KELLWOOD COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN $120,590,000 12 7/8% SECOND-PRIORITY SENIOR SECURED PIK NOTES DUE 2014 INDENTURE Datedas of July 23, 2009 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee and Collateral Agent CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

EX-10.40 34 d559406dex1040.htm EX-10.40 EX-10.40

Exhibit 10.40

 

 

KELLWOOD COMPANY

AND

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

$120,590,000

12 7/8% SECOND-PRIORITY SENIOR SECURED PIK NOTES DUE 2014

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of July 23, 2009

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as Trustee

and

Collateral Agent

 

 


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)

   7.10

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

      (b)

   7.11

      (c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   2.05

      (b)

   13.03

      (c)

   13.03

313(a)

   7.06

      (b)(1)

   N.A.

      (b)(2)

   7.06

      (c)

   7.06; 13.02

      (d)

   7.06

314(a)

   4.03; 12.02; 13.05

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)(1)

   13.04

      (c)(2)

   13.04

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (d)

   N.A.

      (e)

   13.05

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

      (b)

   7.05, 13.02

      (c)

   7.01

      (d)

   7.01

      (e)

   6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

   2.09

      (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   6.07

      (c)

   2.12

317(a)(1)

   6.08

      (a)(2)

   6.09

      (b)

   2.04

318(a)

   13.01

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)

   13.01


N.A. means not applicable.

* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   

Section 1.01

 

Definitions.

     1   

Section 1.02

 

Other Definitions.

     27   

Section 1.03

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

     28   

Section 1.04

 

Rules of Construction.

     28   

ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES

     29   

Section 2.01

 

Form and Dating.

     29   

Section 2.02

 

Execution and Authentication; Interest on Notes.

     31   

Section 2.03

 

Registrar and Paying Agent.

     33   

Section 2.04

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

     33   

Section 2.05

 

Holder Lists.

     33   

Section 2.06

 

Transfer and Exchange.

     34   

Section 2.07

 

Replacement Notes.

     47   

Section 2.08

 

Outstanding Notes.

     47   

Section 2.09

 

Treasury Notes.

     48   

Section 2.10

 

Temporary Notes.

     48   

Section 2.11

 

Cancellation.

     48   

Section 2.12

 

Defaulted Interest.

     48   

Section 2.13

 

CUSIP Numbers.

     49   

ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

     49   

Section 3.01

 

Notices to Trustee.

     49   

Section 3.02

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

     49   

Section 3.03

 

Notice of Redemption.

     50   

Section 3.04

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption.

     51   

Section 3.05

 

Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

     51   

Section 3.06

 

Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

     51   

Section 3.07

 

Optional Redemption.

     51   

Section 3.08

 

Mandatory Redemption.

     52   

Section 3.09

 

Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

     52   

ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS

     54   

Section 4.01

 

Payment of Notes.

     54   

Section 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     54   

Section 4.03

 

Financial Statements.

     54   

Section 4.04

 

Compliance Certificate.

     55   

Section 4.05

 

Taxes.

     56   

Section 4.06

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

     56   

Section 4.07

 

Restricted Payments.

     56   

Section 4.08

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

     61   

Section 4.09

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

     63   

Section 4.10

 

Asset Sales.

     68   

 

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Section 4.11

 

Transactions with Affiliates.

     69   

Section 4.12

 

Liens.

     71   

Section 4.13

 

Business Activities.

     72   

Section 4.14

 

Corporate Existence.

     72   

Section 4.15

 

Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

     72   

Section 4.16

 

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

     74   

Section 4.17

 

Payments for Consent.

     74   

Section 4.18

 

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.

     74   

ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS

     75   

Section 5.01

 

Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

     75   

Section 5.02

 

Successor Corporation Substituted.

     76   

ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     77   

Section 6.01

 

Events of Default.

     77   

Section 6.02

 

Acceleration.

     78   

Section 6.03

 

Other Remedies.

     79   

Section 6.04

 

Waiver of Past Defaults.

     79   

Section 6.05

 

Control by Majority.

     79   

Section 6.06

 

Limitation on Suits.

     80   

Section 6.07

 

Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

     80   

Section 6.08

 

Collection Suit by Trustee.

     80   

Section 6.09

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     80   

Section 6.10

 

Priorities.

     81   

Section 6.11

 

Undertaking for Costs.

     81   

ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE

     82   

Section 7.01

 

Duties of Trustee.

     82   

Section 7.02

 

Rights of Trustee.

     83   

Section 7.03

 

Individual Rights of Trustee.

     84   

Section 7.04

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     84   

Section 7.05

 

Notice of Defaults.

     84   

Section 7.06

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

     85   

Section 7.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity.

     85   

Section 7.08

 

Replacement of Trustee.

     86   

Section 7.09

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

     87   

Section 7.10

 

Eligibility; Disqualification.

     87   

Section 7.11

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

     88   

ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     88   

Section 8.01

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     88   

Section 8.02

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

     88   

Section 8.03

 

Covenant Defeasance.

     89   

Section 8.04

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

     89   

Section 8.05

 

Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

     90   

Section 8.06

 

Repayment to Company.

     91   

Section 8.07

 

Reinstatement.

     91   

 

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ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

     92   

Section 9.01

 

Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

     92   

Section 9.02

 

With Consent of Holders of Notes.

     92   

Section 9.03

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

     94   

Section 9.04

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents.

     94   

Section 9.05

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

     94   

Section 9.06

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

     94   

ARTICLE 10. COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

     95   

Section 10.01

 

Collateral and Security Documents.

     95   

Section 10.02

 

Release of Collateral.

     96   

Section 10.03

 

Recording; Opinions as to Recording.

     97   

Section 10.04

 

Further Assurances and Security.

     98   

Section 10.05

 

Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee under the Security Documents.

     98   

Section 10.06

 

Concerning the Collateral Agent; Authorizations

     98   

Section 10.07

 

Resignation and Removal of Collateral Agent; Appointment of Successor.

     100   

ARTICLE 11. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

     103   

Section 11.01

 

Guarantee.

     103   

Section 11.02

 

Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

     104   

Section 11.03

 

Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.

     104   

Section 11.04

 

Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

     104   

Section 11.05

 

Releases of Subsidiary Guarantees.

     105   

ARTICLE 12. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     106   

Section 12.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge.

     106   

Section 12.02

 

Application of Trust Money.

     107   

ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS

     107   

Section 13.01

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls.

     107   

Section 13.02

 

Notices.

     108   

Section 13.03

 

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

     109   

Section 13.04

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

     109   

Section 13.05

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

     109   

Section 13.06

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents.

     110   

Section 13.07

 

Payments Due on Non-Business Days.

     110   

Section 13.08

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Stockholders or Securityholders.

     110   

Section 13.09

 

Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver

     110   

Section 13.10

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     111   

Section 13.11

 

Successors.

     111   

Section 13.12

 

Severability.

     111   

Section 13.13

 

Counterpart Originals.

