EXHIBIT 4.19
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COLLINS & AIKMAN CORPORATION, AS ISSUER
AND
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF 200[ ]
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[ ], AS TRUSTEE
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
This Cross-Reference Table is not a part of the Indenture.
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TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1)..................................................................7.10
(a)(2).....................................................................7.10
(a)(3).....................................................................N.A.
(a)(4).....................................................................N.A.
(b) .....................................................................7.08; 7.10; 11.02
311(a).....................................................................7.11
(b) .....................................................................7.11
(c) .....................................................................N.A.
312(a).....................................................................2.05
(b) .....................................................................11.03
(c) .....................................................................11.03
313(a).....................................................................7.06
(b)(1).....................................................................N.A.
(b)(2).....................................................................7.06
(c) .....................................................................11.02
(d) .....................................................................7.06
314(a).....................................................................4.02; 11.02
(b) .....................................................................N.A.
(c)(1).....................................................................11.04
(c)(2).....................................................................11.04
(c)(3).....................................................................N.A.
(d) .....................................................................N.A.
(e) .....................................................................11.05
315(a).....................................................................7.01(b)
(b) .....................................................................7.05; 11.02
(c) .....................................................................7.01(a)
(d) .....................................................................7.01(c)
(e) .....................................................................6.11
316(a)(last sentence)......................................................11.06
(a)(1)(A)..................................................................6.05
(a)(1)(B)..................................................................6.04
(a)(2).....................................................................N.A.
(b) .....................................................................6.07
317(a)(1)..................................................................6.08
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(a)(2).....................................................................6.09
(b) .....................................................................2.04
318(a).....................................................................11.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Table of Contents is not a part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.............................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.......................................4
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.......................................4
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction...................................5
ARTICLE TWO
The Securities
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.........................................5
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication............................8
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent..............................8
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.....................9
Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists....................................9
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange...................................9
Section 2.07. Replacement Securities.................................10
Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities.................................10
Section 2.09. Temporary Securities...................................11
Section 2.10. Cancellation...........................................11
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.....................................11
Section 2.12. Treasury Securities....................................11
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers..........................................12
Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys......................................12
Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Security...........................................12
ARTICLE THREE
Redemption
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.....................................13
Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.................14
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption...................................14
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.........................15
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price............................15
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part............................15
ARTICLE FOUR
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities..................................15
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................16
Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate.................................16
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate
Existence; Maintenance of Properties...............16
ARTICLE FIVE
Successor Corporation
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc............................17
ARTICLE SIX
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default......................................18
Section 6.02. Acceleration...........................................19
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.........................................20
Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults............................20
Section 6.05. Control by Majority....................................20
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits....................................21
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment...................21
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.............................21
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.......................21
Section 6.10. Priorities.............................................22
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs..................................22
ARTICLE SEVEN
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee......................................23
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee......................................24
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee...........................25
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Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer...................................25
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.....................................25
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders..........................26
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.............................26
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.................................26
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.......................27
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification..........................27
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company....................................28
ARTICLE EIGHT
Discharge of Indenture
Section 8.01. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations........................28
Section 8.02. Survival of the Company's Obligations..................31
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.............................31
Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company...............................31
Section 8.05. Reinstatement..........................................32
ARTICLE NINE
GUARANTEES
Section 9.01. Unconditional Guarantees...............................32
Section 9.02. Severability...........................................33
Section 9.03. Release of a Guarantor.................................34
Section 9.04. Limitation of a Guarantor's Liability..................34
Section 9.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.....34
Section 9.06. Contribution...........................................35
Section 9.07. Waiver of Subrogation..................................35
Section 9.08. Execution of Guarantee.................................36
ARTICLE TEN
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
Section 10.01. Without Consent of Holders.............................36
Section 10.02. With Consent of Holders................................37
Section 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act....................39
Section 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents......................39
Section 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities..................39
Section 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc........................40
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls...........................40
Section 11.02. Notices................................................40
Section 11.03. Communications by Holders with
Other Holders......................................41
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent...............................41
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..........42
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents............................42
Section 11.07. Legal Holidays.........................................42
Section 11.08. Governing Law..........................................42
Section 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements..........43
Section 11.10. No Recourse Against Others.............................43
Section 11.11. Successors and Assigns.................................43
Section 11.12. Duplicate Originals....................................43
Section 11.13. Severability...........................................43
SIGNATURES.................................................................
EXHIBIT A - Form of Security
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INDENTURE dated as of , 200[ ], by and among COLLINS & AIKMAN
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), as issuer, each of the
Guarantors (as defined in Section 1.01 below) as subsidiary guarantors and [ ] a
(the "Trustee"), as trustee.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's debt
securities issued under this Indenture (the "Securities"):
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"Affiliate" means, when used with reference to a specified
Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Person specified.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar or
agent for service of notices and demands.
"Authorizing Resolution" means a resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors or by an Officer or committee of Officers pursuant to Board
delegation authorizing a Series of Securities.
"Bankruptcy Law" means title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any authorized committee thereof.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
or in such Person's capital stock or other equity interests, and options, rights
or warrants to purchase such capital stock or other equity interests, whether
now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it pursuant to the Indenture and thereafter means the
successor.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that is, or after
notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this
Indenture.
"Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Securities by each
Guarantor under this Indenture.
"Guarantor" means each of the Company's Subsidiaries which
becomes a guarantor of any Series of Securities pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented
from time to time, including pursuant to any Authorizing Resolution or
supplemental indenture pertaining to any Series.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means, with respect to
any Person, any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, or any
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding with
respect to such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary.
"Issue Date" means, with respect to any Series of Securities,
the date on which the Securities of such Series are originally issued under this
Indenture.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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"principal" of a debt security means the principal of the
security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor agency performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA.
"Securities" means any Securities that are issued under this
Indenture.
"Series" means a series of Securities established under this
Indenture.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company
which would constitute a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1.02 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation or other
entity of which a majority of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other persons performing similar
functions is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from
time to time.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means
the successor serving hereunder.
"Trust Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President or any other officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"United States" means the United States of America.
"U.S. government obligations" means securities which are (i)
direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States, which, in either case are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. government
obligations or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is
not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
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respect of the U.S. government obligation or the specific payment of interest on
or principal of the U.S. government obligation evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Agent Members"................................... 2.15
"Business Day".................................... 11.07
"Custodian"....................................... 6.01
"Depository"...................................... 2.15
"Event of Default"................................ 6.01
"Legal Holiday"................................... 11.07
"Paying Agent".................................... 2.03
"Registrar"....................................... 2.03
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:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, each
of the Guarantors, or any other obligor on the Securities of a Series or any
Guarantees thereof.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have
the meanings so assigned to them.
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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular; and
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
issued under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time
to time in one or more Series. Each Series shall be created by an Authorizing
Resolution or a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of the
Securities of the Series, which may include the following:
(1) the title of such Series;
(2) the aggregate principal amount of Securities and any
limit on any such aggregate principal amount;
(3) the price (expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount thereof) at which such Securities will be
issued and, if other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof;
(4) if convertible into shares of Capital Stock, the
terms on which such Securities are convertible,
including the initial conversation price, the
conversion period, any events requiring an adjustment
of the applicable conversion price and any
requirements relating to the reservation of such
Capital Stock for purposes of conversion;
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(5) the date(s), or the method for determining such date
or dates, on which the principal of such Securities
will be payable and, if applicable, the terms on
which such maturity may be extended;
(6) the rate(s) (which may be fixed or floating), or the
method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, at which such Securities will bear
interest, if any;
(7) the date(s), or the method for determining such date
or dates, from which any such interest will accrue,
the dates on which any such interest will be payable,
the record dates for such interest payment dates, or
the method by which such dates shall be determined,
the Person to whom such interest shall be payable,
and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated
if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months;
(8) the place(s) where the principal of and interest, if
any, on such Securities will be payable, where such
Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to
or upon the Company in respect of Securities and this
Indenture may be served;
(9) the period(s), if any, within which, the price or
prices at which and the other terms and conditions
upon which such Securities may, pursuant to any
optional or mandatory redemption provisions, be
redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the Company's
option;
(10) the Company's obligation, if any, to redeem, repay or
repurchase such Securities pursuant to any sinking
fund (as defined in the applicable indenture) or
analogous provision or at the option of a Holder
thereof, and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the other terms and
conditions upon which such Securities will be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligations;
(11) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or
currencies in which the principal of and interest, if
any, on such Securities are denominated and payable,
which may be a foreign currency or units of two or
more foreign currencies or a composite currency or
currencies, and the terms and conditions relating
thereto;
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(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of or
interest, if any, on such Securities may be
determined with reference to an index, formula or
other method (which index, formula or method may, but
need not be, based on the yield on or trading price
of other securities, including United States Treasury
securities, or on a currency, currencies, currency
unit or units, or composite currency or currencies)
and the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(13) whether the principal of or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series are to be payable, at our
election or a holder thereof, in a currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies other than that in which such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable
and the period or periods within which, and the terms
and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the Series upon the
occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
Articles Four, Five or Six hereof with respect to
Securities of the Series, whether or not such
modifications or additions are consistent with
Articles Four, Five or Six hereof;
(16) whether Securities of the Series are to be issuable
initially in temporary global form and whether any
Securities of the Series are to be issuable in
permanent global form and, if so, whether beneficial
owners of interests in any such security in permanent
global form may exchange such interests for
Securities of such Series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the
circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in the
applicable indenture, and, if Securities of the
Series are to be issuable as a global Security, the
identity of the depositary for such Series;
(17) the applicability, if any, of the defeasance and
covenant defeasance provisions of this Indenture to
the Securities of the Series;
(18) if exchangeable into another series of Securities,
the terms on which such Securities are exchangeable;
(19) any Guarantees by subsidiaries of the Company that
may Guarantee the Securities; and
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(20) any other terms of the Series of Securities and any
additions, deletions or modifications to this
Indenture.
