CBD MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC CBD HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC. as Co-Issuers
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CBD MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
CBD HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC.
as Co-Issuers
$100,000,000
9¼% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
INDENTURE
Dated as of October 26, 2004
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 1 | |||
Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | ||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions | 17 | ||
Section 1.03 | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 18 | ||
Section 1.04 | Rules of Construction | 18 | ||
Article 2. THE NOTES | 19 | |||
Section 2.01 | Form and Dating | 19 | ||
Section 2.02 | Execution and Authentication | 19 | ||
Section 2.03 | Registrar and Paying Agent | 20 | ||
Section 2.04 | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 20 | ||
Section 2.05 | Holder Lists | 20 | ||
Section 2.06 | Transfer and Exchange | 21 | ||
Section 2.07 | Replacement Notes | 31 | ||
Section 2.08 | Outstanding Notes | 31 | ||
Section 2.09 | Treasury Notes | 32 | ||
Section 2.10 | Temporary Notes | 32 | ||
Section 2.11 | Cancellation | 32 | ||
Section 2.12 | Defaulted Interest | 32 | ||
Section 2.13 | CUSIP or ISIN Numbers | 32 | ||
Section 2.14 | Additional Interest | 33 | ||
Section 2.15 | Issuance of Additional Notes | 33 | ||
Section 2.16 | Record Date | 33 | ||
Article 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT | 34 | |||
Section 3.01 | Notices to Trustee | 34 | ||
Section 3.02 | Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased | 34 | ||
Section 3.03 | Notice of Redemption | 34 | ||
Section 3.04 | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 35 | ||
Section 3.05 | Deposit of Redemption Price | 35 | ||
Section 3.06 | Notes Redeemed in Part | 35 | ||
Section 3.07 | Optional Redemption | 35 | ||
Section 3.08 | Mandatory Redemption | 36 | ||
Section 3.09 | Offers To Purchase | 36 | ||
Article 4. COVENANTS | 38 | |||
Section 4.01 | Payment of Notes | 38 | ||
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 38 |
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Section 4.03 | Reports | 39 | ||
Section 4.04 | Compliance Certificate | 40 | ||
Section 4.05 | Taxes | 40 | ||
Section 4.06 | Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 40 | ||
Section 4.07 | Corporate Existence | 40 | ||
Section 4.08 | Payments for Consent | 41 | ||
Section 4.09 | Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. | 41 | ||
Section 4.10 | Restricted Payments | 43 | ||
Section 4.11 | Liens | 46 | ||
Section 4.12 | Asset Sales | 46 | ||
Section 4.13 | Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries | 48 | ||
Section 4.14 | Transactions with Affiliates | 49 | ||
Section 4.15 | Business Activities | 50 | ||
Section 4.16 | Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries | 50 | ||
Section 4.18 | Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control | 51 | ||
Section 4.19 | Limitation on CBD Holdings Finance, Inc. | 52 | ||
Article 5. SUCCESSORS | 52 | |||
Section 5.01 | Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets | 52 | ||
Section 5.02 | Successor Corporation Substituted | 53 | ||
Article 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | 53 | |||
Section 6.01 | Events of Default | 53 | ||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration | 55 | ||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies | 55 | ||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 56 | ||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority | 56 | ||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits | 56 | ||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 56 | ||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee | 57 | ||
Section 6.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 57 | ||
Section 6.10 | Priorities | 57 | ||
Section 6.11 | Undertaking for Costs | 57 | ||
Article 7. TRUSTEE | 58 | |||
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee | 58 | ||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee | 59 |
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Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee | 60 | ||
Section 7.04 | Trustees Disclaimer | 60 | ||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults | 60 | ||
Section 7.06 | Reports by Trustee to Holders | 60 | ||
Section 7.07 | Compensation and Indemnity | 60 | ||
Section 7.08 | Replacement of Trustee | 61 | ||
Section 7.09 | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 62 | ||
Section 7.10 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 62 | ||
Section 7.11 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers | 62 | ||
Article 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | 63 | |||
Section 8.01 | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 63 | ||
Section 8.02 | Legal Defeasance and Discharge | 63 | ||
Section 8.03 | Covenant Defeasance | 63 | ||
Section 8.04 | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance | 64 | ||
Section 8.05 | Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 64 | ||
Section 8.06 | Repayment to Issuers | 65 | ||
Section 8.07 | Reinstatement | 65 | ||
Article 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | 65 | |||
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders of Notes | 65 | ||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders of Notes | 66 | ||
Section 9.03 | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 67 | ||
Section 9.04 | Revocation and Effect of Consents | 67 | ||
Section 9.05 | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 67 | ||
Section 9.06 | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. | 68 | ||
Article 10. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 68 | |||
Section 10.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge | 68 | ||
Section 10.02 | Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 69 | ||
Section 10.03 | Repayment to Issuers | 69 | ||
Article 11. MISCELLANEOUS | 69 | |||
Section 11.01 | Trust Indenture Act Controls | 69 | ||
Section 11.02 | Notices | 69 | ||
Section 11.03 | Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes | 70 | ||
Section 11.04 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 71 |
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Section 11.05 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 71 | ||
Section 11.06 | Rules by Trustee and Agents | 71 | ||
Section 11.07 | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders | 71 | ||
Section 11.08 | Governing Law | 71 | ||
Section 11.09 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 72 | ||
Section 11.10 | Successors | 72 | ||
Section 11.11 | Severability | 72 | ||
Section 11.12 | Counterpart Originals | 72 | ||
Section 11.13 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 72 | ||
Section 11.14 | Qualification of this Indenture | 72 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Section Reference | Indenture Section | |
310(a)(1) | 7.10 | |
(a)(2) | 7.10 | |
(a)(3) | N.A. | |
(a)(4) | N.A. | |
(a)(5) | 7.10 | |
(b) | 7.08, 7.10 | |
(c) | N.A. | |
311(a) | 7.11 | |
(b) | 7.11 | |
(c) | N.A. | |
312(a) | 2.05 | |
(b) | 10.03 | |
(c) | 10.03 | |
313(a) | 7.06 | |
(b)(1) | N.A. | |
(b)(2) | 7.06, 7.07 | |
(c) | 7.06, 10.02 | |
(d) | 7.06 | |
314(a) | 4.03, 4.04, 10.02 | |
(b) | N.A. | |
(c)(1) | 10.04 | |
(c)(2) | 10.04 | |
(c)(3) | N.A. | |
(d) | N.A. | |
(e) | 10.05 | |
315(a) | 7.01 | |
(b) | 7.05, 10.02 | |
(c) | 7.01 | |
(d) | 7.01 | |
(e) | 6.11 | |
316(a) (last sentence) | 2.09 | |
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | |
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | |
(a)(2) | N.A. | |
(b) | 6.07 | |
317(a)(1) | 6.08 | |
(a)(2) | 6.09 | |
(b) | 2.04 | |
318(a) | 10.01 |
N.A. means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.
This INDENTURE, dated as of October 26, 2004, is entered into by and among CBD Media Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Holdings), CBD Holdings Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Finance and collectively with Holdings, the Issuers), as the joint and several obligors, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the Trustee).
The Issuers and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 9¼% Senior Notes due 2012 (the Notes):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
144A Global Note means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with, or on behalf of, and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold for initial resale in reliance on Rule 144A.
AI Global Note means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement legend and deposited with, or on behalf of, and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Accredited Investors, if any.
Accredited Investor means any Person that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional Interest has the meaning set forth in any Registration Rights Agreement and relating to amounts to be paid in the event the Issuers fail to satisfy certain conditions set forth therein. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term interest shall include Additional Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes.
Additional Notes means any Notes (other than the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes and any Notes issued under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 3.06 hereof) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02, 2.15 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes or as an additional series.