     111   

Section 13.14

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

     111   

Section 13.15

 

Force Majeure.

     111   

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A1    FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A2    FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D    FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Exhibit E    FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit F    FORM OF INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE

 

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INDENTURE dated as of July 23, 2009 by and among Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors from time to time party hereto and Wells Fargo Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

The Company and the Guarantors agree with the Trustee and Collateral Agent as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of all of the Notes (the Initial Notes, together with any Additional Notes, each as defined herein, the “Notes”):

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

Accredited Investor” means any Person described in Rule 501(a).

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

  (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

  (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Additional Notes” means any Notes (other than the Initial Notes), if any, issued under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 hereof, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings. No person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in whom a Receivables Subsidiary makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction) will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

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

 

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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.

Alternative Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Test” shall be satisfied if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which any Restricted Equity Payment is made would have been at least 2.25 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis.

Asset Acquisition” means: (a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person if, as a result of such Investment, such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or any division or line of business of any other Person.

Asset Sale” means:

 

  (a) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights (other than in the ordinary course of business); provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 4.15 and/or Section 5.01 and not by Section 4.10 of this Indenture; and

 

  (b) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

 

  (1) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (2) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets or Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value of less than $7.5 million;

 

  (3) a transfer of assets or Equity Interests between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (4) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

  (5) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts receivable or the licensing of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, unmerchantable or otherwise unsalable or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

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  (6) the termination of a lease of real or personal property or license that is not necessary in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (7) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

  (8) sales of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Subsidiary for the fair market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the book value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP, it being understood that, for the purposes of this clause (8), notes received in exchange for the transfer of accounts receivable and related assets will be deemed cash if the Receivables Subsidiary or other payor is required to repay said notes as soon as practicable from available cash collections less amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to contractual agreements with entities that are not Affiliates of the Company entered into as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

  (9) transfers of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

  (10) sales or factoring of accounts receivable by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business pursuant to arrangements on customary terms and conditions; and

 

  (11) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.07 of this Indenture or a Permitted Investment.

Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning assigned to it under Section 3.09 of this Indenture.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” or “group” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means:

 

  (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee of the corporation duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

 

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

 

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  (3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

 

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

Borrowing Base” means, as of the last fiscal month end immediately prior to the date of determination, an amount equal to:

 

  (1) 90% of the face amount of all accounts receivable owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as calculated in accordance with GAAP, consistent with the accounting methods and policies used in preparing the Company’s most recently reported financial statements; plus

 

  (2) 65% of the book value of all assets classified as inventory owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as calculated in accordance with GAAP, consistent with the accounting methods and policies used in preparing the Company’s most recently reported financial statements;

provided, however, that (a) if Indebtedness is being incurred to finance an acquisition pursuant to which any accounts receivable or inventory will be acquired (whether through the direct acquisition of assets or the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person), Borrowing Base shall include the applicable percentage of any accounts receivable and inventory to be acquired in connection with such acquisition and (b) any accounts receivable owned by a Receivables Subsidiary, or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary, shall be excluded for purposes of determining such amount.

Broker-Dealer” means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Trustee or banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Indenture, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

Capital Stock” means:

 

  (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

  (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

 

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  (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

 

  (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the preceding any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

  (1) United States dollars or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time;

 

  (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;

 

  (3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 12 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million;

 

  (4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

 

  (5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition; and

 

  (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

  (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act);

 

  (2) the appointment of a trustee (including an interim trustee) to take possession of any substantial property of, or to operate any of the businesses of, the Company, or the making of any offer of settlement, extension, or composition to its unsecured creditors generally by the Company;

 

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  (3) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

  (4) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as defined above) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to it under Section 4.15 of this Indenture.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

Collateral” means “collateral” as such term is defined in that certain Second Lien Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.

Company” means Kellwood Company, and any and all successors thereto.

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

 

  (1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss (including any loss on extinguishment or conversion of Indebtedness) plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale (without giving effect to the $7.5 million threshold provided in the definition thereof), to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (2) provision for income taxes determined in accordance with GAAP of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (3) Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash items (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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  (5) any reasonable expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture or related to the Refinancing Transactions and, in each case, deducted in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (6) the amount of any restructuring charges (including without limitation retention, severance, facility closure costs and benefit charges) relating to any acquisitions completed after the date of this Indenture, in each case that were deducted in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income; minus

 

  (7) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than (i) the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business and (ii) reversals of prior accruals or reserves for cash items previously excluded from Consolidated Cash Flow pursuant to clause (4) of this definition;

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

 

  (1) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

 

  (2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

 

  (3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

 

  (4) any non-cash goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charges incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture resulting from the application of SFAS No. 142 will be excluded;

 

  (5) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

  (6) any non-recurring costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Refinancing Transactions shall be excluded;

 

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  (7) any non-cash compensation charges, including any such charges arising from stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity-incentive programs shall be excluded; and

 

  (8) inventory purchasing accounting adjustments made as a result of any acquisition transactions shall be excluded.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company except that, for purposes of Sections 2.03 and 4.02, such term means the office or agency of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 608 Second Avenue South, N9303-121, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Operations.

Credit Agreement” means that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2006, by and among the Company, the Lenders party thereto and as defined therein, Bank of America, N.A., as Agent and Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers providing for up to $175.0 million of revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time (including increasing the amount loaned thereunder provided that such additional Indebtedness is incurred in accordance with the restrictions of this Indenture) in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement and Last Out Term Loan Agreement), commercial paper facilities or vendor financing arrangements, in each case 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), vendor financing or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.

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

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all clearing agencies under the Exchange Act that are successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

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Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate setting forth such valuation and the basis therefor; provided that noncash consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale may be designated as Designated Noncash Consideration only to the extent that the aggregate fair market value of such noncash consideration plus the fair market value of all noncash consideration that, since the date of this Indenture, has been designated as Designated Noncash Consideration (such fair market value being measured at the time of such designation) and has not been converted into cash or Cash Equivalents pursuant to a sale or otherwise, does not exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets.

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will 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 of this Indenture. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.

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 a public or private offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company.

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

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

 

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Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Refinancing Transactions.

Existing Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness existing on the date of this Indenture and (ii) amounts owed under that certain Non-Exclusive Disposal/Make-Whole Agreement, dated August 18, 2008, by and between the Company and Calvin Klein, Inc.

Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture).

Final Settlement Date” means the date of, or a date designated by the Company promptly following, the expiration time of the Exchange Offer.