All Securities of one Series need not be issued at the same
time and, unless otherwise provided, a Series may be reopened for issuances of
additional Securities of such Series pursuant to an Authorizing Resolution, an
Officers' Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
The creation and issuance of a Series and the authentication
and delivery thereof are not subject to any conditions precedent.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal shall be reproduced on the
Securities. Each Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in the manner set forth
in Section 9.08.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security
shall nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs
the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue
upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate of the Company. Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar"), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment
("Paying Agent") and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying
agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such Agent
and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect the
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Securities register at all reasonable times to obtain copies thereof, and the
Trustee shall have the right to rely upon such register as to the names and
addresses of the Holders and the principal amounts and certificate numbers
thereof. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent or fails
to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and
Paying Agent.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Securityholders and the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company
or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and hold it
as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall
have no further liability for the money.
Section 2.05. Securityholder 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee at least 5 Business Days before each semiannual
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 Securityholders.
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
Where a Security is presented to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register
the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401(1) of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code are met. Where Securities are presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make
the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit transfers
and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's
request. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Security selected for
redemption, except the unredeemed part thereof if the Security is redeemed in
part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Securities to be redeemed. Any exchange or transfer shall be
without charge, except that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto except in the case of exchanges pursuant to 2.09, 3.06, or 10.05 not
involving any transfer.
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Any Holder of a global Security shall, by acceptance of such
global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such global
Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the
Holder of such global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a
beneficial interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book
entry.
Section 2.07. Replacement Securities.
If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been
lost, destroyed, mutilated or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and,
upon written request of any Officer of the Company, the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security, provided in the case of a lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken Security, that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code are met. If any such lost, destroyed, mutilated or
wrongfully taken Security shall have matured or shall be about to mature, the
Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security therefor, pay such
Security without requiring (except in the case of a mutilated Security) the
surrender thereof. An indemnity bond must be sufficient in the judgment of the
Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from
any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced, including the
acquisition of such Security by a bona fide purchaser. The Company or the
Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it and those
described in this Section. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company, any Guarantor or one of their Affiliates holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases
to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds on a redemption date or maturity
date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then on and after
that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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Section 2.09. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities
but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and, upon
surrender for cancellation of the temporary Security, the Company and the
Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive
Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange,
redemption or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and destroy, or
retain in accordance with its standard retention policy, all Securities
surrendered for registration or transfer, exchange, redemption, paying or
cancellation. Unless the Authorizing Resolution so provides, the Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has previously paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest plus any interest payable on the
defaulted interest to the persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent
special record date. The Company shall fix such special record date and a
payment date which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. At least 15
days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each
Securityholder a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the
amount of defaulted interest to be paid. On or before the date such notice is
mailed, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay
the amount of defaulted interest to be so paid. The Company may pay defaulted
interest in any other lawful manner if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.12. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any direction, waiver,
consent or notice, Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantors or any of
their respective Affiliates shall be
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considered as though they are 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 Securities which the Trustee actually knows
are so owned shall be so considered.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities of any Series may use a
"CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such Securities; provided
that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the
correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP number printed in the notice or on
such Securities, and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on such Securities. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change in any CUSIP number.
Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys.
Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each interest
payment date and maturity date with respect to each Series of Securities, the
Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available
funds money sufficient to make cash payments due on such interest payment date
or maturity date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the
Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such interest payment date or
maturity date, as the case may be.
Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Security.
(a) Any global Security of a Series initially shall (i) be
registered in the name of the depository who shall be identified in the
Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Securities
(the "Depository") or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the
Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear any required legends.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any global
Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its
custodian, or under the global Security, and the Depository may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of the global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository
or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any
Security.
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(b) Transfers of any global Security shall be limited to
transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their
respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the global Security may
be transferred or exchanged for definitive Securities in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depository. In addition, definitive Securities shall
be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial
interests in a global Security if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the global Security and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Registrar has received a request from the Depository to issue definitive
Securities.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion
of the beneficial interest in any global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more definitive Securities are
to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of the global Security in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interest in the global Security to be transferred, and
the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, one or more definitive Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of an entire global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the global Security
shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for
its beneficial interest in the global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) The Holder of any global Security may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such Series.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
Securities of a Series that are redeemable prior to maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and, unless the Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture provides otherwise, in accordance with this
Article.
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If the Company wants to redeem Securities pursuant to
Paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. Any such
notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being
mailed to Holders. Any such cancelled notice shall be void and of no effect.
If the Company wants to credit any Securities previously
redeemed, retired or acquired against any redemption pursuant to Paragraph 6 of
the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the amount of the credit and it
shall deliver any Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation with such notice.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this
Section 3.01 at least 30 days before the notice of any such redemption is to be
mailed to Holders (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee).
Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
If fewer than all of the Securities of a Series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by a method the
Trustee considers fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection
from Securities outstanding not previously called for redemption and shall
promptly notify the Company of the serial numbers or other identifying
attributes of the Securities so selected. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than the
minimum denomination for the Series. Securities and portions of them it selects
shall be in amounts equal to the minimum denomination for the Series or an
integral multiple thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities
called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for
redemption.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and
shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(5) that interest on Securities called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(6) that the Securities are being redeemed pursuant to the
mandatory redemption or the optional redemption provisions, as
applicable.