Advisory Agreement means that certain Advisory Agreement, dated March 8, 2002, by and between Media and Applegate & Collatos, Inc., including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or letters of instructions, through the date of this Indenture, provided that any payments made thereunder may be made directly by Media or indirectly through the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer, redemption or exchange.
Asset Sale means:
(a) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided, however, that the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole shall be governed by the provisions of Section 4.18 hereof and/or Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof; and
(b) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million or for net cash proceeds of less than $1.0 million;
(2) a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of inventory or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
(4) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(5) any sale of Equity Interests in or Indebtedness of or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(6) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuers or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(7) sales of property or equipment that has become worn out, obsolete or damaged or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the Issuers business or the business of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(8) the license of patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how to third persons in the ordinary course of business; and
(9) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.10 hereof or any Permitted Investment.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
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Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular person (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to any limited liability company (including Holdings and Media for so long as each is a limited liability company), the managing member or members or any controlling committee of members or body designated as the board of directors of the limited liability company; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary (or individual performing comparable duties) of the applicable Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock means
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Cash Equivalents means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the
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full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of B or better;
(4) repurchase Obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Rating Service and in each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and
(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.
CBD Investor means CBD Investor, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party of a Principal;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuers; provided if the adoption of such plan is required to be approved by the equityholders of the Issuers, a Change of Control shall only occur upon the adoption of such plan by the equityholders of the Issuers;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as referenced in clause (1) above), other than the Principals and their Related Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of the Issuers, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers, or of the Board of Directors of the direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, are not Continuing Directors.
Class C Unit means the Class C Units issued under the limited liability agreement of Holdings with such terms as are set forth in such agreement on the date of this indenture.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor thereto.
Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
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Consolidated Cash Flow means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss, together with any related provision for taxes or Tax Distributions, realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with (a) an Asset Sale, or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits or the Tax Distributions of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes or the Tax Distributions were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) (x) any other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income, including compensation expense resulting from distributions or other payments by the Issuers or their Affiliates (other than the Issuers) to management holders of the Issuers equity interests (but excluding any non-cash charges which require an accrual of or a cash reserve for cash charged for any future period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) any payments by Holdings in connection with the Management Incentive Compensation Plan to the extent funded by contributions to Holdings by CBD Investor or its Affiliates; plus
(6) non-capitalized charges related to the Recapitalization or aborted equity or debt offerings or acquisitions prior to the date of the indenture in an amount not to exceed $1.9 million; minus
(7) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than (a) the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business and (b) any reversal of any non-cash item to the extent such reversed non-cash item previously reduced an addition to Consolidated Cash Flow pursuant to the parenthetical to clause (5) above,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, amortization of original issued discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligation, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commission, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptance financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations);
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(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon); and
(4) the product of:
(a) all cash dividend payments (and non-cash dividend payments in the case of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary) on any series of preferred Equity Interests or Disqualified Stock (other than Class C Units of Holdings) of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, times
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then-current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person (or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership or a limited liability company, the combined federal, state and local income tax rate that was or would have been utilized to calculate the Tax Distribution of such Person), expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1) the Net Income (but not the loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Net Income excluded from Consolidated Net Income as a result of this clause (2) shall be included in Consolidated Net Income to the extent that such restrictions are permitted under Section 4.13 hereof, with respect to such person;
(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded; and
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of an entity who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the Indenture; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
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Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 hereof, or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Issuers.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2003, as amended through the date of the indenture, by and among the Issuers, Media and the Lenders thereto, providing for up to $160.0 million of term loan borrowings and $5.0 million of revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
Credit Facilities means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time and any other agreement (and related document) governing Indebtedness incurred to refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Facility or a successor Credit Facility, whether by the same or any other lender or group of lenders (including pursuant to indebtedness issued pursuant to an indenture).
Custodian means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03(c) hereof as Custodian with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as custodian hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 or 2.10 hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03(b) hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Disqualified Stock means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event (other than an optional call for redemption by the Issuers), matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Issuers may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.10 hereof.
Distribution Compliance Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
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Equity Offering means a sale of common Equity Interests of the Issuers or a contribution to the common equity capital of the Issuers with the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of common Equity Interests of the parent of Holdings, excluding Disqualified Stock.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, and any successor thereto.
Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor legislation and rules and regulations.
Exchange Notes means Notes registered under the Securities Act to be exchanged for Notes not so registered, pursuant to and as set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement relating to such an exchange.
Exchange Offer has the meaning set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement relating to an exchange of Notes registered under the Securities Act for Notes not so registered.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness means the Indebtedness of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this Indenture, including the Existing Subsidiary Notes, until such amounts are repaid.
Existing Subsidiary Notes means the $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 issued by Media and CBD Finance, Inc. pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 13, 2003.
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 have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means the global Notes in the form of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
Government Securities means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States for the payment of which obligations or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged.
guarantee means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the Obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
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Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
Income Tax Liabilities means an amount determined by multiplying (a) all taxable income and gains of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such taxable year by (b) forty-four percent (44%) or, if there is a change in applicable federal, state or local tax rates, such other rates as the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings determines in good faith to be a reasonable approximation of the effective combined federal, state and local income taxation rates generally payable by the Issuers, their owners or the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the income and gains of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of bankers acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
(i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
Indenture means this instrument, as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended in accordance with Article 9 hereof.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the date of this Indenture.
Interest Payment Dates shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 of each Note.
Investments means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including guarantees or other Obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel, relocation and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
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Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries sell or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers, the Issuers shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.10(c) hereof. The acquisition by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the Issuers or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.10(c) hereof.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York, the city in which the Corporate Trust Division (or successor group) of the Trustee is located, or any other place of payment on the Notes are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
Letter of Transmittal means the letter of transmittal, or its electronic equivalent in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, to be prepared by the Issuers and sent to all Holders of the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes for use by such Holders in connection with an Exchange Offer.
Leverage Ratio means the ratio of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries plus the amount of all Obligations in respect of the repayment of Disqualified Stock (other than Class C Units) and the liquidation preference of preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of calculation in accordance with GAAP, to
(b) the Issuers aggregate Consolidated Cash Flow for the last four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available and have been filed with the Commission or the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof (the Reference Period).
For purposes of this definition, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness, the repayment Obligations and liquidation preference amount of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for which such calculation is made shall be determined on a pro forma basis as if the Indebtedness or Capital Stock giving rise to the need to perform such calculation had been incurred and issued and the proceeds therefrom had been applied, and all other transactions in respect of which such Indebtedness is being incurred or Capital Stock is being issued, had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. In addition to the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to (i) any incurrence (and the application of the proceeds therefrom) or repayment of other Indebtedness or issuance of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (and the application of the proceeds therefrom) or the redemption of such stock at any time subsequent to the beginning of the Reference Period and on or prior to the date of determination as if such incurrence (and the application of the proceeds thereof), or the repayment, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of the Reference Period, and (ii) any acquisition or disposition at any time on or subsequent to the first day of the Reference Period and on or prior to the date of determination as if such acquisition or disposition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for, or repayment of, any such Indebtedness or Capital Stock and also including any Consolidated Cash Flow associated with such acquisition or disposition) had occurred on the first day of the Reference Period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any
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option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Management Incentive Compensation Plan means that certain incentive compensation program for the benefit of employees of Media to be funded by contributions from CBD Investor or its Affiliates.
Media means CBD Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Net Income means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes or Tax Distributions on such gain (or loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(2) any extraordinary gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes or Tax Distributions on such extraordinary gain (or loss).
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale but only as and when received), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, recording fees, title transfer fees, appraiser fees, costs of preparation of assets for sale and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes or Tax Distributions paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Securities or joint ventures as a result of the Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
Non-recourse Debt means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Issuers nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the Holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both, any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they shall not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that in no event shall Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary fail to be Non-recourse Debt solely as a result of any default provisions contained in a guarantee thereof by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary if the Issuers or that Restricted Subsidiary was otherwise permitted to incur that guarantee pursuant to this Indenture.
