Trustreet Properties, Inc. 7% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm EXHIBIT 4.1 Exhibit 4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 


 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

7½% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

 


 

Indenture

 

Dated as of March 23, 2005

 


 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

 

Trustee

 


 


 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section


       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)

       2.06

      (b)

       11.03

      (c)

       11.03

313(a)

       7.06

      (b)(1)

       N.A.

      (b)(2)

       7.06

      (c)

       7.06, 11.02

      (d)

       7.06

314(a)

       4.03, 4.04, 11.02

      (b)

       N.A.

      (c)(1)

       11.04, 11.05

      (c)(2)

       11.04, 11.05

      (c)(3)

       N.A.

      (d)

       N.A.

      (e)

       11.05

      (f)

       N.A.

315(a)

       7.01 (b)

      (b)

       7.05, 11.02

      (c)

       7.01 (a)

      (d)

       7.01 (c)

      (e)

       6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

       2.10

      (a)(1)(A)

       6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

       6.04

      (a)(2)

       N.A.

      (b)

       6.07

* N.A. means not applicable.
  This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indentur

 

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Trust Indenture Act Section


       Indenture Section

      (c)

       9.04

317(a)(1)

       6.08

      (a)(2)

       6.09

      (b)

       2.05

318(a)

       11.01

      (b)

       N.A.

      (c)

       11.01

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

    
    

Section 1.01.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Other Definitions

   30

Section 1.03.

  

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

   30

Section 1.04.

  

Rules of Construction

   30

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

Section 2.01.

  

Form and Dating

   31

Section 2.02.

  

Execution and Authentication

   32

Section 2.03.

  

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

   33

Section 2.04.

  

Registrar and Paying Agent

   33

Section 2.05.

  

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

   33

Section 2.06.

  

Holder Lists

   34

Section 2.07.

  

Transfer and Exchange

   34

Section 2.08.

  

Replacement Notes

   46

Section 2.09.

  

Outstanding Notes

   46

Section 2.10.

  

Treasury Notes

   47

Section 2.11.

  

Temporary Notes

   47

Section 2.12.

  

Cancellation

   47

Section 2.13.

  

Defaulted Interest

   47

Section 2.14.

  

CUSIP Numbers

   48

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION AND OFFERS TO

PURCHASE

Section 3.01.

  

Notices to Trustee

   48

Section 3.02.

  

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

   48

Section 3.03.

  

Notice of Redemption

   49

Section 3.04.

  

Effect of Notice of Redemption

   49

Section 3.05.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price

   50

Section 3.06.

  

Notes Redeemed in Part

   50

Section 3.07.

  

Optional Redemption

   50

Section 3.08.

  

Application of Trust Money

   51

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

Section 4.01.

  

Payment of Notes

   51

Section 4.02.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

   52

Section 4.03.

  

Commission Reports and Reports to Holders

   52

Section 4.04.

  

Compliance Certificate

   53

Section 4.05.

  

Taxes

   53

Section 4.06.

  

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

   53

Section 4.07.

  

Limitation on Restricted Payments

   54

Section 4.08.

  

Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

   56

Section 4.09.

  

Limitation on Indebtedness

   59

Section 4.10.

  

Limitation on Asset Sales

   62

Section 4.11.

  

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

   63

Section 4.12.

  

Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control

   64

Section 4.13.

  

Payments for Consent

   65

Section 4.14.

  

Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries

   65

Section 4.15.

  

Suspension of Certain Covenants and Agreements

   66

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01.

  

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

   67

Section 5.02.

  

Successor Corporation Substituted

   68

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01.

  

Events of Default

   68

Section 6.02.

  

Acceleration

   70

Section 6.03.

  

Other Remedies

   71

Section 6.04.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults

   71

Section 6.05.

  

Control by Majority

   71

Section 6.06.

  

Limitation on Suits

   72

Section 6.07.

  

Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment

   72

Section 6.08.

  

Collection Suit by Trustee

   72

Section 6.09.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

   73

Section 6.10.

  

Priorities

   73

Section 6.11.

  

Undertaking for Costs

   74

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01.

  

Duties of Trustee.

   74

Section 7.02.

  

Certain Rights of Trustee

   75

Section 7.03.

  

Individual Rights of Trustee

   76

 

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Section 7.04.

  

Trustee’s Disclaimer

   76

Section 7.05.

  

Notice of Defaults

   76

Section 7.06.

  

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes

   76

Section 7.07.

  

Compensation and Indemnity

   76

Section 7.08.

  

Replacement of Trustee

   77

Section 7.09.

  

Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

   78

Section 7.10.

  

Eligibility; Disqualification

   78

Section 7.11.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

   79

ARTICLE EIGHT

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01.

  

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   79

Section 8.02.

  

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

   79

Section 8.03.

  

Covenant Defeasance

   80

Section 8.04.

  

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

   80

Section 8.05.

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

   81

Section 8.06.

  

Repayment to the Company

   82

Section 8.07.

  

Reinstatement

   82

ARTICLE NINE

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01.

  

Without Consent of Holders of Notes

   82

Section 9.02.

  

With Consent of Holders of Notes

   83

Section 9.03.

  

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

   85

Section 9.04.

  

Revocation and Effect of Consents

   85

Section 9.05.

  

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

   85

Section 9.06.

  

Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

   85

ARTICLE TEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 10.01.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge

   86

Section 10.02.

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

   87

Section 10.03.

  

Repayment to the Company

   87

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01.

  

Trust Indenture Act Controls

   87

Section 11.02.

  

Notices

   88

Section 11.03.

  

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes

   89

Section 11.04.

  

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

   89

Section 11.05.

  

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

   89

Section 11.06.

  

Rules by Trustee and Agents

   90

 

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Section 11.07.

  

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

   90

Section 11.08.

  

Governing Law

   90

Section 11.09.

  

Consent to Jurisdiction

   90

Section 11.10.

  

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

   90

Section 11.11.

  

Successors

   90

Section 11.12.

  

Severability

   91

Section 11.13.

  

Counterpart Originals

   91

Section 11.14.

  

Acts of Holders

   91

Section 11.15.

  

Benefit of Indenture

   92

Section 11.16.

  

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

   92

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D    FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E    FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 

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INDENTURE dated as of March 23, 2005 between Trustreet Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking association, as trustee.

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its 7½% Senior Notes due 2015 to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

The Company and the Trustee (as defined below) agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the 7½% Senior Notes due 2015:

 

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Accredited Investor” means an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

 

Additional Interest” means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Additional Notes” means an unlimited maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (other than the Notes issued on the date hereof) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof.

 

Adjusted Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) before minority interests of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP; provided that the following items shall be excluded in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income, without duplication:

 

(1) the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period provided that the net income of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded whether or not distributed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary; it being understood that a provision in a financing arrangment requiring the repayment of all or a portion of such financing upon the occurrence of specified events will not trigger this clause (2);

 

(3) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired during the specified period for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;

 

(4) any after-tax gains or losses (a) attributable to sales of assets outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) in connection with the disposition of any securities by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(5) the cumulative effect of a change of accounting principles; and

 

(6) all extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses.

 

Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves), except to the extent resulting from write-ups of capital assets excluding write-ups in connection with accounting for acquisitions in conformity with GAAP, after deducting from the total amount of assets:

 

(1) all liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are classified as current liabilities in accordance with GAAP, and

 

(2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles,

 

all as set forth on the most recent quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP and filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 of this Indenture.

 

Adjusted Total Assets” means the sum of:

 

(1) Total Assets for the Company as of the end of the fiscal quarter preceding the Transaction Date as set forth on the most recent quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in conformity with GAAP and filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, and

 

(2) any increase in Total Assets following the end of such quarter to the Transaction Date including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets resulting from the application of the proceeds of any additional Indebtedness.

 

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Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Acquisition” means:

 

(1) an Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary or shall be merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Person’s primary business is a Related Business on the date of such Investment; or

 

(2) an acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from any other Person of one or more real properties or all or substantially all of the assets that constitute a division or line of business of such Person; provided that the assets acquired are primarily useful in a Related Business on the date of such acquisition.

 

Asset Disposition” means the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than to the Company or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, of:

 

(1) all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, or

 

(2) one or more real properties or all or substantially all of the assets that constitute a division or line of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Asset Sale” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, including by way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transaction, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of:

 

(1) all or any of the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2) all or substantially all of the assets of a division or line of business, or one or more real properties, of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(3) any other property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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and, in each case, that is not governed by Article Five hereof; provided that “Asset Sale” shall not include:

 

(a) sales or other dispositions of inventory, receivables and other current assets;

 

(b) sales or other dispositions of Temporary Cash Investments;

 

(c) a Restricted Payment permitted by the Section 4.07 hereof or any Permitted Investment;

 

(d) the creation of a Lien not prohibited by this Indenture;

 

(e) any sale or disposition of property or equipment that has become damaged, worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(f) sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets or Equity Interests with a fair market value not in excess of $500,000 in any transaction or series of related transactions; or

 

(g) leases of real estate assets in the ordinary course of business.