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 deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the date on which
notice of redemption is to be mailed or such shorter period as may be
satisfactory to the Trustee, 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.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for
redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price as set forth in the notice of redemption. Upon surrender to the Paying
Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued
interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent immediately available funds sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on
that date.
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the
Company and the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for
each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on a
Series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of the Series.
An installment of principal or
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interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent
holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the
rate borne by the Series; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under
Section 2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee.
Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate stating
whether or not the signers know of any Default by the Company in performing any
of its obligations under this Indenture. If they do know of such a Default, the
certificate shall describe the Default.
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate
Existence; Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will:
(a) cause to be paid and discharged all lawful taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company
and its Subsidiaries or upon the income or profits of the Company and
its Subsidiaries or upon property or any part thereof belonging to the
Company and its Subsidiaries before the same shall be in default, as
well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon such property or any part
thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy
or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the nonpayment thereof
does not, in the judgment of the Company, materially adversely affect
the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to pay all obligations
under the Indenture when due; and provided further that the Company
shall not be required to cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy or claim if, in the judgment of the Company,
such payment shall not be advantageous to the Company in the conduct of
its business and if the failure so to pay or discharge does not, in its
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judgment, materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due;
(b) cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect the corporate existence of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries and to comply with all applicable laws;
provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (b) shall prevent a
consolidation or merger of the Company or any Subsidiary not prohibited
by the provisions of Article Five, Article Nine or any other provision
or the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to a
Series, and the Company need not maintain the corporate existence of an
immaterial Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor; and
(c) at all times keep, maintain and preserve all the property
of the Company and its Subsidiaries in good repair, working order and
condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and from time to time
make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereto, so that the business carried on
in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at
all times; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (c) shall
prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of
any such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Company, desirable in the conduct of its business and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the ability of the Company
and its Subsidiaries to pay all obligations under this Indenture when
due.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into,
any other corporation, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to,
any entity unless permitted by law and unless (1) the resulting, surviving or
transferee entity, which shall be a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the United States or a State thereof, assumes by supplemental indenture,
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and this Indenture and (2) immediately after giving
effect to, and as a result of, such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. Thereafter such successor corporation or
corporations shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as the "Company" and all such obligations
of the predecessor corporation shall terminate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the
consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the
foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel
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stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply
with this Indenture.
To the extent that an Authorizing Resolution or supplemental
indenture pertaining to any Series provides for different provisions relating to
the subject matter of this Article Five, the provisions in such Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture shall govern for purposes of such Series.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" on a Series occurs if, voluntarily or
involuntarily, whether by operation of law or otherwise, any of the following
occurs:
(1) the failure by the Company to pay interest on any
Security of such Series when the same becomes due and payable and the
continuance of any such failure for a period of 30 days;
(2) the failure by the Company to pay the principal or
premium of any Security of such Series when the same becomes due and
payable at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise;
(3) the failure by the Company to comply with any of its
agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Securities of such
Series, the Guarantees (as they relate thereto) or this Indenture (as
they relate thereto) and such failure continues for the period and
after the notice specified below;
(4) the Company or any Guarantor of Securities of such
Series that is a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the
meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it
or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
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(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Guarantor of Securities of such Series that is a Significant
Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Guarantor of Securities of such Series that is a Significant
Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or such Guarantor, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
Guarantor of Securities of such Series that is a Significant
Subsidiary,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
A Default as described in sub-clause (3) above will not be
deemed an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of the applicable Series notify the Company and the Trustee, of the
Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt
of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied
and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default." If such a Default is cured
within such time period, it ceases.
The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with
respect to the Company resulting from sub-clauses (4) or (5) above), shall have
occurred and be continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee by notice to the
Company, or the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the
Securities of the applicable Series then outstanding by notice to the Company
and the Trustee, may declare all Securities of such Series to be due and payable
immediately. Upon such declaration of acceleration, the amounts due and payable
on the Securities of such Series will be due and payable immediately. If an
Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in sub-clauses (4) or (5)
above occurs, all amounts due and payable on the Securities of such Series will
ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration,
notice or other act on the part of the Trustee and the Company or any Holder.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such Series
then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and the Company may waive any
Default or Event of Default (other than any Default or Event of Default in
payment of principal or interest) with respect to such Series of Securities
under the Indenture. Holders of
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a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series
may rescind an acceleration with respect to such Series and its consequence
(except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest on the
Securities of such Series) if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived.
No such rescission shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent Event of Default, or shall impair any right or power consequent
thereon.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default on a Series occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to
collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Series or to enforce the
performance of any provision in the Securities or this Indenture applicable to
the Series.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.
A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right
or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults.
Subject to Section 10.02, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series on behalf of all the
Holders of the Series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default on
such Series and its consequences. When a Default is waived, it is cured and
stops continuing, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been cured; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of a Series may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on it with respect to such Series. The Trustee,
however, may refuse to follow any direction (i) that conflicts with law or this
Indenture, (ii) that, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee determines is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders, (iii) that would involve the
Trustee in personal liability or (iv) if the Trustee shall not have been
provided with indemnity satisfactory to it.