Obligations means any principal, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuers or its Subsidiaries whether
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or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement Obligations, damages (including liquidated damages), guarantees and other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereof.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Vice President of the Issuers, as applicable.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers of each of the Issuers, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuers, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee.
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 Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Trustee.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively, and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream.
Permitted Business means the business conducted by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture and the businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investments in the Issuers or in a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuers or a Subsidiary of the Issuers;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Investment solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuers or made with the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale of such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) made for such purpose;
(6) any Investments received in compromise of Obligations of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent
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changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) since the date of this Indenture that remains outstanding, not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time;
(9) loans and advances to the Issuers (or any Restricted Subsidiarys) officers, members of the Board of Directors and employees which would otherwise constitute Restricted Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 extended during any one fiscal year or $1.0 million outstanding at one time;
(10) guarantees that constitute Permitted Debt;
(11) Investments of any Person (other than Indebtedness of such Person) in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers; provided such Investment was not made in connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; and
(12) advances, loans or extensions of credit to suppliers in the ordinary course of business by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens in favor of the Issuers;
(2) Liens securing Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, including Hedging Obligations with respect thereto;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Issuers or any Subsidiary of the Issuers; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Issuers or the Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Issuers or any Subsidiary of the Issuers, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition;
(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory Obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other Obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;
(7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor; and
(9) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers with respect to Obligations that do not exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding.
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, repay, replace, defease, retire, prepay or refund other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided, however, that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, repaid, renewed, replaced, defeased, retired, prepaid or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, repaid, replaced, defeased, retired, prepaid or refunded;
(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, repaid, replaced, defeased, retired, prepaid or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, repaid, replaced, defeased, retired, prepaid or refunded; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Issuer or by the Restricted Subsidiary that is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, repaid, replaced, defeased, retired, prepaid or refunded.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
Predecessor Note of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced by such particular Note; and any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
Principals means Spectrum Equity Investors and its Affiliates and any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Holdings or Finances Equity Interests.
Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Recapitalization refers to the recapitalization undertaken by Media in June and July of 2003 in which it initially entered into the Credit Agreement, issued the Existing Subsidiary Notes and made certain distributions to Holdings and Holdings, in turn, made distributions to its equityholders.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Indenture, among the Issuers and the initial purchasers named therein, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Issuers and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Issuers to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes, or exchange such Additional Notes for registered Notes, under the Securities Act.
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Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the applicable date specified as a Record Date on the face of the Note.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
Regulation S Permanent Global Note means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.
Regulation S Temporary Global Note means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Related Party means:
(1) any controlling equityholder, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any Principal; or
(2) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of any one or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and for purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) and the second sentence of Section 7.05 also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Definitive Note means one or more Definitive Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Notes means the 144A Global Note, the AI Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary means all of the Issuers current and future Subsidiaries, other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor legislation and rules and regulations.
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Second Credit Agreement Amendment means that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2004, among the Issuers, Media and the lenders party thereto.
Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in any Registration Rights Agreement relating to registering Notes under the Securities Act.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent Obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
Tax Distribution means any distribution by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries to its direct or indirect owners which (i) with respect to quarterly estimated payments due in each calendar year shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Income Tax Liabilities for such calendar year as estimated in writing by the Issuers chief financial officer, (ii) with respect to tax payments to be made with income tax returns filed for an entire taxable period or with respect to adjustments to such returns imposed by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority, shall be equal to the Income Tax Liabilities for each taxable year or period minus the aggregate amount distributed for such taxable year or period as provided in clause (i) above, and (iii) with respect to taxes not determined by reference to income, represents that amount of any such taxes imposed on a direct or indirect owner of Holdings as a result of such owners ownership of the equity of Holdings.
TIA means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor legislation and rules and regulations.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean such successor Trustee.
Unrestricted Definitive Notes means one or more Definitive Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Notes means one or more Global Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend and are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Issuers (or any successor to any of them) that is designated by the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Issuers;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Issuers nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(5) has at least one director on its Board of Directors that is not a director or executive officer of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary and has at least one executive officer that is not a director or executive officer of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life To Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that shall elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
Term | Defined in | |
Acceleration Notice | 6.02 | |
Affiliate Transaction | 4.14 | |
Asset Sale Offer | 4.12(c) | |
Authentication Order | 2.02(d) | |
Change of Control Offer | 4.18(a) | |
Change of Control Amount | 4.18(a) | |
Covenant Defeasance | 8.03 | |
DTC | 2.03(b) | |
Event of Default | 6.01 | |
Excess Proceeds | 4.12(b) | |
Finance | Preamble | |
Guaranteed Indebtedness | 4.16 | |
Holdings | Preamble | |
incur | 4.09 | |
Issuers | Preamble | |
Legal Defeasance | 8.02 | |
losses | 7.07 | |
Notes | Preamble |
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Term | Defined in | |
Offer Amount | 3.09(b)(ii) | |
Offer Period | 3.09(c) | |
Offer to Purchase | 3.09(a) | |
Paying Agent | 2.03(a) | |
Payment Default | 6.01 | |
Permitted Debt | 4.09(b) | |
Purchase Date | 3.09(c) | |
Registrar | 2.03(a) | |
Restricted Payments | 4.10(a) | |
Security Register | 2.03 | |
Subsidiary Guarantee | 4.16 |
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
(a) Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
(b) The following TIA term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:
obligor on the Notes means the Issuers and any successor obligor upon the Notes.
(c) All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them either in the TIA, by another statute or Commission rule, as applicable.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
(a) Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) or is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(v) all references in this instrument to Articles, Sections and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed;
(vi) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(vii) including means including without limitation;
(viii) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(ix) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time thereunder.
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ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form included in Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, exchange rule or usage in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute a part of this Indenture, and the Issuers and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. To the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Form of Notes. Notes issued initially in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions and transfers of interests therein. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(c) shall apply to all Global Notes. Participants and Indirect Participants shall have no rights under this Indenture or any Global Note with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Issuers, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants or Indirect Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System and Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream and Customer Handbook of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
(a) One Officer of each of the Issuers shall execute the Notes on behalf of such Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.
(b) If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated by the Trustee, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
(c) A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The form of Trustees certificate of authentication to be borne by the Note shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
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(d) The Trustee shall, upon a written order of each of the Issuers signed by an Officer requesting the authentication and delivery of Notes (an Authentication Order), authenticate Notes for original issue and deliver them in accordance with such Authentication Order.
(e) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent with respect to Holders.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Issuers shall keep a register (the Security Register) of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents; provided, however, that there shall be only one Security Register. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Issuers may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not party to this Indenture, which may incorporate the provisions of the TIA. Such agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.07 hereof. The Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(b) The Issuers initially appoint The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
(c) The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee to act as Registrar and Paying Agent, agent for service of notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture, as provided in Section 4.02, in connection with the Global Note and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes, and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Issuers in making any such payment. While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it relating to the Notes to the Trustee. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it relating to the Notes to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuers or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such funds. If the Issuers or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all funds held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any Event of Default under Sections 6.01(ix) and (x) hereof relating to the Issuers, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date or such shorter time as the Trustee may allow, as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Issuers shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
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Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by (1) the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (2) a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or (3) the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. The Issuers shall exchange Global Notes for Definitive Notes if: (1) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee a notice from the Depositary that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary for the Global Notes or that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; (2) the Issuers at their option determine that the Global Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes and deliver a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided, however, that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act; or (3) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof and in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Except as provided above, every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), and beneficial interests in a Global Note may not be transferred and exchanged other than as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes also shall require compliance with either clause (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following clauses, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend and any Applicable Procedures; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note may not be made to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) (other than a distributor (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation S)). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A)(1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) if permitted under Section 2.06(a) hereof, (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above, provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period; (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
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required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act and (z) the receipt by the Trustee of written certification that such transfer is in accordance with the restrictions set forth on the legend. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of the Restricted Global Notes, which, in the case of Global Notes, may be accomplished by the Depository through the Applicable Procedures. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust or cause to be adjusted the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof or, if permitted by Applicable Procedures, item (3) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the AI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications and certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
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Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (D) above.