 

Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Average Life” means at any date of determination with respect to any debt security, the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(1) the sum of the products of:

 

(a) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such debt security, and

 

(b) the amount of such principal payment, by

 

(2) the sum of all such principal payments.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Board of Directors” means:

 

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or, except in the context of the definition of “Change of Control”, a duly authorized committee thereof;

 

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(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

 

(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

Board Resolution” means a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

 

Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person’s equity, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

 

Capitalized Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property, whether real, personal or mixed, of which the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means the discounted present value of the rental obligations under a Capitalized Lease as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Change of Control” means such time as:

 

(1) a “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis;

 

(2) individuals who on the Closing Date constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new or replacement members of the Board of Directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination by the Board of Directors for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then still in office who either were members of the Board of Directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company then in office;

 

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(3) the Company’s merger or consolidation with or into another Person or the merger of another Person into the Company with the effect that immediately after that transaction the Company’s existing securityholders immediately before the transaction hold, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the total voting power of Voting Stock of the Person surviving the merger or consolidation;

 

(4) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, together with any Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture); or

 

(5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture).

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor thereto.

 

Closing Date” means the date of original issuance of the Notes under this Indenture.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Commodity Agreement” means any commodity swap agreement, commodity option agreement, forward contract and other agreement or arrangement with respect to commodity prices.

 

Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) that have no preference on liquidation or with respect to distributions over any other class of Capital Stock, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person’s equity, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all series and classes of common stock.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Adjusted Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period plus, to the extent such amount was deducted in calculating such Adjusted Consolidated Net Income:

 

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,

 

(2) income taxes (other than income taxes (either positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary gains or losses and gains or losses or sales of assets outside the ordinary course of business),

 

(3) depreciation expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

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(4) amortization expense (including amortization of intangibles, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and

 

(5) all other non-cash items reducing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (other than items that will require cash payments and for which an accrual or reserve is, or is required by GAAP to be, made) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

less all non-cash items increasing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (and excluding the impact of straight-lining rent) for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the Consolidated Interest Expense of, income taxes of, depreciation expense of, and amortization expense of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Adjusted Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of the Company (A) in the same proportion that the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income of such Restricted Subsidiary was added to compute such Adjusted Consolidated Net Income of the Company and (B) only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended or distributed to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its shareholders; it being understood that a provision in a financing arrangement requiring the repayment of all or a portion of such financing upon the occurrence of specified events will not trigger this clause (B).

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication, the aggregate amount of:

 

(a) interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period whether paid or accrued, all as determined on a consolidated basis (without taking into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in conformity with GAAP including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount on any Indebtedness and the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, all but the principal component of rentals in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued or due to be paid or to be accrued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, all commissions, discounts and other fees and expenses owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and the net costs associated with Interest Rate Agreements; plus:

 

(b) capitalized interest and non-cash interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period;

 

(c) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(d) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any

 

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of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company),

 

in each case as determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP; excluding the amount of such interest expense of any Restricted Subsidiary if the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary is excluded in the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (2) of the definition thereof (but only in the same proportion as the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary is excluded from the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (2) of the definition thereof).

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

 

Credit Agreement” means (i) that certain Bridge Credit Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2005, by and among the Company, as Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Company named therein from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, Banc of America Securities LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager and the other lenders named therein, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and (ii) the Credit Agreement to be entered into by and among the Company, as Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Company to be named therein from time to time, as Guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, Banc of America Securities LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager and the other lenders to be named therein, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, regardless of whether such amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise.

 

Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement, indentures or debt securities) 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), letters of credit or debt securities, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.

 

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

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Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07. The term “Disqualified Stock” shall also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the Notes mature.

 

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).

 

Equity Offering” means any public or private offering of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, and any successor thereto.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Notes” means the 7½% Senior Notes due 2015 to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and in accordance with Section 2.07(f).

 

Exchange Offer” means the registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such holders.

 

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Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related prospectus.

 

Existing Investments” means Investments existing as of the Closing Date.

 

fair market value” means the price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Four Quarter Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Interest Coverage Ratio”.

 

Funds From Operations” for any period means the consolidated net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period in conformity with GAAP and without reduction for minority interests, excluding (a) the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees, (b) prepayment fees, premiums and penalties to extinguish any debt, (c) gains or losses from sales of property (other than from sales of properties acquired with the initial intent to hold for sale), (d) non-cash asset impairment charges or provisions, (e) the principal component of any Capital Lease Obligations (as determined by GAAP) and (f) extraordinary items in accordance with and as defined by GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real property assets and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures (it being understood that the accounts of such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries shall be consolidated only to the extent of such Person’s proportionate interest therein).

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or Section 2.07.

 

Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services

 

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(unless such purchase arrangements are on arm’s-length terms and are entered into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or

 

(2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

 

provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

 

Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with an Asset Acquisition from such Person by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed “Incurred” at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such Asset Acquisition, as applicable.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without duplication):

 

(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

 

(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

 

(3) all letters of credit or other similar instruments (excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing obligations (other than obligations described in (1) or (2) above or (5), (6), (7) or (8) below) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement);

 

(4) all unconditional obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, except Trade Payables to the extent not more than 90 days overdue (unless being contested in good faith);

 

(5) all Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt;

 

(6) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person provided that the amount of

 

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such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such amount at the date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness;

 

(7) all Indebtedness of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person;

 

(8) all obligations under Currency Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Commodity Agreements;

 

(9) all Disqualified Stock, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price, plus accrued dividends; and

 

(10) in the case of a Subsidiary of such Person, all Preferred Stock, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price, plus accrued dividends.

 

The amount of indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations of the type described above and, with respect to contingent obligations (including any Guarantees), the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation; provided, that:

 

(a) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount shall be deemed to be the face amount with respect to such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at the date of determination in conformity with GAAP, and

 

(b) Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes;

 

provided further that “Indebtedness” shall not include:

 

(i) any liability in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds provided in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ii) any liability under Currency Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Commodity Agreements; provided that such agreements (i) are designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates or commodity prices and not for speculative purposes and (ii) do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;

 

(iii) any liability arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for

 

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the purpose of financing such acquisition), in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in connection with such disposition; or

 

(iv) the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;

 

provided further that (A) for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness, Secured Indebtedness and Subsidiary Indebtedness on a consolidated basis outstanding at any time for Sections 4.09(1) and (3) of this Indenture, only the portion of any Warehouse Credit Facility or other Qualified Limited Recourse Debt as to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Subsidiary that is the primary obligor thereunder) provides credit support or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor will be deemed to be outstanding and (B) for purposes of determining the amount of Secured Indebtedness and Subsidiary Indebtedness, Liens securing the Notes and Guarantees of the Notes will not be taken into account.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

 

Interest Coverage Ratio” means, on any Transaction Date, the ratio of:

 

(1) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the then most recent four fiscal quarters prior to such Transaction Date for which reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof (“Four Quarter Period”) to

 

(2) the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Four Quarter Period.

 

In making the foregoing calculation,

 

(1) pro forma effect shall be given to any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid during the period (“Reference Period”) commencing on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and ending on the Transaction Date (other than Indebtedness Incurred or repaid under a revolving credit or similar arrangement to the extent of the commitment thereunder (or under any predecessor revolving credit or similar arrangement) in effect on the last day of such Four Quarter Period unless any portion of such Indebtedness is projected, in the reasonable judgment of the senior management of the Company, to remain outstanding for a period in excess of 12 months from the date of the Incurrence thereof), in each case as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred or repaid on the first day of such Reference Period;

 

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(2) Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness (whether existing or being Incurred or issued) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed, since the date of Incurrence, on an actual basis and, from the first day of the Four Quarter Period to the date of Incurrence, as if the rate in effect on the Transaction Date (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for such entire period;

 

(3) pro forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur during such Reference Period as if they had occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of such Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, provided that, if such Asset Acquisition relates to the purchase of one or more real properties and, in connection with such purchase, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into or assumes an effective and enforceable lease to rent space in such real property, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to the entering into or assumption of such lease; and

 

(4) pro forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that have been made by any Person that has become a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Reference Period and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions during such Reference Period had such transactions occurred when such Person was a Restricted Subsidiary as if such asset dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions and had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, provided that, if such Asset Acquisition relates to the purchase of one or more real properties and, in connection with such purchase, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into or assumes an effective and enforceable lease to rent space in such real property, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to the entering into or assumption of such lease;

 

provided that to the extent that clause (3) or (4) of this sentence requires that pro forma effect be given to an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition or an asset acquisition or asset disposition, such pro forma calculation shall be based upon the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the Transaction Date of the Person, or division or line of business, or one or more real properties, of the Person that is acquired or disposed of to the extent that such financial information is available.