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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder of a Series may not pursue any remedy with
respect to this Indenture or the Series unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default on the Series;
(2) the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of the Series make a written request to the
Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) no written request inconsistent with such written request
shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.06.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over
another Securityholder.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal
specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company for the whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its
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agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Company, its creditors or its property, and unless prohibited by
applicable law or regulation, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election
of a Custodian, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any
moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of
the claim of any Securityholder except as aforesaid for the election of the
Custodian.
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 for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Securityholders of the Series for amounts due and
unpaid on the Series for principal and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Series for principal and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or the Guarantors as their interests may
appear.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Securityholders 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 Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having the
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 pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the Series.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions from the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities, exercise its rights and powers and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, 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. The Trustee, however, shall examine the certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts or matters stated
therein.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 or any other direction of the
Holders permitted hereunder.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
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(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any
right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
(g) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that
the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting on any document, resolution, certificate, instrument,
report, or direction 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, resolution, certificate, instrument, report, or
direction.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall
conform to Sections 11.04 and 11.05 hereof and containing such other statements
as the Trustee reasonably deems necessary to perform its duties hereunder. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on the Officers' Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or any other
direction of the Company permitted hereunder.
(c) The Trustee may act through 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 taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel as to matters of law shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the
advice or opinion of such counsel.
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(f) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Indenture,
any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(g) For all purposes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall
not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default (other than
under Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2)) unless a Trust Officer assigned to and working
in the Trustee's corporate trust office has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice of any Event of Default is received by the Trustee at its address
specified in Section 11.02 hereof and such notice references the Securities
generally, the Company or this Indenture.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with
Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture, the Securities or of any prospectus used to sell the
Securities; it shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds
from the Securities; it shall not be accountable for any money paid to the
Company, or upon the Company's direction, if made under and in accordance with
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 of the Company in this
Indenture or in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default on a Series occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the
Series notice of the Default (which shall specify any uncured Default known to
it) within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a default in payment
of principal of or interest on a Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as the board of directors of the Trustee, the executive or any trust
committee of such directors and/or responsible officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of
the Series. In the case of any default of the character specified in clause (3)
of Section 6.01 with respect to Securities of a Series, no notice to Holders of
such Securities will be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. The Company shall certify to the trustee quarterly as to whether any
default exists.
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Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA ss.
313(a) (but if no event described in TIA ss. 313(2) has occurred within the
twelve months preceding the reporting date no report need be transmitted). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA ss. 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be delivered to the Company and filed by the Trustee with
the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the Securities are
listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee of each national securities
exchange on which the Securities are listed.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee or predecessor trustee
from time to time reasonable compensation for their respective services subject
to any written agreement between the Trustee and the Company. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel. The Company shall indemnify the
Trustee and each predecessor trustee, its officers, directors, employees and
agents and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred or
made by or on behalf of it in connection with the administration of this
Indenture or the trust hereunder and its duties hereunder including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim in the
premises. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's, or
its officers', directors', employees' or agents' negligence or bad faith.
To ensure the Company's payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of
or interest on particular Securities. When the Trustee incurs expenses or
renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01 or in connection with Article 6 hereof, the expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services
in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of administration under any
bankruptcy law.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may
remove the Trustee by so notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may
appoint a successor trustee with the
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Company's consent. Such resignation or removal shall not take effect until the
appointment by the Securityholders or the Company as hereinafter provided of a
successor trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor
trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee and any Securityholder may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor trustee for any or no reason, including if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 after
written request by the Company or any bona fide Securityholder who has
been a Securityholder for at least six months;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee. If a successor trustee does not take office within 45 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee.
A successor trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor trustee shall have all the rights, powers
and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor trustee shall mail
notice of its succession to each Securityholder.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges with or into or
converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(1). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least
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$10,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 8.01. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations.
(a) The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to
have either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) below be applied to the outstanding
Securities of any Series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set
forth in paragraph (d).
(b) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the
option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Company and the Guarantors shall be
deemed to have been released and discharged from their respective obligations
with respect to the outstanding Securities of a Series on the date the
applicable conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented
by the outstanding Securities of a Series, which shall thereafter be deemed to
be "outstanding" only for the purposes of the Sections and matters under this
Indenture referred to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
are concerned, except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding
Securities of a Series to receive solely from the trust fund described in
paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in such paragraph, payments in
respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when such payments
are due and (ii) obligations listed in Section 8.02, subject to compliance with
this Section 8.01. The Company may exercise its option under this paragraph (b)
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) below with
respect to such Securities.