(v) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes Prohibited. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in clauses (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
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hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note, and the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such Holder. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Restricted Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Restricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note prior to (x) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
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certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of this Section 2.06(c)(iii) the Issuers shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such Holder, and the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note, and the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such Holder. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
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(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in clauses (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers, or any of their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restrictive Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certification in item 3(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, a 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, a Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the AI Global Note
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes such certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
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interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel such Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
(iv) Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes Prohibited. An Unrestricted Definitive Note may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(v) Issuance of Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such exchange or transfer of a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to clause (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 144A, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
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including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes such certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of Section 2.06(e)(ii) the Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and the Issuers shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such prior Restricted Definitive Note in instructions delivered to the Registrar by such Holder.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may transfer such Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Note pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Notes (A) tendered for acceptance by Persons that make any and all certifications in the applicable Letters of Transmittal (or are deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement, and (B) accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and
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(ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made the foregoing certification and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (1) to or on behalf of the Depository, such Unrestricted Global Note or Notes in the appropriate principal amount and (2) to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted, Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by clause (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (BASED ON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST) OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clauses (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO
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THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE ISSUERS OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(iii) Regulations S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.12, 4.18 and 9.05 hereof).
(ii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid Obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the same Indebtedness, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(iii) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the date of selection or (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuers may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as
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the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes, in each case regardless of any notice to the contrary.
(v) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(vi) The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a letter of representations with the Depositary in the form provided by the Issuers and to act in accordance with such letter.
(vii) Subject to the applicable provisions of this Section 2.06, to permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Issuers order or at the Registrars request.
(viii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes for original issue in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(ix) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants, Indirect Participants and/or Holders or owners of beneficial interests in any Global Note), other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuers and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, the Holder of such Note shall provide security or indemnity sufficient, in the judgment of the Trustee or the Issuers, as applicable, to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer in connection with such replacement. If required by the Issuers, such Holder shall reimburse the Issuers for its reasonable expenses in connection with such replacement.
Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.07 shall be the valid obligation of the Issuers evidencing the same Indebtedness as the destroyed, lost or stolen Note and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
(a) The Notes outstanding at any time shall be the entire principal amount of Notes represented by all the Global Notes and Definitive Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those subject to reductions in beneficial interests effected by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note shall not cease to be outstanding because the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers holds the Note; provided, however, that Notes held by the Issuers or a Subsidiary of the Issuers shall be deemed not to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
(b) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it shall cease to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
(c) If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it shall cease to be outstanding and interest on it shall cease to accrue.
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(d) If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuers, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date, a Purchase Date or maturity date, funds sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuers or by any other obligor upon the Notes or by any Affiliate of the Issuers or any such obligor, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes or Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes, as applicable.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall destroy all cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures unless the Trustee receives written instructions from each of the Issuers to return the cancelled Notes. Certification of the disposition of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuers upon written request unless by a written order, signed by an Officer of each of the Issuers, the Issuers shall direct that cancelled Notes be returned to one of them. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they, jointly and severally, shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Issuers shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Issuers, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers and Notices of an Offer to Purchase and may use such numbers on other notices to Holders provided for herein (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption, any notice of an Offer to
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Purchase or such other notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers. The Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness of any CUSIP or ISIN number printed on the Notes.
Section 2.14 Additional Interest.
If Additional Interest is payable by the Issuers pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and paragraph 1 of the Notes, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such interest is payable pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate or instruction or direction from the Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. The foregoing shall not prejudice the rights of the Holders with respect to their entitlement to Additional Interest as otherwise set forth in this Indenture or the Notes and pursuing any action against the Issuers directly or otherwise directing the Trustee to take any such action in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes. If the Issuers have paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Issuers shall each deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate setting forth the details of such payment.
Section 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes.
The Issuers shall be entitled, subject to their compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Indenture, other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and rights under a related Registration Rights Agreement, if any. The Initial Notes issued on the date of this Indenture, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and Offers to Purchase.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuers shall set forth in a Board Resolution and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP and/or ISIN number of such Additional Notes; provided, however, that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have original issue discount within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code and such Officers Certificate shall state in effect that such Additional Notes are not being issued at such a price; and
(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.06 hereof relating to Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes.
Section 2.16 Record Date.
The record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture shall be determined as provided for in TIA § 316(c).
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ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, they shall each furnish to the Trustee, at least 45 days but not more than 90 days before a redemption date (or such shorter period as allowed by the Trustee), an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the applicable section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate (and in compliance with applicable legal requirements). However, no Notes of a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not an integral multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to a redemption date, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at such Holders address appearing in the Security Register, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Article 8 hereof or a Satisfaction and Discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 10 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price and accrued interest, if any;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, if applicable, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes (or portions thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
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(g) the applicable section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness of the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Issuers request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuers shall each have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter period allowed by the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice (in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in this Section 3.03.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. Except as provided in Section 4.18, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day prior to any redemption date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the redemption date, return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Issuers comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for purchase or redemption in accordance with Section 2.08(d) hereof, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuers shall issue and, upon the Issuers written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to July 15, 2007, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 109.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any Equity Offering; provided, however, that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) issued under this Indenture remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries); and
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(2) the redemption date occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
(b) At any time prior to July 15, 2007, the Issuers may redeem all of the notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice at a redemption price of 109.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the right of holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date; provided, however, that such redemption occurs within 90 days of such Change of Control.
(c) On or after July 15, 2008, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 15 of each of the years indicated below subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:
Year | Percentage | ||
2008 | 104.625 | % | |
2009 | 102.313 | % | |
2010 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
(d) Any prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to, or, except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and 4.18 hereof, offers to purchase, the Notes.
Section 3.09 Offers To Purchase.
(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.18 hereof, the Issuers shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer (each, an Offer to Purchase), they shall follow the procedures specified below.
(b) The Issuers shall commence the Offer to Purchase by sending, by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder, at such Holders address appearing in the Security Register a notice, the terms of which shall govern the Offer to Purchase, stating in effect:
(i) that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.12 or 4.18, as the case may be, and, in the case of a Change of Control Offer, that a Change of Control has occurred, the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control, and that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.18 hereof;
(ii) the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.18, as applicable, hereof (the Offer Amount), the purchase price, the Offer Period and the Purchase Date (each as defined below);
(iii) except as provided in clause (ix), that all Notes timely tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;
(iv) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;
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(v) that, unless the Issuers defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
(vii) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuers, a Depositary, if appointed by the Issuers, or a Paying Agent, if any, at the address specified in the notice before the close of business on the third Business Day before the Purchase Date;
(viii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note (or portions thereof) the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(ix) that, in the case of an Asset Sale Offer, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Issuers shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Issuers so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(x) that Holders whose Notes were purchased in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and
(xi) any other procedures that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.
(c) The Offer to Purchase shall remain open for a period of at least 30 days but no more than 60 days following its commencement, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the Offer Period). No later than five (5) Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the Purchase Date), the Issuers shall purchase the Offer Amount or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Offer to Purchase. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
(d) On or prior to the Purchase Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment (on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary in connection with an Asset Sale Offer) the Offer Amount of Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and not withdrawn;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Offer Amount in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Issuers and that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Issuers in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09.