 

Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement, option or future contract or other similar agreement or arrangement with respect to interest rates.

 

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Investment” in any Person means any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including without limitation by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement, but excluding advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), advance (excluding commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to officers and employees expected at the time of such advance to be treated as expenses in accordance with GAAP) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property (tangible or intangible) to others or any payment for property or services solely for the account or use of others, or otherwise), or any purchase or acquisition for consideration of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments issued by, such Person, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall include:

 

(1) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

 

(2) the fair market value of the Capital Stock (or any other Investment) held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of (or in) any Person that has ceased to be a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment being deemed to have been made at the time such Person has ceased to be a Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(3) the fair market value of an Investment held by a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, such Investment being deemed to have been made at the time of the acquisition of such Person;

 

provided that where the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries contributes property or assets to any Person and receives cash or Temporary Cash Investments in connection therewith, the amount of the Investment shall be the fair market value of the property or assets contributed less the amount of such cash or Temporary Cash Investments.

 

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07:

 

(a) “Investment” shall include the fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other than liabilities to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

 

(b) the fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other than liabilities to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary shall be considered a reduction in outstanding Investments, and

 

(c) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer.

 

Investment Grade Status” means a rating of the Notes by both S&P and Moody’s, each such rating being in one of such agencies’ four highest generic rating categories that signify investment grade (i.e. BBB- (or the equivalent) or higher by S&P and Baa3 (or the equivalent) or higher by Moody’s); provided, in each case, that such ratings are publicly

 

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available; provided, further, that in the event Moody’s or S&P is no longer in existence for purposes of determining whether the Notes are rated “Investment Grade Status,” such organization may be replaced by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) designated by the Company, notice of which shall be given to the Trustee.

 

Legended Regulation S Global Note” means a global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof or any agreement to give any security interest).

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

 

Net Cash Proceeds” means:

 

(1) with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds of such Asset Sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of:

 

(a) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale,

 

(b) provisions for all taxes actually paid or payable as a result of such Asset Sale by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,

 

(c) payments made to repay Indebtedness or any other obligation outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that either (A) is secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold or (B) is required to be paid as a result of such sale, and

 

(d) amounts reserved by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, and

 

(2) with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of

 

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deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of tax paid or payable as a result thereof.

 

Net Lease Securitization Facility” means the indenture, by and among Net Lease Funding, 2005, LP, as issuer, MBIA Insurance Corporation, as insurer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the indenture trustee, dated as of March 4, 2005, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means the 7½% Senior Notes due 2015 of the Company issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes, including any Exchange Notes. The Notes and the Additional Notes (including any Exchange Notes), if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

 

Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated March 17, 2005, relating to the Company’s 7½% Senior Notes due 2015.

 

Offer to Purchase” means an offer to purchase Notes by the Company from the Holders commenced by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:

 

(1) the covenant pursuant to which the offer is being made and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;

 

(2) the purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Payment Date”);

 

(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest pursuant to its terms;

 

(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Payment Date;

 

(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender the Note, together with the form entitled “Option of the Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse side of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date;

 

(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such

 

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Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes or portions thereof purchased; and

 

(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.

 

On the Payment Date, the Company shall:

 

(a) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase;

 

(b) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and

 

(c) promptly thereafter deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate specifying the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company.

 

The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Note surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of an Offer to Purchase as soon as practicable after the Payment Date. The Company shall comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable, in the event that the Company are required to repurchase Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture requiring the Offer to Purchase, the Company shall comply with the applicable laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President of such Person.

 

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 11.05.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (who may be counsel to or an employee of the Company) that meets the requirements of Section 11.05.

 

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Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company that is not subordinated to the Notes.

 

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).

 

Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Offer to Purchase”.

 

Permitted Investment” means:

 

(1) an Investment in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Warehouse Subsidiary) or a Person that will, upon the making of such investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Warehouse Subsidiary) or be merged or consolidated with or into, or that will transfer or convey all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Warehouse Subsidiary); provided that such Person’s primary business is a Related Business on the date of such Investment;

 

(2) Existing Investments (other than Investments in Warehouse Subsidiaries covered by clause (10) below);

 

(3) Temporary Cash Investments;

 

(4) Permitted Mortgage Investments in the ordinary course of business;

 

(5) Investments acquired as a capital contribution to, or in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

(6) Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements and Commodity Agreements incurred for the purposes of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate or commodity price risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements previously made for such purposes) and not for speculative purposes;

 

(7) any Investments received in compromise of obligations 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;

 

(8) endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(9) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10;

 

(10) Investments in Warehouse Subsidiaries or Securitization Entities in an aggregate amount (measured on the date each such Investment is made and without giving effect

 

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to subsequent changes in value) when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) since the date of this Indenture not to exceed the sum of (x) the fair market value (as of the date of this Indenture) of all Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Warehouse Subsidiaries or Securitization Entities existing on the date of this Indenture, (y) $75.0 million and (z) to the extent that any Investment under subclause (x) or (y) is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Investment);

 

(11) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) since the date of this Indenture not to exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Adjusted Total Assets; provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Investment, the Company could have Incurred at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(1);

 

(12) other Investments in an aggregate amount (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) since the date of this Indenture not to exceed $75.0 million;

 

(13) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in compliance with applicable law in an amount not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and

 

(14) Investments consisting of Standard Securitization Undertakings in a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction and customary advances to Securitization Entities provided that the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s entitlement to be repaid such advance has a priority senior to all obligations of such Securitization Entity with respect to any securities issued in connection with such Qualified Securitization Transactions.

 

Permitted Joint Venture” means a Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment; provided that:

 

(a) such Person’s primary business is a Related Business on the date of such Investment; and

 

(b) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries participate in the management of such Person, as a general partner, member of such Person’s governing board or otherwise.

 

Permitted Mortgage Investments” means any Investment in a secured note, mortgage, deed of trust, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other secured debt securities, secured debt derivative or other debt instruments, so long as such investment relates directly or indirectly to real property that constitutes or is used as

 

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a restaurant or other property customarily constituting an asset of a real estate investment trust specializing in retail real estate properties.

 

Permitted REIT Distribution” means, so long as the Company believes in good faith after reasonable diligence that the Company qualifies as a real estate investment trust under the Code, the distribution or dividend by the Company of an amount equal to the greater of:

 

(a) the amount which is necessary for the Company to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the Code; and

 

(b) 95% of the aggregate amount of the Funds From Operations (determined by excluding income resulting from transfers of assets by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for the then most recent four fiscal quarters preceding the Transaction Date for which reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 (or, if shorter than four fiscal quarters, the period from the Closing Date to the Transaction Date), less the amount of all other Permitted REIT Distributions declared or made during such four fiscal quarter period (or, if applicable, during such shorter period from the Closing Date to the Transaction Date); provided that, after giving effect to such distribution or dividend (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP would be less than 80% of Adjusted Total Assets and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

Person” means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, proprietorship, trust, union, association, court, tribunal, agency, government, department, commission, self-regulatory organization, arbitrator, board, bureau, instrumentality or other entity, enterprise, authority or business organization.

 

Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) that have a preference on liquidation or with respect to distributions over any other class of Capital Stock, including preferred partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person’s preferred or preference stock, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all series and classes of such preferred or preference stock.

 

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Limited Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Qualified Securitization Transaction):

 

(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Warehouse Subsidiary) (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) other than (x) a pledge of the Equity Interests of the Subsidiary that is the primary obligor thereunder and (y) credit support with respect to an amount not to exceed 10% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness, (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise (other than liability with respect to an amount not to exceed 10% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness), or (iii) constitutes the lender; and

 

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(2) as to which either (i) the explicit terms provide that there is no recourse against any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than a Warehouse Subsidiary), except to the extent permitted by clause (1) above, or (ii) the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Warehouse Subsidiary), except to the extent permitted by clause (1) above.