First-Priority Liens” means, collectively, the Lien obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Last Out Term Loan Agreement.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that (i) the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock or (ii) any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness is incurred, repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise discharged, in any case subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

  (1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

 

  (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

 

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  (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;

 

  (4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

 

  (5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and

 

  (6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (1) the consolidated interest expense of (i) such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and (ii) the issuer or borrower of any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness to the extent attributable to such Qualified Holdco Indebtedness, in each case whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates (but excluding the amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees in connection with the Refinancing Transactions); plus

 

  (2) the consolidated interest expense of (i) such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period and (ii) the issuer or borrower of any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness that was capitalized during such period to the extent attributable to such Qualified Holdco Indebtedness; plus

 

  (3) any interest expense accruing on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

  (4)

the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted

 

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  Subsidiaries, 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, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2), 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 Exhibits A1 and A2 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(d)(3) hereof.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the full and timely payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

Guarantor” means each Person executing this Indenture as a Guarantor and any Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and any successors and assigns of such Person or Subsidiary.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

 

  (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

 

  (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage or hedge interest rates or interest rate risk; and

 

  (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage, protect or hedge such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

 

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

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding current or noncurrent accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

 

  (1) in respect of borrowed money;

 

  (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

  (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

 

  (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

 

  (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding trade payables) or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or

 

  (6) representing the net amount owing under any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including the terms of the Notes.

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

Initial Notes means the Company’s 12 7/8% Second-Priority Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2014 issued under this Indenture in connection with the Exchange Offer, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Initial Public Offering” means the first underwritten public offering of Qualified Capital Stock by the Company or by any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in either case pursuant to a registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8) filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act for aggregate net cash proceeds of at least $25.0 million.

Institutional Accredited Investormeans any Person described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

 

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Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and between the Trustee and Bank of America, as Credit Agreement Agent, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described under Section 4.07 of this Indenture. The acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Subsidiary in such third Person that were acquired in contemplation of the acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described under Section 4.07 of this Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

Issue Date” means the date that Notes are first issued hereunder.

Last Out Facility Cap Amount” means (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted under, or in respect of, the Last Out Term Loan Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2.1(f)(ii) of the Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Issue Date), minus (b) all prepayments and repayments of principal of any such Indebtedness.

Last Out Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company and each of its domestic Subsidiaries party thereto, other obligors party thereto, SCSF Kellwood Finance, LLC and Sun Kellwood Finance LLC to fund certain cash requirements that may arise in connection with the Exchange Offer, 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 (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a

 

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security interest in and, except in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction, any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Management Services Agreement” means that certain Management Services Agreement dated as of May 29, 2008, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Management Services Agreement dated as of November 25, 2008, by and between Kellwood Holding Corp. and Sun Capital Partners Management V, LLC, as may be further amended in a manner not materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

Material Subsidiary” means (i) any Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) that owns or generates any accounts (other than intercompany accounts) or inventory located in the United States of America in any fiscal year of $1.0 million or more or (ii) any Subsidiary that becomes a co-borrower or guarantor under the Credit Agreement.

Maturity Date” means December 31, 2014.

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income or loss, as applicable, of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends or accretion, less the amount of any payments made pursuant to clause (13) of Section 4.07(c) to enable the issuer or borrower of any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness to make a payment of interest thereon, but excluding, however:

 

  (1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale (without giving effect to the $7.5 million threshold provided for in the definition thereof); or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

  (2) any gain or loss classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring (including without limitation severance, relocation and other restructuring costs), together with any related provision for taxes on such items.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration, including without limitation Designated Noncash Consideration, received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility) secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and the amounts of any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets or liabilities associated with such asset or assets, in each case established in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

 

  (1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a Guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

 

  (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

 

  (3) as to which 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.

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

Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

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 or any Vice-President of such Person.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by 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 13.05 hereof.

Old Notesmeans the 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company and the 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017 of the Company both issued pursuant to that indenture, dated as of September 20, 1997, by and between Kellwood Company, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee, as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture, dated as of March 15, 2005.

Old Notes Indenture means the indenture, dated as of September 30, 1997, by and between Kellwood Company, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee, as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture, dated as of March 15, 2005.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company except as expressly provided otherwise.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Business” means any business that derives a majority of its revenues from the distribution or sale of fashion apparel, recreation apparel, recreation products, and other soft goods, and accessories and activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Indenture.

Permitted Investments” means:

 

  (1) any Investment (a) in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor, (b) in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million and (c) by an entity that is not a Guarantor in an entity that is not a Guarantor;

 

  (2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

 

  (3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

 

  (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and, with respect to a Material Subsidiary, a Guarantor; or

 

  (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company;

 

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

 

  (5) Investments made solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

  (6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors, suppliers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, supplier or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;

 

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  (7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

 

  (8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (9) repurchases of the Notes;

 

  (10) Investments existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

  (11) Guarantees otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

 

  (12) the acquisition by a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction of Equity Interests of a trust or other Person established by such Receivables Subsidiary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction; and any other Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided, that such other Investment is in the form of a note or other instrument that the Receivables Subsidiary or other Person is required to repay from available cash collections less amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to contractual agreements with entities that are not Affiliates of the Company entered into as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

 

  (13) other Investments in any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company having an aggregate Fair Market Value (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 (13) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $35.0 million; provided, however, that if an Investment pursuant to this clause (13) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the date of the making of the Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above, and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (13).

Permitted Liens” means:

 

  (1) Liens on assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other Obligations that was incurred pursuant to clause (1), (2), (3), (5) or (15) of Section 4.09(b) and/or securing Hedging Obligations related thereto;

 

  (2) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors;

 

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  (3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;

 

  (4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;

 

  (5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (5) of Section 4.09(b) of this Indenture covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;

 

  (7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

  (8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

  (9) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (10) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

  (11) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any);

 

  (12) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, however, that:

 

  (a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and

 

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  (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancings, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

  (13) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course or business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contacts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

  (14) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

  (15) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;

 

  (16) leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (17) Liens on assets of the Company or a Receivables Subsidiary incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

  (18) Liens arising from filing any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement regarding leases;

 

  (19) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

  (20) Liens securing Hedging Obligations which Hedging Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

  (21) Liens resulting from operation of law with respect to any judgments, awards or orders to the extent that such judgments, awards or orders do not cause or constitute an Event of Default;

 

  (22) Liens in favor of banks that arise under Article 4 of the UCC on items in collection and documents relating thereto;

 

  (23) Liens arising from transactions permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the second paragraph of the definition of Asset Sale; and

 

  (24) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

 

  (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);

 

  (2) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (b) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes;

 

  (3) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

 

  (4) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is contractually subordinated in right of payment or otherwise subject to security interests of a junior priority to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is contractually subordinated in right of payment or otherwise subject to security interests of a junior priority to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

 

  (5) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is not secured by any property or any Lien other than those securing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

 

  (6) if the Holders of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded are parties to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Holders of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and any such extension, refinancing, renewal, replacement, defeasance or refunding shall have been made in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; and

 

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  (7) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded was incurred either by the Company or by any Guarantor, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any Guarantor and, if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded was incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Tax Distributions” means the payment of any distributions to permit direct or indirect beneficial owners of shares of Capital Stock of the Company to pay federal, state or local income tax liabilities arising from income to the Company and attributable to them solely as a result of the Company’s and any intermediate entity through which the Holder owns such shares being a limited liability company, partnership or similar entity for federal income tax purposes.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) 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 Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.