(e) The Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after the Purchase Date) deliver to each tendering Holder properly tendered and accepted by the Issuers for purchase the Purchase Amount for such Notes, and the Issuers shall
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promptly execute and issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order shall authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided, however, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuers to the Holder thereof. The Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
(f) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no Additional Interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
(g) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 4.12 or 4.18, as applicable, this Section 3.09 or other provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its Obligations under Section 4.12 or 4.18, as applicable, this Section 3.09 or such other provision by virtue of such compliance.
(h) Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Issuers shall, jointly and severally, pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuers or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the due date money deposited by the Issuers in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. Such Paying Agent shall return to the Issuers promptly, and in any event, no later than five (5) Business Days following the date of payment, any money that exceeds such amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest paid on the Notes. The Issuers shall pay Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and this Indenture. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
The Issuers shall, jointly and severally, pay (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; they shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office or drop facility of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where
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notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuers hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
(b) The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The Issuers hereby designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office, drop facility or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) Notwithstanding that the Issuers may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Notes are outstanding the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee for mailing to Holders, within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuers were required to file such Forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Issuers certified independent accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuers were required to file such reports.
(b) In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by the Commission, the Issuers shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations (unless the Commission shall not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.
(c) If the Issuers have designated any Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03 shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuers.
(d) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding the Issuers shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(e) The Issuers shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 3.14(a), (b) and (c).
(f) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers Certificate).
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Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Issuers and their Subsidiaries have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their Obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Issuers and their Subsidiaries have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuers are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuers are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) Each of the Issuers shall otherwise comply with TIA § 314(a)(4).
(c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Issuers shall pay, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies, except such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section | 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. |
Each of the Issuers covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Issuers (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, each of the Issuers shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence, and the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Issuers or any such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to preserve the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders, or that such preservation is not necessary in connection with any transaction not prohibited by this Indenture.
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Section 4.08 Payments for Consent.
The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Issuers shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that (i) the Issuers may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Issuers Leverage Ratio at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or the issuance of such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance as of such date and to the use of proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the most recently ended four full fiscal quarter period for which internal financial statements are available would have been no greater than 7.5 to 1 if such incurrence is on or prior to the second anniversary of the date of this Indenture and 6.75 to 1 if such incurrence is after such date.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt):
(1) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness and letters of credit under one or more Credit Facilities; including the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $165.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture to repay any term Indebtedness under a Credit Facility or to repay any revolving credit Indebtedness under a Credit Facility and effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof.
(2) the incurrence by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness, including the Existing Subsidiary Notes;
(3) the incurrence by the Issuers of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes (and the related Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Notes issued under this Indenture);
(4) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money Obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was incurred under Section 4.09(a) hereof or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) or (14) of this Section 4.09(b) subject in the case of clauses (4) and (14) to the limits therein;
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(6) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Issuers and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that:
(A) if the Issuers are the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes; and
(B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of Hedging Obligations that are incurred in the normal course of business and consistent with past business practices for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency, commodity or interest rate risk (including with respect to any floating rate Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding) and not for speculative purposes;
(8) the guarantee by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;
(9) the incurrence by the Issuers Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Non-recourse Debt; provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (9);
(10) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement Obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation to letters of credit in respect to workers compensation claims or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type Obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
(11) Obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(12) the incurrence by the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two business days of incurrence;
(13) the issuance of Class C Units to the extent such securities constitute Disqualified Stock; and
(14) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (14), not to exceed $7.5 million.
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(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (14) above as of the date of incurrence thereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof as of the date of incurrence thereof, the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify in whole or in part on the date of incurrence (or later reclassify in whole or in part) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which the Notes are first issued (including any amounts drawn to pay dividends) shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion or amortization of accreted value, original issue discount or liquidation preference and changes to amounts outstanding in respect of Hedging Obligations solely as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency, exchange ratios or interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
Section 4.10 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution (including, without limitation, any payment or distribution in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary) on account of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests or to the direct or indirect Holders of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuers or to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Issuers) any of the Issuers or their parents Equity Interests;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Issuers and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment; and
(B) the Issuers would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) 100% of the Issuers Consolidated Cash Flow (or in the event such Consolidated Cash Flow shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) for the period (taken as one accounting period)
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from July 1, 2003 to the end of the Issuers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, less (ii) 1.5 times the Issuers Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period, plus
(ii) 100% of the fair market value of the aggregate net proceeds received by the Issuers since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to the Issuers common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuers (excluding Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Issuers that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests, Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuers); provided that if the fair market value of the aggregate net proceeds received (after deducting any net cash proceeds) exceeds $10.0 million, the Board of Directors of Holdings or Media shall receive a written opinion from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing as to the fair market value of the aggregate net proceeds, plus
(iii) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus
(iv) any dividends received by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuers, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Issuers Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(v) in case, after the date of this Indenture, any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary under the terms of this Indenture or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys assets to, or is liquidated into the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the fair market value of the Investments owned by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), and (2) such fair market value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(b) The preceding provisions shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend or other distribution payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuers or of any Equity Interests of the Issuers in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers) of, Equity Interests of the Issuers (other than Disqualified Stock); provided, however, that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.10(a) hereof;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuers with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that such amounts shall be excluded from the calculations of Restricted Payments;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that such amounts shall be excluded from the calculation of Restricted Payments;
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(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary held by any of the Issuers (or any Restricted Subsidiarys) employees, former employees, members of the Board of Directors or former members of the Board of Directors pursuant to any agreement (including employment agreements) or plan (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings or Media under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, Equity Interests; provided, however, that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed, together with Restricted Payments made under clause (8)(ii) below, $1.0 million per fiscal year and up to an aggregate amount of, together with Restricted Payments made under clause (8)(ii) below, $5.0 million during the term of this Indenture; provided, however that such purchases, repurchases, redemptions, retirements and other acquisitions for value shall be excluded from the calculation of Restricted Payments;
(6) the payment (x) of one or more dividends or other distributions by Holdings in an aggregate amount for all such dividends and distributions not to exceed the net proceeds of the offering of the Initial Notes and (y) to employees of Media to pay amounts due under the Management Incentive Compensation Plan in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million; provided that any contributions to Holdings in connection with the Management Incentive Compensation Plan used to make such payments pursuant to this clause (6)(y) shall be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.10(a) hereof.; provided, however, that any such dividend or distribution payment pursuant to this clause (6) shall be excluded from the calculation of Restricted Payments;
(7) for so long as Holdings is treated as a pass-through or disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes or for so long as Holdings or Finance is a member of a consolidated group of corporations for federal income tax purposes, other than as the common parent, Tax Distributions, provided, however, that Tax Distributions shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(8) any payment of dividends, other distributions or other amounts to the parent of Holdings for the purposes set forth below; provided, however, that such dividend, distribution or other amounts shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments:
(i) to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain its existence, in amounts equal to the amounts for such purpose;
(ii) to permit the parent of Holdings to purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any of Holdings parents Equity Interests held by any of the Issuers (or any Restricted Subsidiarys) employees, former employees, members of the Board of Directors or former member of the Board of Directors pursuant to any agreement (including employment agreements) or plan (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, Equity Interests; provided, however, that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed, together with Restricted Payments made under paragraph (5) above, $1.0 million per fiscal year and up to an aggregate amount of, together with Restricted Payments made under clause (5) above, $5.0 million during the term of this Indenture, plus any amounts contributed to the Issuers by the parent of Holdings as a result of resales of such repurchased or acquired Equity Interests; provided that any amounts so contributed and used to repurchase, redeem or acquire Equity Interests pursuant to this clause (8)(ii) shall be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.10(a) hereof; or
(iii) to pay operating and overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and allocable to the Issuers in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 per fiscal year;
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(9) any payments of dividends, other distributions or other amounts by Holdings following the first bona fide underwritten public offering of common Equity Interests by Holdings or its successor of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by Holdings or such successor, as the case may be, from such public offering; provided, however, that (A) the aggregate amount of all such dividends paid pursuant to this clause shall not exceed the aggregate amount of net proceeds received by Holdings or such successor, as the case may be, from such public offering; and (B) such dividends shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; or
(10) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the date of this Indenture not to exceed $5.0 million; provided, however, that such amounts shall be included in the calculation of Restricted Payments; or
(11) the payment of one or more dividends or other distributions in an aggregate amount for all such dividends and distributions not to exceed (A) the net proceeds of the increase in the amount of term Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to the Second Credit Agreement Amendment, plus $7.0 million; provided, however, that such amounts shall be included in the calculation of Restricted Payments;
provided, however, that, with respect to clauses (5), (8)(ii), (8)(iii) and (9) above, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after such transaction.