 

Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to a Securitization Entity, or grants any security interest in, any lease, secured loan or note, mortgage, deed of trust, collateralized mortgage obligation, commercial mortgage-backed security, other secured debt security, secured debt derivative or other debt instruments, so long as such instrument relates directly or indirectly to real property that constitutes or is used as a restaurant or other property customarily constituting an asset of a real estate investment trust (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such instruments, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such instruments, proceeds of such instruments and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with securitization transactions involving such instruments and pursuant to which such Securitization Entity may sell, convey, transfer or grant a security interest in or Lien against such instruments, or interests therein, and related assets to any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Reference Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Interest Coverage Ratio”.

 

Registration Default” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the date of this Indenture, among the Company and the initial purchasers party thereto and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements entered into in connection therewith.

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration

 

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Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of the registration rights agreement, in each case, including the prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a Legended Regulation S Global Note or an Unlegended Regulation S Global Note, as appropriate.

 

Related Business” means, as of any date, a business that is related, ancillary, incidental or complementary to the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and includes, without limitation, any investment in real estate.

 

Replacement Assets” means property or assets (excluding current assets other than real properties), including Permitted Mortgage Investments, of a nature or type (or in Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Warehouse Subsidiary) or a Permitted Joint Venture having property and assets of a nature or type) useful in a Related Business.

 

Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

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Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any transaction involving any of the assets or properties of such Person whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whereby such Person sells or otherwise transfers such assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or properties or any part thereof or any other assets or properties which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the assets or properties sold or transferred.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (including Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) secured by a Lien upon all or any portion of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Securitization Entity” means:

 

(1) a Securitization Subsidiary; and

 

(2) any other Person that engages in no activities other than in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations, contingent or otherwise, of which (a) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, excluding Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than assets as provided in the definition of “Qualified Securitization Transaction,” directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (2) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing the instruments held by such Securitization Subsidiaries and (3) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or to cause such Subsidiary to achieve specified levels of operating results.

 

Securitization Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that engages in no activities other than in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company, as described below, as a Securitization Subsidiary (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations, contingent or otherwise, of which (a) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, excluding Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (2) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms not

 

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materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing the assets held by such Person and advances made on customary terms and (3) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve specified levels of operating results.

 

Series A Preferred Stock” means the $1.93 Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Series B Preferred Stock” means the 8% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of USRP, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Series C Preferred Stock” means the 7.5% Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means, any Subsidiary of the Company 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.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, are reasonably customary in securitization transactions.

 

Stated Maturity” means:

 

(1) with respect to any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such debt security is due and payable, and

 

(2) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which such installment is due and payable.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person and the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, if such statements were prepared as of such date.

 

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Subsidiary Indebtedness” means all unsecured Indebtedness of which a Restricted Subsidiary is an obligor.

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor for payment of the Notes by such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Person that issues a Subsidiary Guarantee under this Indenture until released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Temporary Cash Investment” means any of the following:

 

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), maturing, unless such securities are deposited to defease any Indebtedness, not more than one year from the date of acquisition,

 

(2) time deposits accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50 million and has outstanding debt which is rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor,

 

(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (2) above,

 

(4) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any state of the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of (a) “P-1” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P or (b) provided that the commercial paper described in this clause (b) does not represent in excess of 30% of all Temporary Cash Investments at any time outstanding, “P-2” according to Moody’s or “A-2” according to S&P, and

 

(5) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or Moody’s.

 

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

 

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Total Assets” means the sum of:

 

(1) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets, and

 

(2) all other assets (but excluding intangibles and accounts receivables) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in conformity with GAAP.

 

Trade Payables” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any other Indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

 

Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Offering Memorandum, including (a) the transactions contemplated under the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2004, by and between CNL Restaurant Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and USRP, (b) the transactions contemplated under each Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2004, by and among USRP, Ivanhoe Acquisition, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company, and each of the 18 Income Funds, and (c) the financing transactions in connection with the consummation of the transactions in clauses (a) and (b) of this definition including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes in this offering and the Company entering into each of the Credit Agreement and the Net Lease Securitization Facility.

 

Transaction Date” means, with respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such Indebtedness is to be Incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment or Investment, the date such Restricted Payment or Investment is to be made and, with respect to any Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition, the date of consummation thereof.

 

Transfer Restricted Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” means, as of any date, the cost (being the original cost to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization of such real estate assets, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

 

Unlegended Regulation S Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend, deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and issued upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

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Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bears the Global Note Legend, that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes, and that does not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means

 

(1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in the manner provided below; and

 

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that:

 

(a) any Guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated shall be deemed an “Incurrence” of such Indebtedness and an “Investment” by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such designation;

 

(b) if applicable, the incurrence of Indebtedness and the Investment referred to paragraph (a) of this proviso would be permitted under Sections 4.07 and 4.09; and

 

(c) either (i) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (ii) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.07.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that:

 

(x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such designation; and

 

(y) all Liens, Indebtedness and Investments of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately after such designation would, if Incurred or made at such time, have been permitted to be Incurred (and shall be deemed to have been Incurred or made) for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

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U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations of, obligations guaranteed by, or participations in pools consisting solely of obligations of or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which obligations or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and that are not callable or redeemable at the option of the Company thereof.

 

USRP” means U.S. Restaurant Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

 

Warehouse Credit Facilities” means, collectively, the Second Amended and Restated Master Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended, by and among CNL Financial VII, LP, as Seller, CNL Restaurant Capital, LP (f/k/a CNL Franchise Network, LP), as Originator and Bank of America, N.A., as Buyer, providing for up to $160.0 million in borrowings; the Interim Wholesale Mortgage Warehouse and Security Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2001, as amended, by and among CNL Financial VIII, LP, as Borrower, CNL Restaurant Capital, LP (f/k/a CNL Franchise Network, LP) and CNL Financial Services, LP, as Credit Parties and Credit Suisse First Boston, New York Branch, as Lender, for up to $100.0 million in borrowings; and the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2002 by and among CNL Financial IX, LP, as Borrower, Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corporation, as Lender, CNL Financial Services, LP, as Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (f/k/a Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.), as Custodian and Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank, B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent initially providing for up to $207.3 million in borrowings, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, regardless of whether such amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise; provided that any such amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing constitutes Qualified Limited Recourse Debt.

 

Warehouse Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is, or is created for the purposes of becoming, an obligor under any Warehouse Credit Facility or Qualified Limited Recourse Debt or any Restricted Subsidiary that only owns property purchased with the proceeds of any Warehouse Credit Facility or Qualified Limited Recourse Debt (and related assets) and provides credit support (including any direct or indirect pledge of the property purchased or any Indebtedness of the property purchased secured by such property) for such Warehouse Credit Facility or Qualified Limited Recourse Debt.

 

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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term


   Defined in
Section


Act

   11.14

Affiliate Transaction

   4.11

Authentication Order

   2.02

Covenant Defeasance

   8.03

DTC

   2.01

Event of Default

   6.01

Excess Proceeds

   4.10

Guaranteed Indebtedness

   4.14

Legal Defeasance

   8.02

offshore transaction

   2.07

Paying Agent

   2.04

Registrar

   2.04

Related Proceedings

   11.09

Restricted Payments

   4.07

Reversion Date

   4.15

Specified Courts

   11.09

Suspension Period

   4.15

 

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

indenture securities” means the Notes;

 

indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

 

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

obligor” on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

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  (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (c) “or” is not exclusive;

 

  (d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

  (e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

  (f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

 

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issued in registered, global form without interest coupons and only shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (and shall include 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 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. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07.

 

(c) Regulation S Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Legended Regulation S Global Note,

 

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which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel the Legended Regulation S Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Cedel Bank” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The Company may, subject to Article Four of this Indenture and applicable law, issue Additional Notes under this Indenture, including Exchange Notes. The Notes issued on the Closing Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue on the date hereof of $250 million. At any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate Notes for original issue in aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order. The Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated.

 

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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03. Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes.

 

If a Holder of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent, the Company shall pay all principal, interest and premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on that Holder’s Notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Company unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.

 

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

(b) The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

(c) The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money

 

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held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.06. Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

 

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Legended Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b), (d) or (f) hereof.

 

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(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an initial purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).

 

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07(i) hereof.

 

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

 

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(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Legended 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.

 

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED];

 

(D) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED];

 

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than that listed in subparagraph (B) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; or

 

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this

 

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Section 2.07(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Legended Regulation S Global Note to Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in the Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

 

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note 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 the Exchange Offer in accordance with the 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, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not

 

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bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

 

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(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement

 

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Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.07(e).

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]; and

 

(C) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one

 

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or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (y) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Global Notes so accepted Unrestricted Global 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. Except as permitted below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY

 

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SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.07 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

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(h) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

 

(i) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(j) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, 4.10, 4.12 and 9.05 hereof).

