Note that constitutes
a Restricted Security shall bear the following legend (the "Private Placement
Legend") on the face thereof until after the second anniversary of the later of
the date of issuance of such note and the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any predecessor
security) (or such shorter period of time as, in the opinion of counsel, is
permitted by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor provision
thereunder) (or such longer period of time as may be required under the
Securities Act or applicable state securities laws in the opinion of counsel
for the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Holder
thereof):
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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR"), OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR
TO THE DATE THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE
DATE AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATED PERSON
OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C)
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S.
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN
AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (F)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PRIOR TO THE
DATE THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE AND
THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATED PERSON OF THE
COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS
AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE
TO CONFIRM THAT
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SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,"
"UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Section 2.17 Special Transfer Provisions
(a) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited
Investors and Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with
respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
or to any Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any
Note constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note
bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the date of the requested
transfer is after the second anniversary of the Issue Date (provided,
however, that neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company
has, to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, held any beneficial
interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to
the second anniversary of the Issue Date) or (y) (1) in the case of a
transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
(excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to
the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the
proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is a member of, or
participant in, the Depositary (an "Agent Member") and the Notes to be
transferred consist of Certificated Notes which after transfer are to
be evidenced by an interest in the IAI Global Note or Regulation S
Global Note, as the case may be, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x)
written instructions given in accordance with the Depositary's and the
Registrar's procedures and (y) the appropriate certificate, if any,
required by clause (y) of paragraph (i) above, the Registrar shall
register the transfer and reflect on its books and records the date
and an increase in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note or
Regulation S Global Note, as to case may be, in an amount equal to the
principal amount of Certificated Notes to be transferred, and the
Trustee shall cancel the Certificated Notes so transferred; and
(iii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member
seeking to transfer an interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the
Registrar of (x) written instructions given in accordance with the
Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures and (y) the appropriate
certificate, if any, required by clause (y) of paragraph (i) above,
the Registrar shall register the transfer and reflect on its books and
records the date and (A) a decrease in the principal amount of the
Global Note from which such interests are to be transferred in an
amount
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equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be transferred and (B)
an increase in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note or the
Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be, in an amount equal to
the principal amount of the Notes to be transferred.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall
apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note
constituting a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S.
Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the
box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised
the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made
in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has
signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or
has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that
it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with
respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it
and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is
aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to
claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and
the Notes to be transferred consist of Certificated Notes which after
transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in a 144A Global Note,
upon receipt by the Registrar of written instructions given in
accordance with the Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an
increase in the principal amount of such 144A Global Note in an amount
equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Notes to be
transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Certificated Notes so
transferred; and
(iii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member
seeking to transfer an interest in the IAI Global Note or the
Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of written
instructions given in accordance with the Depositary's and the
Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall register the transfer and
reflect on its books and records the date and (A) a decrease in the
principal amount of the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global
Note, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the Notes to be transferred and (B) an increase in the principal
amount of the 144A Global Note in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the Notes to be transferred.
(c) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global
Notes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, a Global Note
may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
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(d) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer,
exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the
Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private
Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer is after the second
anniversary of the Issue Date (provided, however, that neither the Company nor
any Affiliate of the Company has, to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, held
any beneficial interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time prior to
or on the third anniversary of the Issue Date), or (ii) there is delivered to
the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions
on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of
the Securities Act.
(e) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the
Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as
provided in this Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and
other written communications received pursuant to this Section 2.17. The
Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters,
notices or other written communications at any reasonable time during the
Registrar's normal business hours upon the giving of reasonable written notice
to the Registrar.
(f) Transfers of Notes Held by Affiliates. Any
certificate (i) evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an Affiliate of
the Company within two years after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation
on the Assignment Form for such transfer or in the representation letter
delivered in respect thereof or (ii) evidencing a Note that has been acquired
from an Affiliate (other than by an Affiliate) in a transaction or a chain of
transactions not involving any public offering, shall, until two years after
the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was an owner
of such Note, in each case, bear a legend in substantially the form set forth
in Section 2.16 hereof, unless otherwise agreed by the Company (with written
notice thereof to the Trustee).
(g) Exhibit D and Exhibit E hereto are hereby made
Exhibits to the Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
(a) Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is
in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and
provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
All provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be
deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of the Indenture and the
Indenture as supplemented by this First
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Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument for all purposes.
(b) The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the
Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to
perform the same upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture, or the due
execution hereof by the Company, or for or in respect of the recitals hereof,
all of which recitals are made by the Company solely.
(c) This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
COSTILLA ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ Bobby W. Page
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Name: Bobby W. Page
Title: Senior Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY
By: /s/ Daniel Golden
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Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
[ ], [ ]
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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Attention: Corporate Trust Dept.
Re: COSTILLA ENERGY, INC. (the "Company")
10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2006 (the "Notes")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 10 1/4% Senior
Notes due 2006 (the "Notes") of COSTILLA ENERGY, INC. (the "Company"), we
confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the
Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in
the indenture relating to the Notes (the "Indenture") and the
undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or
otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such
restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), and all applicable State securities laws.
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes
have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes
may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, U.S. persons except as permitted in the
following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any
accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we
should sell any Notes, we will do so only (i) to the Company or any
subsidiary thereof, (ii) inside the United States in accordance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act)
that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its
behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to the Trustee (as defined in the
Indenture) a signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes (the
form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee), (iii) outside
the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act (provided that any such sale or
transfer in Canada or to or for the benefit
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of a Canadian resident must be effected pursuant to an exemption from
the prospectus and registration requirements under applicable Canadian
securities laws), (iv) pursuant to the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), or (v)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of
the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the
Notes are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any
Notes, we will be required to furnish to the Trustee, the Company such
certification, legal opinions and other information as the Trustee and
the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale
complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that
the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for
which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or
their investment, as the case may be.
5. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our
account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional
"accredited investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
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You, the Company, the Trustee and others are entitled to rely
upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding
or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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Attention: Corporate Trust Dept.
Re: COSTILLA ENERGY, INC. (the "Company")
10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Notes")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $[ ]
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we
represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in
the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated,
the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person
acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was
outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on
or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market
and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the
transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the
United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or
Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to
evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Notes.
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You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to
rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or
a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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