(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets, property or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.10 shall be determined by the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers whose resolution with respect thereto shall be conclusive and shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors determination shall be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 4.10 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.
Section 4.11 Liens.
The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, indirectly or directly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of Holdings (other than Permitted Liens) unless all payments due under the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis if such secured Indebtedness is pari passu with the Notes, and otherwise, on a senior basis to the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.12 Asset Sales.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Issuers (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receive consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value o the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) the fair market value is determined by the Issuers Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
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(3) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a written instrument that releases the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
(B) any securities, Notes or other Obligations received by the Issuers or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 60 days by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
(C) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause (2) of Section 4.12(b) hereof.
(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds at their respective option:
(1) to repay or repurchase (A) senior Indebtedness of Holdings or Obligations under the Credit Agreement (including guarantees of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) and other secured Indebtedness of Holdings, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, or (B) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary owed to a Person other than Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Existing Subsidiary Notes);
(2) to acquire (or enter into a binding agreement to acquire; provided that the Issuers commitment under such agreement shall be subject only to customary conditions and such acquisition shall be consummated within 60 days after the end of such 365-day period) all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Person engaged in a Permitted Business or the minority interest in any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(3) to acquire assets or property that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in this clause (b) shall constitute Excess Proceeds.
(c) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Issuers shall make an offer (an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of the purchase of all properly tendered and not withdrawn Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuers may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
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(d) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their Obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
Section 4.13 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary.
However, the preceding restrictions shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture (including the Credit Agreement and the Existing Subsidiary Notes) and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined by the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers in their reasonable and good faith judgment, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture and the Notes;
(3) applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(6) purchase money Obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in clause (c) above;
(7) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
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(8) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.11 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(9) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(10) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(11) Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof; provided, however, that the provisions relating to such encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined by the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers in their reasonable and good faith judgment, than those contained in the Credit Agreement, the indenture governing the Existing Subsidiary Notes or this Indenture, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Indenture; and
(12) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuers which is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes, as applicable, incurred under an indenture pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof; provided, however, that the provisions relating to such encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined by the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers in their reasonable and good faith judgment, than those contained in this Indenture, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Section 4.14 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an Affiliate Transaction), unless:
(a) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Issuers or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(b) The Issuers deliver to the Trustee:
(1) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.14 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers; and
(2) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(1) any employment agreements or arrangements and benefits plans, officer or director indemnification agreements or any similar arrangements, and any transactions
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contemplated by any of the foregoing relating to compensation and employee benefits matters, in each case in respect of employees, officers or directors, entered into by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(2) transactions between or among the Issuers and/or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Issuers solely because the Issuers own an Equity Interest in such Person;
(4) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Issuers;
(5) transactions pursuant to any tax sharing agreement;
(6) transactions pursuant to the Advisory Agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture;
(7) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Issuers;
(8) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business, but in any event, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
(9) the pledge of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to support the Indebtedness thereof; and
(10) Restricted Payments of Permitted Investments that are permitted by Section 4.10 hereof;
Section 4.15 Business Activities.
The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.16 Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.
Holdings will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness of Holdings which ranks equally with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes (Guaranteed Indebtedness), excluding any guarantee of Indebtedness under a Credit Facility incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt, unless such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for a guarantee (a Subsidiary Guarantee) of payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. If the Guaranteed Indebtedness:
(a) ranks equally with the notes, then the guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall rank equally with, or be subordinated to, the Subsidiary Guarantee, or
(b) is subordinated to the notes, then the guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the extent that the Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary may provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:
(1) any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) an Affiliate of Holdings, of all of Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiarys Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary, which sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture;
(2) the legal defeasance or release or discharge of the guarantee of Indebtedness which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee; or
(3) if Holdings designates such Restricted Subsidiary that has executed a Subsidiary Guarantee to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions in this Indenture.
Section 4.17 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
The Board of Directors of each of the Issuers may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Issuers and any Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under either the Section 4.10(a) hereof or under the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Issuers. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of each of the Issuers may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default or Event of Default.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Issuers as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by the Issuers delivering to the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the conditions set forth in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and was permitted by Section 4.10 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Issuers will be in default of such Section 4.09. The Board of Directors of each of the Issuers may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
Section 4.18 Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuers shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control, make an offer (the Change of Control Offer) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. Each Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holders Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer at a purchase price, in cash (the Change of Control Amount), equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the Purchase Date.
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(b) The Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change in Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer. Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be retired and cancelled.
The provisions of this Section 4.18 that require the Issuers to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control shall be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable.
Section 4.19 Limitation on CBD Holdings Finance, Inc..
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, Finance may not hold any material assets (other than Indebtedness owing to Finance by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries), become liable for any material Obligations or engage in any significant business activities (other than treasury, cash management, hedging and cash pooling activities and activities incidental thereto); provided, however, that Finance may be a co-obligor or guarantor with respect to the Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness if Holdings is an obligor (or guarantor) of such Indebtedness and the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are received by Holdings or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
For so long as Holdings is not a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, Holdings will not sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Capital Stock of Finance and will not permit Finance, directly or indirectly, to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Capital Stock.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
(a) The Issuers shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuers are the surviving Person) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuers, in one or more related transactions, to another Person other than another Issuer, unless:
(1) either: (A) the Issuers are the surviving Person; or (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuers) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation or so long as one of the issuers of the Notes shall remain a corporation, a limited partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuers) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the Obligations of the Issuers, under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; and
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(4) the Issuers or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuers), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof.