 

(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to

 

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exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

 

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile with the original to follow by first class mail.

 

Section 2.08. Replacement Notes.

 

(a) If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

(b) Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes.

 

(a) The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b) hereof.

 

(b) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

(c) If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

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(d) If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay all of the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on 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 2.10. Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.11. Temporary Notes.

 

(a) Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

(b) Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.12. Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of canceled securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10

 

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days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION AND OFFERS TO

PURCHASE

 

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

 

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

 

(a) If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

 

(b) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount at maturity thereof to be redeemed. No Notes in amounts of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

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Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

 

(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(i) the redemption date;

 

(ii) the redemption price;

 

(iii) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(v) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price and become due on the date fixed for redemption;

 

(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest, if any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(vii) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

(b) At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. The notice, if mailed in the manner provided herein shall be presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

 

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Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

(a) Not later than 11:00 am New York time on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

 

(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. No Notes in denominations of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.

 

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.

 

(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 3.07, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.07 prior to April 1, 2010. On or after April 1, 2010, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2010

   103.750 %

2011

   102.500 %

2012

   101.250 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to April 1, 2008, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued hereunder (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price of 107.500% 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 one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (A) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries); and (B) the redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

 

(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

Section 3.08. Application of Trust Money.

 

All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

 

(a) The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(b) The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an agent of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04 of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.03. Commission Reports and Reports to Holders.

 

(a) Whether or not the Company is then required to file reports with the SEC, the Company shall file with the SEC all such reports and other information as it would be required to file with the SEC by Section 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act if it were subject thereto; provided that, if filing such documents by the Company with the SEC is not permitted under the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide such documents to the Trustee and upon written request supply copies of such documents to any holder or prospective holder. Upon request, the Company shall supply the Trustee and any holder or shall supply to the Trustee for forwarding to each such holder, without cost to such holder, copies of such reports and other information. In addition, the Company shall furnish to any holder and to any prospective investor, upon request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act by Persons who are not “affiliates” under the Securities Act.

 

(b) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by 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 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for purposes of satisfying the delivery requirements under the TIA and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable

 

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from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder.

 

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

 

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005), an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been conducted under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company has fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05. Taxes.

 

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, any taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company 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 the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(1) declare or pay any dividend or declare or make any distribution on or with respect to its Equity Interests held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than:

 

  (i) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; and

 

  (ii) pro rata dividends or distributions on Common Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary held by minority stockholders;

 

(2) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary held by any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(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 in right of payment to the Notes, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or

 

(4) make an Investment, other than a Permitted Investment, in any Person,

 

(such payments or any other actions described in Section 4.07(a)(1) to (4) being collectively “Restricted Payments”) if, at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment:

 

(A) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,

 

(B) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could not incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(1), or

 

(C) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments (the amount, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution) made after the Closing Date (excluding Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 4.07(b)) shall exceed the sum of:

 

(i) 95% of the aggregate amount of the Funds From Operations (or, if the Funds From Operations is a loss, minus 100% of the amount of such loss) (determined by excluding income resulting from transfers of assets by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to an Unrestricted Subsidiary) accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the first full fiscal quarter beginning after the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the last fiscal quarter preceding the Transaction Date for which reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, plus

 

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(ii) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after the Closing Date from the Issuance and sale of its Capital Stock to a Person who is not a Subsidiary of the Company, including an issuance or sale permitted by this Indenture of Indebtedness of the Company for cash subsequent to the Closing Date upon the conversion of such Indebtedness into Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or from the issuance to a Person who is not a Subsidiary of the Company of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire Capital Stock of the Company (in each case, exclusive of any Disqualified Stock), plus

 

(iii) an amount equal to the net reduction in Investments (other than reductions in Permitted Investments) in any Person resulting from payments of interest on Indebtedness, dividends, repayments of loans or advances, or other transfers of assets, in each case to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or from the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of any such Investment (except, in each case, to the extent any such payment or proceeds are included in the calculation of Funds From Operations), from the release of a Guarantee (except to the extent amounts are paid under such Guarantee) or from redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investments”), not to exceed, in each case, the amount of such Investment previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(b) The provisions in Section 4.07(a) shall not be violated by reason of:

 

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if, at said date of declaration, such payment would comply with Section 4.07(a);

 

(2) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes including premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, with the proceeds of, or in exchange for, Indebtedness Incurred under Section 4.09(2)(F);

 

(3) the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance of, shares of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement will be excluded from Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii);

 

(4) the making of any principal payment on, or the repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of, Indebtedness of the Company which is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, a substantially concurrent issuance of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash

 

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proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement will be excluded from Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii);

 

(5) a Permitted REIT Distribution;

 

(6) the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock outstanding and as in effect on the Closing Date;

 

(7) Restricted Payments made in connection with the Transactions described in the Offering Memorandum, including the repurchase of the Series B Preferred Stock;

 

(8) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants to the extent that such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof;

 

(9) the repurchase of any subordinated Indebtedness at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such subordinated Indebtedness in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with provisions similar to Section 4.12; provided that, prior to or simultaneously with such repurchase, the Company has made the Offer to Purchase as provided in such covenant with respect to the Notes and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment in connection with such Offer to Purchase;

 

(10) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or to holders of any class of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case issued on or after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 4.09; or

 

(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount (measured on the date each such Restricted Payment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made in reliance on this Section 4.07(b)(11) since the date of this Indenture not to exceed $50.0 million.

 

provided that, except in the case of Section 4.07(b)(1), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or occur as a direct consequence of the actions or payments set forth therein.

 

Section 4.08. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions permitted by applicable law on any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iii) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or

 

(iv) transfer its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(b) The provisions in Section 4.08(a) shall not restrict any encumbrances or restrictions:

 

(1) existing on the Closing Date in the Credit Agreement, Net Lease Securitization Facility and the Warehouse Credit Facilities and any other agreement or instrument in effect on the Closing Date and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of such agreements or instruments; provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are no less favorable to the Holders of the Notes, taken as a whole, than those encumbrances or restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;

 

(2) in the case of Section 4.08(a)(iii) and (iv), imposed under any applicable documents or instruments pertaining to any Secured Indebtedness (and relating solely to assets constituting collateral thereunder or cash proceeds from or generated by such assets);

 

(3) this Indenture and the Notes;

 

(4) existing under or by reason of applicable law;

 

(5) with respect to any Person or the property or assets of such Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, existing at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof, which encumbrances or restrictions are not applicable to any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or the property or assets of such Person so acquired and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the encumbrances and restrictions being replaced;

 

(6) existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to the assets of such a Securitization Subsidiary;

 

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(7) in the case of Section 4.08(a)(iv):

 

  (a) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset,

 

  (b) existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture, or

 

  (c) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any manner material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(8) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or property and assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(9) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(10) contained in the terms of any Indebtedness or any agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued if:

 

  (a) the encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as determined by the Company), and

 

  (b) the Company determines that such an encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes; or

 

(11) existing under, by reason of or with respect to provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property, in each case contained in joint venture agreements and which the Board of Directors of the Company determines will not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest payments on the Notes.

 

(c) Nothing contained in this Section 4.08 shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise permitted under this Indenture, or restricting the sale or other disposition of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 4.09. Limitation on Indebtedness.

 

(1) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness; provided that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness if, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, (a) the Interest Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than 2.0 to 1 and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is less than 65% of Adjusted Total Assets.