(c) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Company and the Guarantors shall be
released and discharged from the obligations under any covenant contained in
Article Five and any other covenant contained
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in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Series
to the extent provided for therein, on and after the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the
Securities of such Series shall thereafter be deemed to be not "outstanding" for
the purpose 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. For
this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
outstanding Securities of a Series, 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(3), but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
(d) The following shall be the conditions to application of
either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) above to the outstanding Securities of the
applicable Series:
(1) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited in trust with
the Trustee, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, money in
U.S. dollars or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof in
such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay
the principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such
Series to maturity or redemption; provided, however, that the Trustee
(or other qualifying trustee) shall have received an irrevocable
written order from the Company instructing the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee) to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S.
government obligations to said payments with respect to the Securities
of such Series to maturity or redemption;
(2) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;
(3) Such deposit will not result in a Default under this
Indenture or a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any other material instrument or agreement to which the Company or any
of any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of their
property is bound;
(4) (i) In the event the Company elects paragraph (b) hereof,
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the
United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that (A) the Company has received from, or there
has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or
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(B) since the Issue Date pertaining to such Series, 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 state
that, or (ii) in the event the Company elects paragraph (c) hereof, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the
United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit and the defeasance contemplated hereby and will be subject to
federal income tax in the same amounts and in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and
defeasance had not occurred;
(5) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate, stating that the deposit under clause (1) was
not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company
or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any
other creditors of the Company or others;
(6) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the
effect that, (A) the trust funds will not be subject to the rights of
Holders of Indebtedness of the Company other than the Securities of
such Series and (B) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company
between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and
that no Holder of Securities of such Series is an insider of the
Company, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will
not be subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or similar law affecting creditors' rights generally; and
(7) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent specified herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by
this Section 8.01 have been complied with.
In the event all or any portion of the Securities of a Series
are to be redeemed through such irrevocable trust, the Company must make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, at the time of such deposit, for the
giving of the notice of such redemption or redemptions by the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Company.
(e) In addition to the Company's rights above under this
Section 8.01, the Company may terminate all of its obligations under this
Indenture with respect to a Series, and the obligations of the Guarantors shall
terminate with respect to such Series (subject to Section 8.02), when:
(1) All Securities of such Series theretofore authenticated
and delivered (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been
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replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the Company
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust solely for that purpose an amount of money
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for principal of and interest;
(2) The Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company;
(3) The Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the
Securities at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and
(4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that all conditions
precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Section 8.02. Survival of the Company's Obligations.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture under Section 8.01, the Company's obligations in paragraph 9 of the
Securities and Sections 2.03 through 2.07, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05,
however, shall survive until the Securities of an applicable Series are no
longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company's obligations in paragraph 9 of the
Securities of such Series and Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive (as
they relate to such Series).
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. government
obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It shall apply the
deposited money and the money from U.S. government obligations in accordance
with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the
Securities of the defeased Series.
Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the
Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money
held by them for the payment of
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principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, 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 a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to each such
Holder 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 publication
or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to
the Company. After payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money
must look to the Company or any Guarantor for payment as general creditors
unless applicable abandoned property law designates another person and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall
cease.
Section 8.05. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or U.S. government
obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or
by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's
and each Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
relating to the Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to
apply all such money or U.S. government obligations in accordance with Section
8.01; provided, however, that (a) if the Company has made any payment of
interest on or principal of any Securities of the Series because of the
reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money
or U.S. government obligations held by the Trustee and (b) unless otherwise
required by any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority, the Trustee shall return all such money or U.S.
government obligations to the Company promptly after receiving a written request
therefor at any time, if such reinstatement of the Company's obligations has
occurred and continue to be in effect.
ARTICLE NINE
GUARANTEES
Section 9.01. Unconditional Guarantees.
Subject to any other provisions set forth in the Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to a particular Series, each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantees (each such
guarantee to be referred to herein as the "Guarantee") to each Holder of
Securities of such Series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns, that: (i) the principal of and interest
on the Securities of such Series will be promptly paid in full when due, subject
to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise and interest on the
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overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest of the Securities of
such Series and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except obligations to pay principal and
interest on any other Series not so guaranteed, will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities of such Series
or of any 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,
subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)
above, to the limitations set forth in Section 9.04. Each Guarantor hereby
agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of such Series or
this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or
consent by any Holder of the Securities of such Series 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. 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 covenants that, subject to Section 9.03, this Guarantee
will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations
contained in the Securities of the applicable Series, this Indenture and in this
Guarantee. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to the Company or any Guarantor, any
amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor,
on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the
maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in
Article Six for the purposes of this 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 acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the
purpose of this Guarantee.
Section 9.02. Severability.
In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 9.03. Release of a Guarantor.
Upon the sale or disposition (whether by merger, stock
purchase, asset sale or otherwise) of a Guarantor (or all or substantially all
its assets) which sale or disposition is otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of Capital Stock of such Guarantor) or the Person acquiring such
assets (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the assets of such Guarantor) shall be deemed automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Article
Nine without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder.
The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing
any such release upon receipt of a request by the Company accompanied by an
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying as to the compliance
with this Section 9.03.
Any Guarantor not released in accordance with this Section
9.03 remains liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Securities as provided in this Article Nine.
Section 9.04. Limitation of a Guarantor's Liability.
Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such
Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law. To
effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor hereby
irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee
shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to
any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or
pursuant to Section 9.06, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 9.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into
the Company or another Subsidiary, or shall prevent any sale of assets or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the
Company. Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Guarantee
given by such Guarantor shall no longer have any force or effect.
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Section 9.06. Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among
the Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or
distribution is made by any Guarantor (a "Funding Guarantor") under the
Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all
other Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each
Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and
expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company's
obligations with respect to any Securities or any other Guarantor's obligations
with respect to the Guarantee. "Adjusted Net Assets" of such Guarantor at any
date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the
property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including,
without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other
fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after
giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of its Guarantee), but excluding liabilities under
the Guarantee, of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable
value of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will
be required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after
giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed
on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary
of the Company in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its
Guarantee), excluding debt in respect of the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as
they become absolute and matured.