(b) The Issuers may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of their properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Issuers are merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Issuers shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Issuers), and may exercise every right and power of the Issuers under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuers herein; provided, however, that such predecessor Issuers shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes, except in the case of a sale of all of the Issuers assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
(i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes;
(ii) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(iii) failure by the Issuers to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.12, 4.18 or 5.01 hereof;
(iv) failure by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary for 30 days after notice to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.09 or 4.10 hereof;
(v) failure by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after notice to comply with any other provision in this Indenture or the Notes;
(vi) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a Payment Default); or
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(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its final stated maturity;
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more;
(vii) failure by the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(viii) any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary:
(A) commences a voluntary case or gives notice of intention to make a proposal under any Bankruptcy Law;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or consents to its dissolution or winding up;
(C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, Trustee or custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(E) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due or otherwise admits its insolvency; or
(F) seeks a stay of proceedings against it or proposes or gives notice or intention to propose a compromise, arrangement or reorganization of any of its debts or Obligations under any Bankruptcy Law; and
(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(B) appoints a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, trustee or custodian of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the property of the Issuers or any such Restricted Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
If any Event of Default (other than those of the type described in Section 6.01(viii) or (ix)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of all the Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, and premium, if any, to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuers and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a notice of acceleration (the Acceleration Notice), and the same shall become immediately due and payable.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice by the Trustee or the Holders. Holders may not enforce this Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this Indenture.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (by notice to the Trustee) may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) all existing Defaults and Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Notes that has become due solely by reason of such declaration of acceleration;
(c) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue installments of interest and overdue payments of principal which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration has been paid;
(d) The Issuers have paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances; and
(e) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01(ix) or (x), the Trustee has received an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of the Issuers with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Issuers would have been required to pay if the Issuer had then elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs prior to July 15, 2008 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Issuers with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to July 15, 2008, then the premium specified in this Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon acceleration of the Notes.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies shall be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default, and its consequences, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (other than the non-payment of interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes). Upon any waiver of a Default or Event of Default such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be obligated to take any action with respect to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 6.02 unless directed to do so pursuant to this Section 6.05.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy thereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default or the Trustee receives the notice from the Issuers;
(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding have made written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy;
(c) Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer, and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee shall have failed to comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and
(e) during the 60-day period the Holder of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall not have given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.06 hereof), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes (including in connection with an Offer to Purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (i) or (ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest) and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee shall be authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuers (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, moneys, securities and any other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 and, after an Event of Default, any other money or property distributable in respect of the Issuers Obligations under this Indenture shall be paid in the following order:
First: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee), its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Issuers or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to
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the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 shall not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or Obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(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. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions, which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(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 Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(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 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, including without limitation, the provisions of Section 6.05 hereof, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and 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 in writing with the Issuers. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuers shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuers. Any resolution of the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice, or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Issuers or the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and such notice references the specific Default or Event of Default, the Notes and this Indenture.
(g) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its power and duties hereunder.
(h) The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Issuers covenants herein.
(i) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(j) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(k) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(l) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(m) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
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Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee shall also be subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuers or upon the Issuers direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit by first-class mail to Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
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, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA §313(b)(2). The Trustee also shall transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA §313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall be mailed to the Issuers and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d). The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Issuers, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall, jointly and severally, reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
The Issuers, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee, including in its capacity as any Agent, or any predecessor Trustee including in its capacity as any Agent for, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, fines, liabilities or expenses, including incidental and out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys fees (for purposes of this Article 7, losses) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuers (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim
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(whether asserted by the Issuers or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent such losses may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers of their Obligations under this Section 7.07, to the extent the Issuers have not been materially prejudiced thereby. The Issuers shall defend the claim, and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel if the Trustee has been reasonably advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Issuers and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for the Trustee to engage separate counsel, and the Issuers shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuers need not pay for any settlement made without their consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss incurred by the Trustee through the Trustees own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Obligations of the Issuers under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee, payment in full of the Notes and the termination for any reason of this Indenture.
To secure the Issuers payment Obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee, payment in full of the Notes and the termination for any reason of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time upon 30 days prior notice to the Issuers and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuers in writing. The Issuers may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuers.
If a successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance of appointment within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuers, or the Holders of at least 10% in
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aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. Subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof, the retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided, however, that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder shall have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuers Obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
In the case of an appointment hereunder of a separate or successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, the Issuers, any retiring Trustee and each successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Notes shall execute and deliver an Indenture supplemental hereto (1) which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Notes as to which any such retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in such retiring Trustee and (2) that shall 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 hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that each such separate, retiring or successor Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any such other Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another Person, the successor Person without any further act shall, if such successor Person is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million (or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a bank or trust company, or of a bank holding company, the principal Subsidiary of which is a bank or trust company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million) as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any Indenture or Indentures under which the securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuers are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.
Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of § 310(b) of the TIA.
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers.
The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
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ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuers shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their Obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a), (b) and (d) below, and to have satisfied all its other Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Issuers Obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including under Section 7.07) and the Issuers Obligations in connection therewith and (d) the Legal Defeasance provisions of this Article. If the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this Section 8.02, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuers shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their Obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 and 4.09 through 4.18 hereof, and the operation of Sections 5.01(a)(4) and 5.01(b)(4) hereof, with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance) and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuers may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. If the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (iii) (with respect to the covenants contained in Sections 4.09 or 4.10 hereof, (iv) (with respect to the covenants contained in sections 4.12 or 4.18 or Section 5.01(a)(4) or 5.01(b)(4) hereof), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) of such Section 6.01 (but in the case of (ix) and (x) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries only) or because of the Issuers failure to comply with Section 5.01(a)(4) or 5.01(b)(4) hereof.
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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes.
In order to exercise Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) The Issuers shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (i) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture), to which the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries are parties or by which the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries are bound;
(f) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Issuers or others; and
(g) the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by clause (b) or (c) above need not be delivered if at such time all outstanding Notes have been irrevocably called for redemption.
Section 8.05 Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all cash and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying Trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
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to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, except in the case of an Event of Default the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuers, subject, nevertheless, to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07, from time to time upon the request of the Issuers any cash or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized international standing expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the certification delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuers.
The Trustee shall promptly, and in any event, no later than two (2) Business Days, pay to the Issuers after request therefor any excess money held with respect to the Notes at such time in excess of amounts required to pay any of the Issuers Obligations then owing with respect to the Notes.
Any cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Issuers as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuers.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash and securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their Obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from the cash and securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:
(a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct a manifest error;
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(b) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(c) provide for the assumption of the Issuers Obligations to Holders in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers;
(d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
(e) comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(f) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary;
(g) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes;
(h) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers;
(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements thereof; or
(j) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Note to any provision of the Description of Notes contained in the Offering Memorandum, dated October 21, 2004, relating to the issuance of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in the Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including without limitation, Sections 3.09, 4.12 and 4.18 hereof) and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any then outstanding, voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, on the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding, voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes, including provisions (and applicable definitions) relating to the provisions under Section 4.12 or 4.18 hereof other than amendments effective prior to the occurrence of the event that would otherwise give rise to such repurchase obligation;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
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(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, ir interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note;
(f) make any change in the provisions (including applicable definitions) of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes;
(g) waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to any Note, including a payment required by the provisions under Sections 3.09, 4.12 and 4.18 hereof; or
(h) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions which require each holders consent or waiver.
The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any supplemental indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 120 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to the Holder of each Note affected thereby to such Holders address appearing in the Security Register a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuers to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion thereof that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion thereof if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter shall bind every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuers in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Issuers may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of each of the Issuers approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 11.04, and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amended or supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions and that such amended or supplemental indenture complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03 hereof).
ARTICLE 10.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(A) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuers, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or shall become due and payable within one year, and the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary that has executed a Subsidiary Guarantee, have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in such amounts as shall be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or shall occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuers are, or any Restricted Subsidiary that has executed a Subsidiary Guarantee is, a party or by which the Issuers is bound;
(3) the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary that has executed a Subsidiary Guarantee have or has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture; and
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(4) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Issuers shall have delivered an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the Obligations of the Issuers to the Holders under Section 4.01 and to the Trustee under Section 7.07 shall survive.
Section 10.02 Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 10.03 hereof, all cash and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying Trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 10.02, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 10.03 Repayment to Issuers.
Any cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on its request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Issuers as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuers.
ARTICLE 11.
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 provision required by the TIA shall control.
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Section 11.02 Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication by the Issuers or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Issuers:
CBD Media Holdings LLC
312 Plum Street, Suite 900
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Attention: John P. Schwing
Facsimile No.: (513) 651-3842
And a copy to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington DC 20004
Attention: Scott Herlihy
Facsimile No.: (202) 637-2201
If to the Trustee:
HSBC Bank USA
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attention: Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: (212) 525-1300
The Issuers or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices, requests and other communications (other than those sent to the Trustee) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and communications to the Trustee shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon receipt.