 

(2) Notwithstanding Section 4.09(1), the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except as specified below) may Incur each and all of the following:

 

(A) Indebtedness outstanding under Credit Facilities (including the Credit Agreement) at any time in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $450.0 million less any amount of such Indebtedness permanently repaid pursuant to Section 4.10 and (y) 0.85 times Consolidated EBITDA for the then most recent four fiscal quarters ended prior to the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness for which reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof;

 

(B) Indebtedness outstanding at any time under (i) the Net Lease Securitization Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $275.0 million and (ii) the Warehouse Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $450.0 million;

 

(C) the Notes issued on the Closing Date;

 

(D) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date, other than Indebtedness outstanding under Section 4.09(2)(A), (B) or (C);

 

(E) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owed to:

 

  (1) the Company, or

 

  (2) any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

provided that, if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes; and provided further that any event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this Section 4.09(2)(E);

 

(F) Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance, refund, repay or defease, outstanding Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness

 

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Incurred under Section 4.09(2)(A), (B), (E), (G) or (J)) and any refinancings thereof in an amount not to exceed the amount so refinanced, refunded, repaid or defeased (plus premiums, accrued interest, fees and expenses); provided that Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund the Notes or Indebtedness that ranks equally with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the Notes shall only be permitted under this Section 4.09(2)(F) if:

 

  (i) in case the Notes are refinanced in part or the Indebtedness to be refinanced ranks equally with the Notes, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is outstanding, ranks equally with or is expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the remaining Notes;

 

  (ii) in case the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is issued or remains outstanding, is expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the Notes at least to the extent that the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinated to the Notes; and

 

  (iii) such new Indebtedness, determined as of the date of Incurrence of such new Indebtedness, does not mature prior to the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness to be refinanced, refunded, repaid or defeased, and the Average Life of such new Indebtedness is at least equal to the remaining Average Life of the Indebtedness to be refinanced, refunded, repaid or defeased,

 

provided further that (x) in no event may Indebtedness of the Company that ranks equally with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes be refinanced by means of any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 4.09(2)(F) and (y) for purposes of this Section 4.09(2)(F), Subsidiary Indebtedness and Secured Indebtedness shall be deemed to rank prior to the Notes;

 

(G) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company by any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided the Guarantee of such Indebtedness is permitted by and made in accordance with Section 4.14;

 

(H) Indebtedness of the Company to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited to defease the Notes in accordance with the provisions under Article Eight;

 

(I) the incurrence by a Securitization Subsidiary of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is without recourse to the Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary or their assets, other than such Securitization Subsidiary and its assets and other than Standard Securitization Undertakings, and is not guaranteed by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary thereof; and

 

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(J) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not permitted by any other clause of this definition, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any time outstanding.

 

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the Company will not and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Incur any Subsidiary Indebtedness or any Secured Indebtedness (other than granting a Lien to secure the Notes or a Guarantee of the Notes by a Restricted Subsidiary) if the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Subsidiary Indebtedness and Secured Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than 45% of Adjusted Total Assets, except to the extent that such Indebtedness is Incurred under Section 4.09(2)(A), (B), (F) or (H); provided that in the case of Indebtedness Incurred under Section 4.09(2)(F), this exception will only apply to the extent that either (x) such Indebtedness is not secured by any property or assets other than the property or assets that secured the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, repaid or defeased or (y) if such Indebtedness is Secured Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by property or assets with a fair market value equal to or lesser than the fair market value of the property or assets that secured the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, repaid or defeased.

 

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.

 

(5) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness under this Section 4.09,

 

(i) (x) Indebtedness Incurred under the Credit Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with the Transactions shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(2)(A) and (y) Indebtedness Incurred under the Net Lease Securitization Facility and the Warehouse Credit Facilities on or prior to the Closing Date shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(2)(B), and

 

(ii) obligations with respect to letters of credit, Guarantees or Liens supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such particular amount shall not be included.

 

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 types of Indebtedness described in the above clauses of this Section 4.09 (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 4.09(5)(i)), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify (and may reclassify) such item of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses.

 

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Section 4.10. Limitation on Asset Sales.

 

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale, unless:

 

(1) the consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or disposed of, and;

 

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received consists of cash or Temporary Cash Investments or Replacement Assets. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

 

(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities, Indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee and liabilities to the extent owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or Equity Interests pursuant to a written novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability therefor;

 

(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously (subject to ordinary settlement periods) converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that conversion); and

 

(c) with respect to the sale of one or more real estate properties, Indebtedness of the purchaser of such real estate properties to the extent that such Indebtedness is secured by a first priority Lien on the real estate property or properties sold.

 

Within 365 days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales occurring on or after the Issue Date in any period of 12 consecutive months exceed 5% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date closest to the commencement of such 12-month period for which a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03), the Company will:

 

(A) (i) apply an amount equal to such excess Net Cash Proceeds to permanently reduce Subsidiary Indebtedness or Secured Indebtedness owing to a Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) invest an equal amount, or the amount not so applied pursuant to clause (i) (or enter into a definitive agreement committing to so invest within 6 months after the date of such agreement), in Replacement Assets, or

 

(B) apply (no later than the end of the 365-day period referred to in this paragraph) such excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (A)) as provided in the following paragraph of this Section 4.10.

 

Pending the final application of any such excess Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

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The amount of excess Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied) during such 365-day period as set forth in clause (A) or (B) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 and not applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not previously subject to an Offer to Purchase pursuant to this Section 4.10 totals at least $25.0 million, the Company must commence, not later than the fifteenth Business Day of such month, and consummate an Offer to Purchase from the Holders (and holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness to the extent required by the terms thereof) on a pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount of Notes (and other such Pari Passu Indebtedness) equal to the Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, accrued interest (if any) to the Payment Date.

 

If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Offer to Purchase, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered into such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased shall be selected on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

Section 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, renew or extend any transaction (including, without limitations, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or assets, or the rendering of any service) with any holder (or any Affiliate of such holder) of 10% or more of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or with any Affiliate of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), except upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained, at the time of such transaction or, if such transaction is pursuant to a written agreement, at the time of the execution of the agreement providing therefor, in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not such a holder or an Affiliate.

 

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a):

 

(1) any transaction between the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2) the payment of reasonable and customary compensation, fees and expenses and reasonable and customary indemnification and similar arrangements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(3) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

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(4) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(5) the agreements described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain Relationship and Related Transactions”, in each case as in effect as of the Closing Date or any amendment thereto (so long as the amended agreement, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than such agreement immediately prior to such amendment);

 

(6) transfers of eligible assets to or from a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, the charging of fees and expenses in the ordinary course of business, providing Standard Securitization Undertakings and customary servicing and making customary advances, in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; or

 

(7) any Restricted Payments not prohibited by Section 4.07 or any Permitted Investments.

 

(c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee::

 

(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and

 

(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions from a financial point of view issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

Section 4.12. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control.

 

(a) The Company must commence, within 30 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, and, within 90 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, consummate an Offer to Purchase for all Notes then outstanding, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest (if any) to the Payment Date.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.12, the Company shall not be required to make an Offer to Purchase upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes the Offer to Purchase in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.12 and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to an Offer to Purchase made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Offer to Purchase, or (ii) the Company has irrevocably

 

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elected to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 and has not defaulted in its redemption obligations.

 

Section 4.13. Payments for Consent.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Section 4.14. Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company (“Guaranteed Indebtedness”), other than Secured Indebtedness, unless:

 

(1) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(2) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

The form of the supplemental indenture is attached as Exhibit E hereto.

 

If the Guaranteed Indebtedness:

 

(a) ranks equally with the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall rank equally with, or subordinate to, the Subsidiary Guarantee, or

 

(b) is subordinate 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.

 

A Subsidiary Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, unless:

 

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

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(2) either:

 

(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Subsidiary Guarantor) is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee; or

 

(b) such sale or other disposition or consolidation or merger complies with Section 4.10.

 

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 an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Capital Stock held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary, or the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (in any such case which transaction is not prohibited by this Indenture); or

 

(2) the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee and all other Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee.

 

Section 4.15. Suspension of Certain Covenants and Agreements.

 

(a) During the Suspension Period, the provisions of Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.10, 4.11 and 4.14 will not apply. The provisions of Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.09 and 4.15 will apply at all times, whether or not during the Suspension Period, so long as any Notes remain outstanding under this Indenture.

 

Suspension Period” means the period (a) beginning on the date that:

 

(1) the Notes have Investment Grade Status;

 

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

 

(3) the Company has delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that the conditions set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above are satisfied,

 

and (b) ending on the date (the “Reversion Date”) that:

 

(1) either Moody’s or S&P ceases to have the applicable ratings specified in the definition of “Investment Grade Status” for the Notes; or

 

(2) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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For purposes of calculating the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (C) of Section 4.07(a), calculations under that clause will be made with reference to the Closing Date as set forth in that clause. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (C) and the items specified in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii) under clause (C) that occur during the Suspension Period will increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (C). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be entitled to designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary during a Suspension Period.

 

(b) For purposes of Section 4.10, on the Reversion Date, the Excess Proceeds will be reset to zero.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

 

(a) The Company will not merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless:

 

(1) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Issuer is merged or that acquired or leased such property and assets of such Issuer shall be an entity (provided that if any successor person is not a corporation, there must also be a co-issuer of the Notes that is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or jurisdiction thereof) organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of such Issuer on the Notes and under this Indenture;

 

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or any Person becoming the successor obligor of the Notes replacing the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(1); and

 

(4) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computations to demonstrate compliance with Section 5.01(a)(3)) and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with;

 

provided that Section 5.01(a)(3) will not apply (x) if, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, the principal purpose of such transaction is to change the state of

 

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domicile of the Company or (y) to any merger, consolidation or sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and provided, further, that any such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing limitations set forth in this Section 5.01(a).