Section 9.07. Waiver of Subrogation.
Until all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture and with
respect to all Securities of an applicable Series are paid in full, each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now
or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of such Guarantor's obligations under the Guarantee
and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any
claim or remedy of any Holder of Securities of the applicable Series against the
Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under
contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to
take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other
property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of
such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in
violation of the preceding sentence and the Securities of the applicable Series
shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have
been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the
benefit of, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable Series, and shall
forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited
and applied upon the Securities of the applicable Series, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor
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acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set
forth in this Section 9.07 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
Section 9.08. Execution of Guarantee.
To evidence their guarantee to the Holders set forth in this
Article Nine, the Guarantors hereby agree to execute the Guarantee in
substantially the form included in Exhibit A or in any such other form set forth
in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to the
applicable Series, which shall be endorsed on each Security ordered to be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
its Guarantee set forth in this Article Nine shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of
such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Guarantor
by two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary or one Officer shall
sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom shall, in each
case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest
to such Guarantee prior to the authentication of the Security on which it is
endorsed, and the delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such
Guarantee on behalf of such Guarantor. Such signatures upon the Guarantee may be
by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall
have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Security on
which such Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the
Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of the Guarantor.
ARTICLE TEN
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 10.01. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a Series without notice to or
consent of any Securityholder of such Series:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to make any change that does not, in the good faith
opinion of the Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of
Holders of affected Securities in any material respect.;
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(3) to comply with Article Five;
(4) to provide any security for or guarantees of such
Securities;
(5) to add events of default with respect to such Securities;
(6) to add covenants that would benefit the Holders of
affected Securities or to surrender any rights or powers the Company
has under this Indenture;
(7) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities;
(8) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
issuance of the Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;
(9) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Indenture, provided, however, that any such change or elimination shall
become effective only when there is no Security outstanding of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture
which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;;
(10) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
Series as permitted by this Indenture; or
(11) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of this Indenture.
After an amendment under this Section 10.01 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail notice of such amendment to the Securityholders.
Section 10.02. With Consent of Holders.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a Series without notice to any
Securityholder of such Series but with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each such
Series affected by the amendment. Each such Series shall vote as a separate
class. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any Series may waive compliance by the Company with any provision
of the Securities of such Series or of this Indenture relating to such Series
without notice to any
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Securityholder. Without the consent of each Securityholder of a Series affected,
however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to
Section 6.04, may not:
(1) change the stated maturity of the principal of or
any installment of interest with respect to the affected
Securities;
(2) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of
interest on, the affected Securities;
(3) change the currency of payment of principal of or
interest on the affected Securities;
(4) change the redemption provisions, if any, of any
affected Securities in any manner adverse to the Holders of
such Series of Securities;
(5) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the affected
Securities;
(6) reduce the above-stated percentage of Holders of
Securities of any affected Series necessary to modify or amend
this Indenture relating to such Series;
(7) modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the
percentage of outstanding Securities necessary to waive any
covenant or past default;
(8) in the case of any convertible debt securities,
adversely affect the right to convert the affected Securities
into Capital Stock in accordance with the provisions of the
applicable Series; or
(9) waive a default in the payment of the principal
of or interest on any affected Security.
An amendment of a provision included solely for the benefit of
one or more Series does not affect the interests of Securityholders of any other
Series. Only the holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of a
particular Series may waive compliance with a provision of this Indenture
relating to such Series or the Securities of such Series having applicability
solely to such Series.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplement, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
Section 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the
Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder
shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even
if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. Subject to the following
paragraph, any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke the consent
as to his Security or portion of a Security. Such revocation shall be effective
only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any Series
entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver, which record date
shall be at least 10 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent. If a
record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately
preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or
their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to
revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be
Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for
more than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses
(1) through (8) of Section 10.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or
waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and
every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security; provided that any such waiver
shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of
principal of and interest on a Security, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates without the consent of such Holder.
Section 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to
the Trustee, at which time the
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Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed
terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee
so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.
Section 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
Subject to Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall sign any
amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article if the
amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need
not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental
indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that
it will be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this
Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.
Section 11.02. Notices.
Any order, consent, notice or communication shall be
sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first
class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if to the Company or to any Guarantor:
Collins & Aikman Products Co.
5755 New King Court
Troy, Michigan 48098
Attention:
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if to the Trustee:
Attention:
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall
be mailed to him by first class mail at his address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so
mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it except that
notice to the Trustee shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by the
Trustee.
If the Company mails notice or communications to the
Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.
Section 11.03. Communications by Holders with
Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b)
with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall
have the protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
Section 11.04. 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:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
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(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements
set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action or inaction, have been
complied with and that any such section does not conflict with the
terms of the Indenture.
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he 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 complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a
meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable
rules for its functions.
Section 11.07. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or
a day on which banking institutions in Fort Worth, Texas and New York, New York
are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is
not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. A
Business Day is any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Section 11.08. Governing Law.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Indenture,
the Securities of each Series and the Guarantees.