Any notice or other communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery to its address shown on the Security Register. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Issuers mail a notice or communication to Holders, they shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 11.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).
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Section 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Issuers to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.
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 (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
With respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate, certificates of public officials or reports or opinions of experts.
Section 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 11.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, partner or member of the Issuers, or any of the Issuers Restricted Subsidiaries, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Issuers Obligations of the Issuers under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 11.08 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE
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PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Issuers and (by their acceptance of the Notes) the Holders, agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States federal or New York State court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes.
The Issuers and the Trustee hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally waive any right they may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation based upon, or arising out of, under or in connection with, this Indenture or the Notes or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements (whether oral or written) or actions of the Issuers or the Trustee relating thereto. The Issuers acknowledge and agrees that it has received full and sufficient consideration for this provision waiving trial by jury and that this provision is a material inducement for the Issuers entering into this Indenture.
Section 11.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other Indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuers or their Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such Indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.10 Successors.
All covenants and agreements of the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind their successors.
Section 11.11 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.12 Counterpart Originals
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 11.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings in this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.14 Qualification of this Indenture.
The Issuers shall qualify this Indenture under the TIA in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Registration Rights Agreements and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses for the Issuers, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuers any such Officers Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of October 26, 2004.
CBD MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Douglas A. Myers | |||
Name: | Douglas A. Myers | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
CBD HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Douglas A. Myers | |||
Name: | Douglas A. Myers | |||
Title: | President | |||
TRUSTEE: | ||||
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Deirdra Ross | |||
Name: | Deirdra Ross | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
(Face of Note)
9¼% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
CUSIP | ||
No. | $ |
CBD MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
CBD HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC.
promise to pay to or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars ($ ) on July 15, 2012.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing , 20 .
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Issuers has caused this Note to be signed by its duly authorized officer.
Dated: , 20
CBD MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
CBD HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
This is one of the [Global] | ||
Notes referred to in the | ||
within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
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(Back of Note)
9¼% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]
[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. CBD Media Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Holdings), and CBD Holdings Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Finance and collectively with Holdings, the Issuers), as joint and several obligors, promise to pay interest (as defined in the Indenture) on the principal amount of this Note at 9¼% per annum until maturity. The Issuers shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears in cash on January 15 and July 15 each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) or, if no interest has been paid, from the initial date of issuance; provided, however, that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be , 20 . The Issuers shall (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the interest rate then in effect under the Indenture and this Note; they shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the Security Register; provided, however, that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of October 26, 2004 (the Indenture), among the Issuers and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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5. Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to July 15, 2007, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including Additional Notes) issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 109.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any Equity Offering; provided, however, that (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries); and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
(b) In addition, prior to July 15, 2007, the Issuers may redeem all of the notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice at a redemption price of 109.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the right of holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date; provided, however, that such redemption occurs within 90 days of such Change of Control.
(c) On or after July 15, 2008, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 15 of each of the years indicated below subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Year | Percentage | ||
2008 | 104.625 | % | |
2009 | 102.313 | % | |
2010 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
Any prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.
6. Mandatory Redemption. The Issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to, or, except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and 4.18 of the Indenture, offers to purchase, the Notes.
7. Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuers shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control, make an offer pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of the Indenture, to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. Each Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holders Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer at a purchase price, in cash, equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the Purchase Date.
(b) If the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sale, the Issuers shall not be required to apply any Net Proceeds to repurchase Notes in accordance with the Indenture until the aggregate Excess Proceeds from all Asset Sales following the date the Notes are first issued exceeds $10.0 million. Thereafter, the Issuers shall make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and, such other pari passu indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price shall be equal
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to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of the purchase of all properly tendered and not withdrawn Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, the Issuers may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
8. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a Defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Article 8 of the Indenture or a Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article 10 of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. This Note shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuers may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any then outstanding, voting as a single class (including without limitation consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or Exchange Offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 of the Indenture, any existing Default or Event of Default (except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment) or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or Exchange Offer for the Notes). Without the consent of any Holder, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct a manifest error; (b) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (c) provide for the assumption of the Obligations of the Issuers to Holders in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers; (d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder; (e) comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (f) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary; (g) to add guarantees with respect to Notes or to secure the Notes; (h) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers; (i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements thereof; or (j) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Note to any provision of the Description of Notes contained in the Offering Memorandum, dated October 21, 2004,
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relating to the issuance of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in the Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture or the Notes.
12. Defaults and Remedies. Each of the following is an Event of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.12, 4.18 or 5.01 of the Indenture (iv) failure by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary for 30 days after notice to comply with the provisions of Section 4.09 or 4.10 of the Indenture; (v) failure by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after notice to comply with any other provision in the Indenture or the Notes; (vi) a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a Payment Default); or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more; (vii) failure by the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; and (ix) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, as described in the Indenture.
If any Event of Default (other than the Events of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of all the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuers and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a notice of acceleration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
13. Trustee Dealings with Issuers. Subject to certain limitations, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
14. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuers, as such, shall have any liability for any Obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture, the Notes, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
15. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
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16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder 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).
17. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes that are Initial Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2004, among the Issuers and the parties named on the signature pages thereto or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have the rights set forth in one or more Registration Rights Agreements, if any, among the Issuers and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Issuers to the purchasers of such Additional Notes.
18. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or notices of Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or notice of an Offer to Purchase and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed thereon and any such redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
The Issuers shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: CBD Media Holdings LLC, 312 Plum Street, #900, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
19. Governing Law. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Note without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.18 of the Indenture, check the box below:
¨ | Section 4.12 |
¨ | Section 4.18 |
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.12 or Section 4.18 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: $
Date: | Your Signature: | |||||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) | ||||||||
Tax Identification No.: | ||||||||
SIGNATURE | GUARANTEE: | |||||||
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (the Issuers) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignees social security or other tax I.D. no.) |
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code) |
and irrevocably appoint________________________________________________________________________________________ |
as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him. |
Date:
Your Signature: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange | Amount of | Amount of increase in | Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) | Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
CBD Media Holdings LLC
CBD Holdings Finance, Inc.
312 Plum Street, #900
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Attention: General Counsel
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attention: Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: (212) 525-1300
Re: | 9¼% Senior Notes due 2012 |
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 26, 2004 (the Indenture), among CBD Media Holdings LLC, and CBD Holdings Finance, Inc., as the joint and several obligors (the Issuers) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to (the Transferee), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a
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U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the AI Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Issuers or a Subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
(d) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to an Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the AI Global Note and/or the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with
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the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers.
[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Dated: |
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. | The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: | |||||
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)] | ||||||
(a) | ¨ | a beneficial interest in the: | ||||
(i) | ¨ | 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(ii) | ¨ | Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(iii) | ¨ | AI Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(b) | ¨ | a Restricted Definitive Note. | ||||
2. | After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: | |||||
[CHECK ONE OF (a), (b) OR (c)] | ||||||
(a) | ¨ | a beneficial interest in the: | ||||
(i) | ¨ | 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(ii) | ¨ | Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(iii) | ¨ | AI Global Note (CUSIP ), or | ||||
(iv) | ¨ | Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or | ||||
(b) | ¨ | a Restricted Definitive Note; or | ||||
(c) | ¨ | an Unrestricted Definitive Note, | ||||
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
CBD Media Holdings LLC
CBD Holdings Finance, Inc.
312 Plum Street, #900
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Attention: General Counsel
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attention: Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: (212) 525-1300
Re: | 9¼% Senior Notes due 2012 |
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 26, 2004 (the Indenture), among CBD Media Holdings LLC and CBD Holdings Finance, Inc., as joint and several obligors (the Issuers) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
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being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CIRCLE ONE] 144A Global Note, Regulation S Global Note, AI Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Definitive Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers.
[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated: |
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