 

(b) For purposes of Section 5.01(a), the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale, or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

 

Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor initially had been named as the Company therein. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under this Indenture and the Notes following a consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of a lease) of all or substantially all of the assets of the predecessor in accordance with this Article Five, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations.

 

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

 

Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

 

(i) default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on any Note when due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;

 

(ii) default in the payment of interest or Additional Interest on any Note when due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(iii) default in the performance or breach of the provisions of Article 5 or the failure by the Company to make or consummate an Offer to Purchase in accordance with Sections 4.10 or 4.12;

 

(iv) default in the performance of or breach of any other covenant or agreement in this Indenture or under the Notes (other than a default specified in Sections 6.01(i), (ii) or (iii)) and such default or breach continues for a period of 60 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

 

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(v) there occurs with respect to any issue or issues of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having an outstanding principal amount of $25.0 million or more in the aggregate for all such issues of all such Persons, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created,

 

(A) an event of default that has caused the holder thereof to declare such Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its Stated Maturity; or

 

(B) the failure to make a principal payment at the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity;

 

(vi) any final judgment or order (not covered by insurance) for the payment of money in excess of $25.0 million in the aggregate for all such final judgments or orders against all such Persons (treating any deductibles, self-insurance or retention as not covered by insurance):

 

(A) shall be rendered against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and shall not be paid or discharged, and

 

(B) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days following entry of the final judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to exceed $25.0 million during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;

 

(vii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for:

 

(A) relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,

 

(B) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or

 

(C) the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary,

 

and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

(viii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary:

 

(A) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under such law,

 

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(B) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or

 

(C) effects any general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

 

(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(vii) or (viii) that occurs with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable, specifying the Event of Default. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable. At any time after the Trustee or the Holders have accelerated the Notes, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration in accordance with Section 6.04 hereof.

 

(b) If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(vii) or (viii) occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

(c) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes solely because an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(v) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(v) shall be remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgement or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.

 

(d) 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 Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to 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 during any time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the premium specified in Section 3.07(b) shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.

 

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Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

 

(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

(b) The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 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 hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Additional Interest on, or the principal of, the Notes; provided, however, that the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee may waive all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its consequences if:

 

(i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest or Additional Interest on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived, and

 

(ii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of Holders have consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such consents. In case of any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes, respectively. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

 

The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such

 

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direction and may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes.

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

 

(a) A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(i) the Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(iii) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense;

 

(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

 

(v) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

 

(b) A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, such Note or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date expressed in the Notes, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

 

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 Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest and Additional Interest, if any, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (if any), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other securities or property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10. Priorities.

 

(a) If the Trustee collects any money or other property pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money or other property in the following order:

 

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, respectively; and

 

Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

(b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

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Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

 

Except to the extent, if any, provided otherwise in the TIA:

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;

 

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, costs, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in connection with the request or direction.

 

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee.

 

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such event is sent to the Trustee in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof, and such notice references the Notes.

 

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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 become a creditor of, or otherwise deal with, the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as described in the TIA, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, or if later, within 15 days after it becomes known to the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, interest or Additional Interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

 

(a) Within 60 days after each March 15 beginning with the March 15 following the date hereof, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 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 shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

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written schedule provided by the Trustee to the Company. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by either of the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder unless the failure to notify the Company impairs the Company’s ability to defend such claim. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

(d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(vii) and (viii) 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.

 

(f) The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

 

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(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(iii) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(f) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another Person, the successor Person without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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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).

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

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. The Trustee hereby waives any right to set-off any claim that it may have against the Company in any capacity (other than as Trustee and Paying Agent) against any of the assets of the Company held by the Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee is or becomes a lender of any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder to be pari passu with the Notes, then such waiver shall not apply to the extent of such Indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Company may, at the option of the Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.

 

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors (if any) shall be deemed to have been discharged with respect to their obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees (if any) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (if any) shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees (if any), which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive 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, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 2.08 and 4.02 hereof, inclusive, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article Eight. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

 

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Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 5.01(a)(3) hereof, inclusive, with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, the following Sections shall be deemed not to be Events of Default: Section 6.01(iii) hereof, Section 6.01(iv) hereof with respect to such other covenants set forth above in this Section 8.03 and Sections 6.01(v) and (vi) hereof.

 

Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

(a) The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

 

(i) the Company must have deposited with the Trustee, in trust, money and/or U.S. Government Obligations that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes on the Stated Maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes;

 

(ii) in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’ exercise of the option under Section 8.02 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred, which Opinion of Counsel must be based upon (and accompanied by a copy of) a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect unless there has been a change in applicable federal income tax law after the Closing Date such that a ruling is no longer required or (B) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect as the Opinion of Counsel mentioned in clause (A) of this Section 8.04(a)(ii);

 

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(iii) in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, among other things, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain covenants and Events of Default and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(iv) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Law or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law; and

 

(v) immediately after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound.

 

Section 8.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a) Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(b) The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations 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.

 

(c) Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

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Section 8.06. Repayment to the Company.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest, or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, interest, or Additional Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall, subject to applicable abandoned property laws, be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

 

Section 8.07. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 and, in the case of a Legal Defeasance, the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under their respective Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revised and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof, in each case until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE NINE

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes:

 

(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

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(iii) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets;

 

(iv) to add additional Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

 

(v) to secure the Notes;

 

(vi) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

 

(vii) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

 

(viii) to comply with the provisions of Section 4.14 hereof;

 

(ix) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee; or

 

(x) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture.

 

(b) Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of any documents requested under Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may modify, supplement and amend this Indenture or the Notes with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, Notes).

 

(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining Holders of Notes entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or its duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or

 

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waiver, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.

 

(c) Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amendment or supplement to this Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amendment or supplement unless such amendment or supplement directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amendment or supplement.

 

(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

(e) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

 

(ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest on, any Note;

 

(iii) change the place of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest on, any Note;

 

(iv) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

 

(v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the redemption date) of any Note;

 

(vi) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest on the Note;

 

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(vii) following the occurrence of a Change of Control, amend, change, or modify in any respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate an Offer to Purchase in the event of a Change of Control that has occurred or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;

 

(viii) alter the provisions relating to the redemption of the Notes at the option of the Company

 

(ix) make the Notes subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company; or

 

(x) reduce the above-stated percentages of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify, amend or waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in a document that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

(a) The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(b) 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 amendment, supplement or waiver to this Indenture or any Note authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture or Note until its Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver or Note, the Trustee shall be

 

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entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE TEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 10.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:

 

(i) 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 theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) 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 will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

 

(iii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

 

(iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

(b) In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall pay to the Company from time to time upon its request any cash or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in

 

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this section which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a satisfaction and discharge under this Article Eleven.

 

Section 10.02. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 10.03 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with 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 Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 10.03. Repayment to the Company.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to applicable abandoned property laws, be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 11.02. Notices.

 

(a) Any notice or communication by the Company, on the one hand, or the Trustee on the other hand, to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company:

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Street, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

Facsimile No.: (407) 540-2103

Attention: Treasurer

 

With a copy to:

 

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Facsimile No.: (212) 839-5599

Attention: Craig Chapman, Esq.

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth & Marquette; N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Facsimile: (612) 667-9825

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Trustreet Properties Administrator

 

(b) The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(c) All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

(d) Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 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.

 

(e) 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.

 

(f) If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

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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 its rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

(a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(i) 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 satisfied; and

 

(ii) 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 (who may rely upon and Officers’ Certificate as to matters of fact), all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

(a) 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:

 

(i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(ii) 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;

 

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

 

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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 Stockholders.

 

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any of the Notes or because of the creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, partner, shareholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

Section 11.08. Governing Law.

 

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.

 

Section 11.09. Consent to Jurisdiction.

 

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 11.11. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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Section 11.12. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.13. Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 11.14. Acts of Holders.

 

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.14.

 

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such witness, notary or officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.14, the principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Holder, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar as provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

 

(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA § 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith or the date of the most recent list of Holders forwarded to the Trustee prior

 

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to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the then outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

 

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration or transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so itself with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

 

Section 11.15. Benefit of Indenture.

 

Nothing, in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 11.16. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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Very truly yours,

 

TRUSTREET PROPERTIES, INC.

By:  

/s/ Robert E. Lawless

   

Name: Robert E. Lawless

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Timothy P. Mowdy

   

Name: Timothy P. Mowdy

Title: Assistant Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH NOTES ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS

 

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THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

[Additional language for Regulation S Note to be inserted after paragraph 1]

 

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

 

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CUSIP [                    ]

 

ISIN [                    ]

 

No.

  **$                **

 

TRUSTREET PROPERTIES, INC.

 

7½% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

 

Issue Date:

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [Amount of Note] ($        ) on April 1, 2015.

 

Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2005.

 

Record Dates: March 15 and September 15.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

TRUSTREET PROPERTIES, INC.

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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(Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)

 

This is one of the 7½% Senior Notes due 2015 described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:

   
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

 

TRUSTREET PROPERTIES, INC.

 

7½% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7½% per annum from the date hereof until maturity and shall pay Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on this Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be October 1, 2005. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes; it 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. The Company shall pay any Additional Interest, if any, at the rate set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on this Note (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of this Note at the close of business on the record date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or

 

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Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 23, 2005 (“Indenture”) among the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued thereunder.

 

5. Optional Redemption. (a) Except as set forth in paragraph 5(b) below, the Company shall not have the option to redeem any Notes prior to April 1, 2010. On or after April 1, 2010, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2010

   103.750 %

2011

   102.500 %

2012

   101.250 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to April 1, 2008, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price of 107.500% 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 one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (A) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and (B) the redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

 

6. Repurchase at Option of Holder. (a) The Company must commence, within 30 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, and, within 90 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control, consummate an Offer to Purchase for all Notes then outstanding, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest (if any) to the Payment Date.

 

(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales occurring on or after the Issue Date in any period of 12 consecutive months exceed 5% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date closest to the commencement of such 12-month period for which a consolidated balance sheet of the Company

 

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and its Restricted Subsidiaries has been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Indenture), the Company will: (A)(i) apply an amount equal to such excess Net Cash Proceeds to permanently reduce Subsidiary Indebtedness or Secured Indebtedness owing to a Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) invest an equal amount, or the amount not so applied pursuant to subclause (i) of this paragraph (or enter into a definitive agreement committing to so invest within 6 months after the date of such agreement), in Replacement Assets, or (B) apply (no later than the end of the 365-day period referred to in this paragraph 6) such excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (A)) as provided in the following paragraph. Pending the final application of any such excess Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.

 

The amount of excess Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied) during such 365-day period as set forth in clause (A) or (B) of the immediately preceding paragraph and not applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not previously subject to an Offer to Purchase pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture totals at least $25.0 million, the Company must commence, not later than the fifteenth Business Day of such month, and consummate an Offer to Purchase from the Holders (and holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness to the extent required by the terms thereof) on a pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount of Notes (and other such Pari Passu Indebtedness) equal to the Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, accrued interest (if any) to the Payment Date.

 

If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Offer to Purchase, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered into such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased shall be selected on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

7. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without interest coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed. Transfer may be restricted as provided in the Indenture.

 

8. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

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9. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain limited exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be modified, amended or supplemented by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder.

 

10. Defaults and Remedies. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable, specifying the Event of Default. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 6.04 of the Indenture, and its consequences, and waive any related existing Default or Event of Default if certain conditions are satisfied.

 

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 Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs during any time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the premium specified in Section 3.07(b) of the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.

 

11. Trustee Dealings with Company. Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other

 

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capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

12. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture, or in this Note or because of the creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, partner, shareholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of this Note.

 

13. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

14. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 23, 2005, between the Company and the parties named on the signature pages thereof 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, between the Company and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.

 

15. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

16. Copies of Documents. The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

 

If to the Company:

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Street, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

Facsimile No.: (407) 540-2103

Attention: Treasurer

 

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With a copy to:

 

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Facsimile No.: (212) 839-5599

Attention: Craig Chapman, Esq.

 

17. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  _________________________________________________________________________

     (INSERT ASSIGNEES LEGAL NAME)

 


 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 


 


 


 


 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:     
    

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                          

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.12 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨ Section 4.10                 ¨ Section 4.12

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.12 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*:                     

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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[To be inserted for Rule 144A Global Note]

 

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 Decrease in
Principal Amount at
Maturity of this Global Note


 

Amount of Increase in
Principal Amount at
Maturity of this Global Note


  

Principal Amount at
Maturity

of this Global Note
Following such

decrease (or increase)


  

Signature of

Authorized Officer of
Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

[To be inserted for Regulation S Global Note]

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or of other Restricted Global Notes for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of Decrease in
Principal Amount at
Maturity of this Global Note


 

Amount of Increase in
Principal Amount at
Maturity of this Global Note


  

Principal Amount at
Maturity

of this Global Note
Following such

decrease (or increase)


  

Signature of

Authorized Officer of
Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Street, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

Facsimile No.: (407) 540-2103

Attention: Treasurer

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth & Marquette; N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Trustreet Properties Administrator

 

  Re: 7½% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 23, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between Trustreet Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking 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 at maturity of $                 in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                                          (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

¨ 1. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

¨ 2. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Legended Regulation S Global Note, or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The

 

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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(b) 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) the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an initial purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Legended 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 Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

¨ (a) such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

¨ (b) such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional 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 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) 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 Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on 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

 

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laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

¨ (b) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and, in the case of a transfer from a Restricted Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (a) 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, (b) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (d) the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, 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.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

Dated:

  ___________________
 
[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

   
   

Name:

Title:

 

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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

¨

   (B)    a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

¨

   (A)    a beneficial interest in the:
     (i)    144A Global Note (CUSIP                 ); or
     (ii)    Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                 ); or
     (iii)    Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                 ); or

¨

   (B)    a Restricted Definitive Note; or

¨

   (C)    an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

 

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Street, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

Facsimile No.: (407) 540-2103

Attention: Treasurer

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth & Marquette; N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Trustreet Properties Administrator

 

  Re: 7½% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 23, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between Trustreet Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking 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 at maturity of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note

 

¨ (a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

¨ (b) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer,

 

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(ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

¨ (c) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

¨ (d) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

 

¨ (a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

¨ (b) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] :

 

¨ 144A Global Note, :

 

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¨ Regulation S Global Note, :

 

with an equal principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

Dated:

  ___________________
 
[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

   
   

Name:

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM

ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Street, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

Facsimile No.: (407) 540-2103

Attention: Treasurer

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth & Marquette; N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Trustreet Properties Administrator

 

  Re: 7½% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 23, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between Trustreet Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

In connection with our proposed purchase of $                     aggregate principal amount of:

 

  (a) ¨    beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

 

  (b) ¨    a Definitive Note,

 

we confirm that:

 

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we shall do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the

 

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Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.

 

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

 

4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

 

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Dated:                                

        
       

[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]

            By:    
               

Name:

               

Title

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                     , among                      (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Trustreet Properties, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred herein), if any, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a nationally chartered banking association (or its permitted successor), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of March 23, 2005 providing for the issuance of 7½% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. Agreement to Guarantee.

 

(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary, along with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, jointly and severally, and fully and unconditionally, guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, if lawful (subject in all cases to any applicable grace period provided herein), and all other obligations of the Company to the

 

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Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(b) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(c) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary, subject to Section 6.06 of the Indenture, hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.

 

(d) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that if any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(e) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.

 

(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six of the Indenture for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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(g) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(h) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary confirms that it is the intention of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary that its Subsidiary Guarantee not constitute (i) a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to its Subsidiary Guarantee or (ii) an unlawful distribution under any applicable state law prohibiting shareholder distributions by an insolvent subsidiary to the extent applicable to its Subsidiary Guarantee, and, to effectuate the foregoing intention, agrees hereby irrevocably that the obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance or such an unlawful shareholder distribution.

 

3. Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

4. Guaranteeing Subsidiary May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.

 

(a) A Subsidiary Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, unless:

 

(i) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

(ii) either:

 

(A) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Subsidiary Guarantor) is existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or

 

(B) such sale or other disposition or consolidation or merger complies with Section 4.10 of the Indenture.

 

(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to

 

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the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by a Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for a Subsidiary Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

5. Release.

 

(a) Any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and relieved of any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee upon (i) any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Capital Stock held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary, or the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (in any such case which transaction is not prohibited by the Indenture) or (ii) the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee and all other Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that one of the foregoing requirements has been satisfied and the conditions to the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 5 have been satisfied, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(b) Any Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. No Recourse Against Others. Pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Indenture, no incorporator, partner, shareholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.

 

7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

8. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

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9. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

10. Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:                     ,         

 

[NAME OF GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]

By:

   
   

Name:

   

Title:

TRUSTREET PROPERTIES, INC.

By:

   
   

Name:

   

Title:

[NAMES OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS]

By:

   
   

Name:

   

Title:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

By:

   
   

Name:

   

Title:

 

CNLRP – INDENTURE

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