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Section 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan
or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.10. No Recourse Against Others.
All liability described in paragraph 13 of the Securities of
any director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company is
waived and released.
Section 11.11. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture
and the Securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns.
Section 11.12. Duplicate 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 11.13. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities of a Series shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of
such Securities.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: , 200[ ] COLLINS & AIKMAN CORPORATION, as issuer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: , 200[ ] [List of Guarantors], as subsidiary guarantors
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: , 200[ ] _______________, as trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
EXHIBIT A
NO. CUSIP NO.: _______
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO.
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
promises to pay to
or registered assigns
the principal sum of [Dollars]1 on
[Title of Security]
Interest Payment Dates: and
Record Dates: and
Authenticated: Dated:
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO.
[Seal]
By
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Title:
By
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Title:
, as Trustee, certifies that this
is one of the Securities referred to in the
within mentioned Indenture.
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a Or other currency. Insert corresponding provisions on reverse side of
Security in respect of foreign currency denomination or interest
payment requirement.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO.
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
1. Interest.
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security
at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on
__________________ and ______________ of each year until the principal is paid
or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no
interest has been paid, from _______________, 200[ ] , provided that, if there
is no existing default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is
authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next
succeeding interest payment date, interest shall accrue from such interest
payment date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest, if any, which will be paid on such special payment date to
Holders of record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to
the persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on
the [Insert record dates]. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent
to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, [ ] (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as
of ________________, 200[ ] ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. The terms of the Securities and the Guarantees include those stated
in the Indenture (including those terms set forth in the Authorizing Resolution
or supplemental indenture pertaining to the Securities of the Series of which
this Security is a part) and those made part of the Indenture by reference to
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 ("TIA") as in effect on the date of the
Indenture. The Securities and the Guarantees are subject to all such terms, and
Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of
them.
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The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the applicable
Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture. Requests may be made to:
Collins & Aikman Products Co., 5755 New King Court, Troy, Michigan 48098,
Attention: ___________.
5. Optional Redemption.2
The Company may redeem the Securities at any time on or after
______________, ____, in whole or in part, at the following redemption prices
(expressed as a percentage of their principal amount) together with interest
accrued and unpaid to the date fixed for redemption:
If redeemed during the
Twelve-Month period
commencing on ___________ and
ending on ___________ in each
of the following years Percentage
[Insert provisions relating to redemption at option of
Holders, if any]
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at his registered address. Securities in denominations larger than
$1,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the redemption date interest ceases
to accrue on Securities or portions of them called for redemption, provided that
if the Company shall default in the payment of such Security at the redemption
price together with accrued interest, interest shall continue to accrue at the
rate borne by the Securities.
6. Mandatory Redemption.*
The Company shall redeem % of the aggregate principal amount
of Securities originally issued under the Indenture on each of , which
redemptions are calculated to
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retire % of the Securities originally issued prior to maturity. Such redemptions
shall be made at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, together with accrued interest to the redemption date. The Company may
reduce the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed pursuant to this
Paragraph 6 by the principal amount of any Securities previously redeemed,
retired or acquired, otherwise than pursuant to this Paragraph 6, that the
Company has delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and not previously
credited to the Company's obligations under this Paragraph 6. Each such Security
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption
price and the amount of such mandatory redemption payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
7. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,0003 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer
or exchange Securities by presentation of such Securities to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations. The Registrar may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Security selected
for redemption, except the unredeemed part thereof if the Security is redeemed
in part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Securities to be redeemed.
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to
the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look
to the Company for payment unless an abandoned property law designates another
person.
10. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities
may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series
affected by the amendment and any past default or
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a If applicable. Insert different or additional denominations and
multiples.
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compliance with any provision relating to any Series of the Securities may be
waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series.4 Without the
consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture or the Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities, to create a Series and establish its terms, to
remove a Guarantor in respect of any Series which, in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture, ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee, or to make
any other change, provided such action does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder.
11. Successor Corporation.
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of
its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor
corporation will be released from those obligations.
12. Trustee Dealings With Company.
[ ], the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
13. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting
a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
14. Discharge of Indenture.
The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to
defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if
set forth herein.
15. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the
certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
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a If different terms apply, insert a brief summary thereof.
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16. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Security, fill in the
form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax ID number)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address, and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
Date: ________________ Your signature:____________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other
side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________
[FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
[List of Guarantors] (the "Guarantors") have unconditionally
guaranteed, jointly and severally (such guarantee by each Guarantor being
referred to herein as the "Guarantee") (i) the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest on the Securities, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the
overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful,
and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to
the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article
Nine of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Securities 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.
No past, present or future stockholder, officer, director,
employee or incorporator, as such, of any of the Guarantors shall have any
liability under the Guarantee by reason of such person's status as stockholder,
officer, director, employee or incorporator. Each holder of a Security by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Guarantees.
Each holder of a Security by accepting a Security agrees that
any Guarantor named below shall have no further liability with respect to its
Guarantee if such Guarantor otherwise ceases to be liable in respect of its
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the
Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture
by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
[List of Guarantors]
By:
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Name:
Title: