Amendment No. 1 to Indenture between Phoenix Color Corp. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Phoenix Color Corp. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, have amended their existing Indenture agreement to allow for the purchase and subsequent sale of certain equipment by Phoenix Color Corp. to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. This amendment clarifies that these transactions do not violate any covenants or obligations under the original Indenture. The amendment is effective as of March 30, 2005, and has the consent of the majority noteholders.
Exhibit 4.2.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INDENTURE
March 30, 2005
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INDENTURE is made by Phoenix Color Corp., a Delaware Corporation (the “Issuer”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture dated February 2, 1999, by and among the Issuer, certain subsidiaries of the Issuer as guarantors, and the Trustee (the “Indenture”).
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2004, (i) the Issuer purchased the equipment described on Exhibit A hereto (the “Leased Equipment”) from the lessors of such Leased Equipment (the “Purchase Transaction”) and (ii) immediately thereafter, conveyed to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (“Donnelley”) the Leased Equipment together with certain other equipment of the Issuer used in the Issuer’s manufacturing facility known as “Book Technology Park”, all on the terms and conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B hereto (the “Sale Transaction”);
WHEREAS, the consideration paid by Donnelley to the Issuer in the Sale Transaction was equal in amount to the consideration paid by the Issuer to purchase the Leased Equipment in the Purchase Transaction;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee wish to amend the Indenture to specifically permit the Purchase Transaction and the Sale Transaction and to provide that neither the Purchase Transaction nor the Sale Transaction shall be deemed to have breached any of the covenants or other obligations of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the holder of a majority in principal amount of the 10-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes of the Issuer has consented to such amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Indenture is hereby amended to specifically permit the Purchase Transaction and the Sale Transaction and to provide that neither the Purchase Transaction nor the Sale Transaction shall be deemed to have breached any of the covenants or other obligations of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment No. 1 to Indenture, effective as of the date first hereinabove written.
PHOENIX COLOR CORP.
| By: | /s/ Edward Lieberman |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
| By: | /s/ Francine Springer |
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