Qualified Holdco Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness incurred after the Issue Date by Kellwood Holding Corp. to finance some or all of its acquisition of assets of another Person (whether through the direct acquisition of such assets or the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) that is designated by the chief financial officer of the Company as Qualified Holdco Indebtedness for purposes of this Indenture; provided that (i) such assets are used or useful in a Permitted Business and are contributed within five Business Days of the acquisition thereof to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) at the time such Indebtedness is designated as Qualified Holdco Indebtedness, the Company could have incurred such Indebtedness under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture or as Permitted Debt.

Qualified Holdco Proceeds” means the portion of the purchase price of any property or assets that are contributed to the Company by a direct or indirect parent of the Company that was paid by such parent in cash other than the proceeds of Qualified Holdco Indebtedness; provided that such assets are used or useful in a Permitted Business and are contributed within ten Business Days of the acquisition thereof to the Company.

Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which, in return for the payment of fair market value to the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to (i) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries) and (ii) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or grants a security interest in, any accounts receivable (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 accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.

Receivables Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than accounts receivable and related assets as provided in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction”), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, (b) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no 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 accounts receivable and (c) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause such Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions.

Refinancing Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by the Company’s offer to exchange up to $140,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 12 7/8% Second-Priority Senior Secured PIK Notes due December 31, 2014, for up to $140,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2009, and up to $26,089,400 in aggregate principal amount of 12 7/8% Second-Priority Senior Secured PIK Notes due December 31, 2014, for up to $130,447,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017, upon the terms and conditions of the Offering Memorandum, dated June 10, 2009, as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Exchange Offer.”

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

 

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Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S or a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

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, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

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 Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

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

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referenced Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

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

Rule 144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

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Rule 501(a) Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes offered to Accredited Investors.

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

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

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Security Documents” means the Intercreditor Agreement and all security agreements executed in connection with the Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, including: that certain Second Lien Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent; that certain Trademark Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent; that certain Patent Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent; that certain Copyright Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent; and all pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated, amended and restated, or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the provisions described in Article 10 hereof.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

  (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or securityholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

  (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 

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Subsidiary Guarantee means the Guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

Total Assets” means, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries as would be shown on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Trustee” means the party named as such in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

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

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

 

  (1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

 

  (2) except as permitted by Section 4.11 of this Indenture is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no 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;

 

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  (3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

  (4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

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

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

  (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

  (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in

Section

  
“Affiliate Transaction”    4.11
“Asset Sale Offer”    3.09
“Authentication Order”    2.02
“Cash Interest”    2.02, Exhibit A1

and A2

“Change of Control Offer”    4.15
“Change of Control Payment”    4.15
“Change of Control Payment Date”    4.15
“Covenant Defeasance”    8.03
“Defaulted Interest Payment Date”    2.12
“DTC”    2.03
“Event of Default”    6.01
“Excess Proceeds”    4.10
“incur”    4.09

 

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Term

  

Defined in

Section

“Legal Defeasance”    8.02
“Mandatory Principal Redemption Amount”    3.08
“Offer Amount”    3.09
“Offer Period”    3.09
“OID”    2.03
“Old 2017 Notes”    4.07
“Paying Agent”    2.03
“Payment Default”    6.01
“Permitted Debt”    4.09
“PIK Interest”    2.02, Exhibit A1
and A2
“Purchase Date”    3.09
“Registrar”    2.03
“Restricted Equity Payments”    4.07
“Restricted Payments”    4.07
“Tax Payments”    4.07

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 and any Guarantee;

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 and the Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

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 therein.

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(6) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

(7) “including” means “including without limitation”; and

(8) “herein”, “hereof” and similar terms refer to this entire Indenture and not just to any individual Section or Article unless provided otherwise.

ARTICLE 2.

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 and A2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issued only in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, subject to the issuance of Additional Notes in respect of interest payments, which may be issued in integral multiples of $1.00.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, any Guarantors 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.

In addition, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), the Company may increase the outstanding principal amount of the Notes under this Indenture on the same terms and conditions as the Notes offered hereby; provided, however, that the Company may, in accordance with Section 2.02, pay PIK Interest (with respect to Global Notes, by increasing the principal amount of the Notes, or with respect to Notes represented by Definitive Notes, by issuing Additional Notes) without the consent of the Holders.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule

 

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of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 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 will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents 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 will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of a Regulation S Temporary Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, 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 Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent 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) Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in a Global Note that is subject to restrictions set out in Section 2.06(f)(1)(A) (including the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1)(A)) (the “Restricted Global Note”) will be automatically exchanged into beneficial interests in an unrestricted Global Note that is no longer subject to the restrictions set out in Section 2.06(f)(1)(A) (including removal of the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1)(A)) (the “Unrestricted Global Note”) without any action required by or on behalf of the Noteholder (the “Automatic Exchange”). In order to effect such exchange, the Company shall at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the automatic exchange date, deliver a notice of Automatic Exchange (an “Automatic Exchange Notice”) to each Noteholder at such Noteholder’s address appearing in the Note Register, with a copy to the Trustee. The Automatic Exchange Notice shall identify the Notes subject to the Automatic Exchange and shall state: (1) the date of the Automatic Exchange; (2) the section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Automatic Exchange shall occur; (3) the “CUSIP” number of the Restricted Global Note from which such Noteholders’ beneficial interests will be transferred and (4) the “CUSIP” number of the Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holders’ beneficial interests will be transferred. At the Company’s request on no less than 5 days’ prior notice, the Trustee shall deliver, in the Company’s name and at its expense, the Automatic Exchange Notice to each Noteholder at such Noteholder’s address appearing in the Note Register; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate requesting

 

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that the Trustee give the Automatic Exchange Notice (in the name and at the expense of the Company) and setting forth the information to be stated in the Automatic Exchange Notice as provided in the preceding sentence. As a condition to any such Automatic Exchange, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Company, and rely conclusively without any liability, upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Company, in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transfer of beneficial interests to the Unrestricted Global Note shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests, the Registrar shall endorse the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note to the relevant Notes and reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease and increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note(s) and the Unrestricted Global Note, respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial interests transferred. If an Unrestricted Global Note is not then outstanding at the time of the Automatic Exchange, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Global Note to the Depositary. Following any such transfer, the relevant Restricted Global Note shall be cancelled.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication; Interest on Notes.

Two Officers will sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. One Officer of each Guarantor will sign the Guarantee for such Guarantor by manual or facsimile signature.

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

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

(a) The Trustee will authenticate and deliver: (i) on the Final Settlement Date, such amount of Initial Notes as are required to be issued by the Company in connection with the Exchange Offer, in aggregate principal amount specified in a written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02, in each case, signed by two Officers of the Company (an “Authentication Order”) and (ii) from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, Additional Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02, in each case, upon an Authentication Order. Such Authentication Order will specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of the Notes is to be authenticated. In authenticating such Notes the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:

(1) the form of such Notes has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture,

(2) the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, when the Notes have authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and each Guarantor enforceable in accordance with

 

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their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity; and

(3) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of such Notes have been complied with.

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.

The Company shall pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”).

The first Interest Payment Date shall be January 15, 2010. Interest will accrue on the Notes beginning on the Issue Date through and including the date on which the Notes are paid in full in cash at the rate of 12 7/8% per annum, and will be paid (i) in cash at a rate of 7 7/8% per annum (“Cash Interest”); and (ii) at a rate of 5% per annum (“PIK Interest”), which interest will be payable either (x) with respect to Notes represented by Global Notes, by increasing the principal amount of the Notes, or (y) with respect to Notes represented by Definitive Notes, by issuing Additional Notes, in either case with a principal amount equal to the PIK Interest accrued on the outstanding principal balance of the Notes for the applicable interest period. Upon being added to the principal amount of any Notes represented by Global Notes on any Interest Payment Date, any capitalized PIK Interest amount shall be considered principal for all purposes of this Indenture and the Notes, which amount shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date (or such earlier date as the principal amount of the Notes may become due and payable under this terms of this Indenture and the Notes). Each such capitalized PIK Interest amount shall accrue interest at the rate set forth above beginning on, and including, the Interest Payment Date on which such amount is added to the principal amount of the Notes and such interest shall accrue and be paid, together with the interest on the remaining principal amount of the Notes, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes.

On any interest payment date on which the Company pays interest on the Notes in the form of Additional Notes by issuing Additional Notes which are Definitive Notes, the principal amount of any such Additional Notes issued to any Holder, for the relevant interest period as of the relevant record date for such interest payment date, shall be rounded up to the nearest $1.00. With respect to Notes represented by certificated notes, interest in the form of Additional Notes shall be paid by issuing Additional Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of interest paid in the form of Additional Notes for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest $1.00), the Company will prepare and execute, and cause the Guarantors to execute the Guarantees, and the Trustee will, at the request of the Company, authenticate and deliver such Additional Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Any payment of interest in Additional Notes shall be deemed to be payment in full of such interest amount to the same extent as if it were paid in cash.

 

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Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company will 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 will 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 will 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.

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

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.

Except as the Company and the Trustee may otherwise agree, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee by each January 15th a written notice specifying the amount of the original issue discount (“OID”) accrued on the Notes for the previous calendar year, including daily rates and accrual periods, and such other information relating to OID as may be required under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and applicable regulations, as amended from time to time.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes, and will 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 a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

The Trustee will 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 this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will 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), if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA.

 

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Section 2.06 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 will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

(1) DTC (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary;

(2) the Company, at its option, elects to exchange the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act; or

(3) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names, and issued in the approved denominations, as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will 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 will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) 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;

 

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provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

(A) both:

(i) 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

(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B) both:

(i) 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

(ii) 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 Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act.

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 of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.

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takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

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

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 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; and

(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 501(a) Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof.

(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) 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

(B) 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 (5) thereof;

and if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer 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.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (4) 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 this subparagraph (4).

 

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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.

(1) 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, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred (other than pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904) to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a QIB, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(a) thereof;

(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 (4)(b) thereof; or

(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(c) thereof,

 

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the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) 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 Section 2.06(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 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary 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 (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

(3) 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 the Registrar receives the following:

(A) 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

(B) 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 bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (5) thereof;

and if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer 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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(4) 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 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will 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 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will 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 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

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

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

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

(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, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred (other than pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904) to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a QIB, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(a) thereof;

 

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(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note 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 (4)(b) thereof; or

(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(c) thereof,

the Trustee will 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 Rule 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, in the case of clause (D) above, the Rule 501(a) Global Note, as applicable.

(2) 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 the Registrar receives the following:

(A) 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

(B) 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 (5) thereof;

and if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer 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.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(3) 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

 

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Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will 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 (2) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will 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 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must 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 must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

(1) 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 will 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) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(C) if the transfer will be made (other than pursuant to Rule 903 and Rule 904) to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a QIB, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof; and

(D) if the transfer will 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 required by item (4) thereof, as applicable.

 

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(2) 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 the Registrar receives the following:

(A) 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

(B) 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 (5) thereof;

and 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.

(3) 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) Legends. The following legends will 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.

(1) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:

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(i) (a) TO A PERSON WHO IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS),

(ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR

(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

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

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.”

(4) Definitive Note Legend. Each Definitive Note will also bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

Upon any sale or transfer of a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144, the Registrar will permit the transferee thereof to exchange such Restricted Definitive Note for a certificated Note that does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Restricted Definitive Note, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note).

 

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(5) OID Legend. Each Global Note and Definitive Note will also bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE HOLDER MAY CONTACT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE COMPANY AT (314)  ###-###-#### TO RECEIVE A CALCULATION OF THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE, THE ACTUAL DATE OF ISSUANCE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ON THIS NOTE.”

(g) 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 will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will 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 will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will 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 will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will prepare and execute, and cause the Guarantors to execute the Guarantees, and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of 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 similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).

(3) The Registrar will 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.

(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid 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.

 

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(5) The Registrar will 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 exchange any Note 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.

(6) 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.

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

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(9) Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Company, each Guarantor, the Registrar and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States Federal or state securities law. The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(10) The Company and the Trustee may treat DTC (or its nominee) as the sole and exclusive owner of the Notes registered in its name for the purposes of payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Holders under the Indenture, registering the transfer of Notes, obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by registered owners and for all other purposes

 

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whatsoever; and neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation to any participant in DTC, any Person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the Securities under or through DTC or any such participant, or any other Person which is not shown on the register as being a registered owner, with respect to either the Notes, the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any such participant, the payment by DTC or any such participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on the Notes, any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Holders under the Indenture, any consent given or other action taken by DTC as registered owner or any selection by DTC of any participant or other Person to receive payment of principal, interest or redemption price of the Notes.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

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 will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will 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.

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

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

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 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

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.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.

 

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Section 2.09 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, any Affiliates of the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

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

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of such canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in its customary manner. Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company upon request. 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 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of Cash Interest or PIK Interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner, which will be at a rate of an additional 1% per annum, plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Holders thereof. If the Company pays the defaulted interest prior to 30 days of the default in payment of interest, payment shall be paid to the record Holder of the Notes as of the original record date. If such default in payment of interest continues for 30 days, the Company will, in the case of Definitive Notes, establish a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest. If no special record date is required to be established pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, (i) in the case of Definitive Notes, Holders of record on the original record date shall be entitled to such payment of defaulted interest and any such interest payable on the defaulted interest and (ii) in the case of Global Notes, Holders on the Defaulted Interest Payment Date (as defined in the next sentence) shall be to such defaulted interest and any such interest payable on the defaulted interest. The Company shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of the amount of the

 

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defaulted interest proposed to be paid on the Notes and the date of the proposed payment (a “Defaulted Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee or Paying Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment.

Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee will 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 will not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

ARTICLE 3.

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

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 must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days (subject to Section 3.03) but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

(2) the redemption date;

(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and

(4) the redemption price.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, and if the Notes are Global Notes held by DTC, the applicable operational procedures of DTC for selection of notes for redemption will apply, and as to any of the Notes that are not Global Notes, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Company notifies the Trustee the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed; or

(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate.

 

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In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1.00, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will 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, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 of this Indenture.

The notice will identify the Notes (including CUSIP numbers) to be redeemed and will state:

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price;

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

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

(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

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

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

(8) 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.

 

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At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed 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.

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase price date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will 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 or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased 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 or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase 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 or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Definitive Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. For any Global Notes, the Trustee shall reflect the decrease in the principal amount on the Schedule of Exchanges attached thereto.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

At any time, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a price equal to the principal amount outstanding under the Notes (including any Additional Notes issued in respect of interest payments) plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of the Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

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

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.

Except as set forth under Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.

The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and, at the option of the Company (unless otherwise required by the terms thereof), all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes pursuant to Section 4.10. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as redemption payments are made.

If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:

(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;

(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

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(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1.00 only;

(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1.00, or integral multiples thereof, will be purchased); and

(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered, and will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company will authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Definitive Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

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Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

ARTICLE 4.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

The Company will 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 will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern 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 will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal as provided in Section 2.12 to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate 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 will 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 fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails 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.

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; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Company will 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.

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

Section 4.03 Financial Statements.

So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will:

(a) file with the Trustee, on or prior to the date that the Company is required to file the same with the SEC or, if the Company is not subject to SEC reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or prior to the date that the Company would

 

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otherwise be required to file the same with the SEC if the Company was subject to such SEC reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which the Company may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or copies of such portions thereof as may be prescribed by the SEC by rules and regulations); or, if the Company is not required to file with the SEC information, documents or reports pursuant to either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the Company will file with the Trustee and mail to the Holders of the Notes, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of the Notes, (i) annual reports containing the information required by the Exchange Act to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii) quarterly reports containing the information required by the Exchange Act to be contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (iii) promptly after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other reports containing information required by the Exchange Act to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K;

(b) file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in the Indenture as may be required by such rules and regulations, including, in the case of annual reports, if required by such rules and regulations, certificates or opinions of independent public accountants, as to compliance with conditions or covenants, compliance with which is subject to verification by accountants; and

mail to the Holders of the Notes, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of the Notes, such additional summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed with the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03 as may be required to be provided to such Holders by the rules and regulations of the SEC under the provisions of the TIA.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder, as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04.

Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and 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 kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture

 

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(or, if a Default or Event of Default has 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) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will 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 will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material 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.

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07 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 make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and including any payment of, or distribution or payment made for the purposes of paying, any Indebtedness of Kellwood Holding Corp. or any other obligations in respect of such Indebtedness) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company);

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Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company); (b) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owing to any Affiliate of the Company or such Guarantor (other than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) that is contractually subordinated or otherwise junior in priority to the Old Notes or the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee (including such related to the Old Notes); or (c) pay any management, monitoring, transaction, advisory or similar fees to any Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary);

(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, (a) the Company’s existing 7 5/8% senior notes due October 15, 2017 (the “Old 2017 Notes”) or (b) any Indebtedness (including Existing Indebtedness) of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated or otherwise junior in priority to the Old Notes or the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee (including such related to the Old Notes) (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except (i) a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof or (ii) a payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of any such Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement; or

(4) make any Restricted Investment.

(b) (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Paymentsand the payments and other actions set forth in clauses 4.07(a)(1) and (2) above being referred to herein asRestricted Equity Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture; and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of the Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), (10) and (13) of Section 4.07(c) below), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from August 2, 2009, to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus

 

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(B) 100% of (i) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company which Disqualified Stock or debt securities have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company) and (ii) Qualified Holdco Proceeds, plus

(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold or otherwise liquidated or repaid, 100% of any cash received in connection therewith, plus

(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or a merger or consolidation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries occurs, in each case after the date of this Indenture, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or such merger or consolidation, plus

(E) any dividends received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the date of this Indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Equity Payments, unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Equity Payment:

(x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Obligations evidenced by the Notes after giving effect to such Restricted Equity Payment is less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding as of the Issue Date, or the Company has, since the date of the issuance of the Notes, offered to redeem at par (together with all accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the applicable redemption date) not less than 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Issue Date; and

(y) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Equity Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Equity Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Alternative Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Test.

 

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(c) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) above will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the sale within 30 days (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the contribution within 30 days of common equity capital to the Company to the extent exchanged for Equity Interests of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 4.07(b)(3)(B) of this Indenture;

(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence within 30 days of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(4) the payment of any dividend or other distribution (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Holders of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any present, future or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, management equity agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement occurs within 60 days after such person ceases to be such an officer, director, employee or consultant;

(6) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options;

(7) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to (i) holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any class or series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of any Guarantor issued on or after the date of this Indenture pursuant to Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture and (ii) Holders of any class or series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company issued after the date of the Indenture; provided that at the time of such issuance and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company would have been able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture;

 

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(8) any payments made by the Company in connection with the Refinancing Transactions to the extent not Restricted Equity Payments;

(9) payments, advances, loans or expense reimbursements made to any direct or indirect parent corporation of the Company to permit the payment by such entity of reasonable general operating expenses, accounting, legal, corporate reporting and administrative expenses incurred in the ordinary course of its business in an amount not to exceed $1.0 million per annum (or $2.5 million per annum after the consummation of an Initial Public Offering by any direct or indirect parent of the Company);

(10) payments on or with respect to, or purchases, redemptions, defeasements or other acquisitions or retirements for value of the Old 2017 Notes for an amount not to exceed $25.0 million from the date of this Indenture; provided that, with respect to any Old 2017 Note, the aggregate consideration paid by the Company and its Affiliates in connection with any such purchase, redemption, defeasement or other acquisition or retirement of such Old 2017 Note shall not exceed an amount equal to 20.0% of the aggregate principal amount of such Old 2017 Note as of the Issue Date;

(11) (A) for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with a parent corporation, payments to the parent in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (“Tax Payments”); provided, that the Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant tax (including any penalties and interest) that the Company would owe if the Company were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Company and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the relevant tax that the parent actually owes to the appropriate taxing authority; provided, further, that any Tax Payments received from the Company shall be paid over to the appropriate taxing authority within 30 days of the parent’s receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to the Company or (B) for so long as the Company is organized as a limited liability company or partnership, the payment of Permitted Tax Distributions;

(12) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated or otherwise junior in priority to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee with Excess Proceeds to the extent such Excess Proceeds are permitted to be used for general corporate purposes under Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

(13) dividends, advances, loans or other distributions to Kellwood Holding Corp. to enable such entity to make any payment of interest or principal on any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness; provided that any such dividend, advance, loan or other distribution is used promptly by such parent solely to make such payment;

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shares of such Capital Stock in connection with a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination involving the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(15) payments by the Company to Sun Capital Partners Management V, LLC pursuant to the Management Services Agreement (i) for an annual fee, as provided in Section 2(a) of the Management Services Agreement, not to exceed $2.2 million in any fiscal year, (ii) for reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses as provided in Section 2(b) of the Management Services Agreement and (iii) for any transaction fees payable pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Management Services Agreement; provided that payment of such transaction fees will be paid 50% in cash and 50% accrued, with such accrued amounts payable when the Company would, at the time of such accrued transaction fee payment, have satisfied the requirements to make a Restricted Equity Payment as set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of Section 4.07(b) above; provided further that no such transaction fees will be paid in connection with any transaction involving an Affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc.;

(16) the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasement or other acquisition or retirement of Existing Indebtedness (other than the Old 2017 Notes) in an amount not to exceed $12.5 million;

(17) any payments on or with respect to Indebtedness incurred after the Issue Date (other than any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owing to any Affiliate of the Company or such Guarantor (other than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) that is contractually subordinated or otherwise junior in priority to the Old Notes, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee (including such related to the Old Notes)); and

(18) other Restricted Payments, to the extent not Restricted Equity Payments, in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 will be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee.

Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

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

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in such agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture;

(2) this Indenture, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantees;

(3) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

(5) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) of this Indenture;

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;

(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

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(9) any Indebtedness secured by a Lien that was otherwise permitted to be incurred under Sections 4.09 and 4.12 of this Indenture that limits the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

(10) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

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

(12) Indebtedness or other contractual requirements or restrictions of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, provided that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

(13) Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary incurred pursuant to clause (15) of Section 4.09(b) of this Indenture; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Foreign Subsidiary;

(14) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (17) of Section 4.09(b) of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith at the time such dividend or other payment restrictions are created that they do not materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to fulfill its Obligations under the Notes; and

(15) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (14) above, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently

 

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ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(1) the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and/or the incurrence by a Receivables Subsidiary of Indebtedness pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and pursuant to Qualified Receivables Transactions at any one time outstanding (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $225.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of the Indenture to repay any term Indebtedness under a Credit Facility or to repay any revolving credit Indebtedness under a Credit Facility (and permanently reduce the commitments thereunder) and (ii) the amount of the Borrowing Base;

(2) the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing some or all of its acquisition of assets of another Person (whether through the direct acquisition of such assets or the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets), provided that (i) such assets are used or useful in a Permitted Business and (ii) the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is greater after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and any related financing transaction as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period than the Company’s actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the period;

(3) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1) above);

(4) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued from time to time and the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Old Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees issued from time to time under the Old Notes Indenture governing the Old Notes;

(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations), in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement or lease of property (real or personal), plant or equipment (whether through the direct acquisition of

 

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such assets or the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) within 180 days thereafter used in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (5), not to exceed the greater of (i) $10.0 million and (ii) 2.0% of Total Assets;

(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the Indenture to be incurred under clause (a) of this Section 4.09 or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (15) or (17) of this Section 4.09(b);

(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors;

(8) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

(B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (8);

(9) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(10) the guarantee by (i) the Company or any of the Guarantors of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

(11) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business including, without limitation, in respect of workers’ compensation claims or self insurance, other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims and obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(12) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

(13) the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;

(14) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that, with respect to any such disposition, the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(15) the incurrence of Indebtedness and/or the issuance of preferred stock by Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (15), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (15), and the aggregate liquidation value of all preferred stock issued pursuant to this clause (15), does not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(16) Indebtedness arising from transactions permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the second paragraph of the definition of Asset Sale; and

(17) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (17), not to exceed $25.0 million.

The Company will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.

 

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For purposes of this Section 4.09, any Permitted Debt and any Qualified Holdco Indebtedness incurred in reliance upon the Company’s ability to incur Permitted Debt will be treated as incurred by the Company for purposes of determining whether additional Permitted Debt can be incurred for so long as such Qualified Holdco Indebtedness remains outstanding. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (17) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.09, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under the Indenture will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, that the amount of such Disqualified Stock is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, (i) the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values, and (ii) the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to the Last Out Term Loan Agreement shall not exceed the Last Out Facility Cap Amount. The principal amount of any Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit issued under a Credit Facility in accordance with clause (1) above of this Section 4.09(b) shall not be deemed a separate incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.09, but only to the extent of the stated amount of such letter of credit.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

 

  (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

 

  (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

 

  (3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

 

  (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at the date of determination, and

 

  (b) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

 

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Section 4.10 Asset Sales.

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

(1) the Company, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

(2) in the event of an Asset Sale involving assets or Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value in excess of $5.0 million, such Fair Market Value is determined by the Company’s chief financial officer and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at or promptly following the completion of such Asset Sale;

(3) in the event of an Asset Sale involving assets or Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value in excess of $10.0 million, the Company shall have received an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or relevant Subsidiary of such Asset Sale from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing; and

(4) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;

(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days following the consummation of such Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and

(C) Designated Noncash Consideration.

(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company, or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) to repay Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities to the extent contractually senior or otherwise subject to security interests of a senior priority to the Notes;

(2) to repay or repurchase Old 2017 Notes existing on the date of this Indenture to the extent permitted under clause (10) of Section 4.07(c);

 

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(3) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(4) to make capital expenditures;

(5) to acquire other assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business; and/or

(6) any combination of the preceding.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under any Credit Facilities that are contractually senior or otherwise subject to security interests of a senior priority to the Notes, or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) of this Indenture will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Company will notify the Trustee and make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and, at the option of the Company unless otherwise required by the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes, if applicable, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes that is Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, and the Notes are Global Notes held by DTC, DTC will select the notes in accordance with its operation arrangements. If the Notes are not Global Notes held by DTC, the Trustee will select the notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under those provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

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(2) the Company delivers 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 resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing such Affiliate Transaction and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

(B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

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

(1) any employment or other compensation arrangement or agreement, employee benefit plan, officer and director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(2) transactions between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and transactions between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Receivables Subsidiary and a Receivables Subsidiary and any Person in which the Receivables Subsidiary has an Investment;

(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(4) payment of reasonable directors’ fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company or otherwise affiliated with Sun Capital Partners, Inc. or its Affiliates and the payment of customary indemnification to directors and officers of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

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

 

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(6) Restricted Payments that do not violate Section 4.07 of this Indenture;

(7) loans or advances to employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business;

(8) the Refinancing Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Refinancing Transactions;

(9) transactions effected pursuant to the Management Services Agreement;

(10) transactions effected pursuant to that certain Shared Serviced Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2008, by and between the Company and Gerber Childrenswear, LLC;

(11) transactions effected pursuant to that certain Shared Serviced Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2008, by and between the Company and Hanna Andersson, LLC;

(12) transactions effected pursuant to the Last Out Term Loan Agreement; and

(13) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are on terms no less favorable than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction with an unrelated party or that have been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.12 Liens.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness (including Existing Indebtedness), other than:

(a) in the case of any property that does not constitute Collateral (including any property previously constituting Collateral that has been released from the Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees), Permitted Liens; provided, however, that any Lien on such property shall be permitted notwithstanding that it is not a Permitted Lien if all Obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are secured on an equal and ratable basis with (or, in the case of any such Indebtedness that is a subordinated Obligation to the Notes, on a prior basis to) the Obligations so secured until such time as such Obligations are no longer secured by a Lien on such property; and

(b) in the case of any property that constitutes Collateral, Permitted Liens.

 

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Section 4.13 Business Activities.

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(a) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and

(b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (with a minimum principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes (a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Noteholders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to the Trustee and each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Such notice, which will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer, will state:

(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(2) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(3) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

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

 

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(5) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter (or by applicable Depositary procedures for Global Notes) setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and

(6) 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, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.15, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

(c) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control (1) if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 made by the Company and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this Indenture as described above under Section 3.07, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

 

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Section 4.16 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or an Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) of this Indenture or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the conditions set forth in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and was permitted by the covenant described under Section 4.07 of this Indenture. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet such requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 of this Indenture the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate or redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation or redesignation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation or redesignation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 of this Indenture calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation or redesignation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation or redesignation.

Section 4.17 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 4.18 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates a Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that at any time is or becomes a Material Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), then the Company will promptly notify the Trustee and that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and (i) execute a

 

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supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto and execute an amendment, supplement, joinder or other instrument in respect of the Security Documents satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and deliver the same to the Trustee under the Security Documents, and in connection therewith shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may be required under the Security Documents and by applicable law to vest in the Collateral Agent (or any representative designated by it) valid and perfected Liens on the property and assets of such Domestic Subsidiary constituting Collateral (or continue the perfection thereof) as contemplated by the Security Documents, and (ii) deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within ten Business Days of the first date after which it was acquired or created and constitutes a Material Subsidiary. The form of such Subsidiary Guarantee is attached as Exhibit D hereto.

ARTICLE 5.

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

(a) The Company may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia; provided that if the Person is a partnership or limited liability company, a corporation wholly owned by such Person organized or existing under the laws of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia that does not and will not have any material assets or operations becomes a co-issuer of the Notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;

(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;

(4) either: (a) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made, will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be

 

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permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture; or (b) the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is greater after giving pro forma effect to such consolidation or merger and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period than the Company’s actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the period; and

(5) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (from counsel who shall not be an employee of the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee to the effect that the conditions set forth in the preceding clauses (1) through (4) have been satisfied.

In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

(b) This Section 5.01 will not apply to:

(1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction;

(2) any sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(3) any consolidation or merger between or among (i) the Company and any of the Guarantors, (ii) any Subsidiary into the Company or any of the Guarantors or (iii) Subsidiaries who are not Guarantors.

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.

 

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ARTICLE 6.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

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

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of Cash Interest or PIK Interest on the Notes;

(2) default in payment when due of the principal (including payment of principal on the Notes consisting of PIK Interest that was added to the principal of the Notes in accordance with Section 2.02 and payment of principal on any Additional Notes issued as payment of PIK Interest) of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Guarantor in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents (other than a covenant default the performance or breach of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 6.01) and the continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:

(A) is caused by a failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any extension thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or

(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

(5) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days after such judgments become final and non-appealable;

(6) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee (other than a Subsidiary Guarantee issued by a Guarantor that is not a Significant Subsidiary) shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of

 

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any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than a Subsidiary Guarantee issued by a Guarantor that is not a Significant Subsidiary);

(7) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case,

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;

(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and

(D) and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.

 

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If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except as set forth under provisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 6.01.

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture and exercise any rights and remedies under the Security Documents.

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 not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. 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.

Except as otherwise set forth herein, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

(5) during such 30-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

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. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether any such requested remedy would prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or would create 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 principal, premium and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) 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 and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

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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 other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, 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.

After an Event of Default any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s or the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, the Trustee shall pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) and the Collateral Agent, their 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 Collateral Agent (including any predecessor Trustee or Collateral Agent) and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and interest, respectively, and for all other amounts owed to the Holders under this Indenture, the Notes and any other document executed in connection therewith; and

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

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

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.

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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 and expenses 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 6.11 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 principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

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

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

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

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of certificates or opinions specifically required by any provision hereof to be furnished to it, the Trustee will 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:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

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

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

 

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(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company (whether in original or facsimile form). Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in the Indenture shall not be construed as a duty of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be within the discretion or power conferred upon it by the Indenture other than for its own negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 7.02 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 will 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 will 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 will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it reasonably 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 will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

(f) The Trustee will 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 have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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(h) 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 any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an incumbency certificate (“Incumbency Certificate”) substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit F setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Incumbency Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Incumbency Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) 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 will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the 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 will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will 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 a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal of, premium and interest on, any Note) 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 Notes.

 

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Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will 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 will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will 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 will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will 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 will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors, if any, jointly and severally will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages 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 and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors 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 is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company and the Guarantors, if any, jointly and severally will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Trustee from and against any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs, or expenses of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture that are in any way related to, (w) the presence, disposal, release, or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials which are on, from, or affecting the soil, water, vegetation, buildings, personal property, persons, animals, or otherwise; (x) any personal injury (including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) arising out of or related to such Hazardous Materials; (y) any lawsuit brought or threatened, settlement reached, or government order relating to such

 

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Hazardous Materials, and/or (z) any violation of laws, orders, regulations, requirements or demands of government authorities, or any policies or requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency, which are based upon or in any way related to such Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, attorney and consultant fees and expenses, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs, and litigation expenses. For purposes of this paragraph, “Hazardous Material” includes, without limit, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related materials defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601, et. seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 5108, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901, et seq.), and in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant thereto, or any other Federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule, or regulation. The provisions of this paragraph shall be in addition to any and all other obligations and liabilities the Company or any Guarantor may have to the Trustee at common law. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

(d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will 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 will survive the satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of this Indenture.

(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) 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.

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

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

(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:

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(2) 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;

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

(4) 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 will 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 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders 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 will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will 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 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

(g) The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, for any or no reason whatsoever, replace the Trustee and appoint a successor of their choosing.

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 corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

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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 $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee will be subject to TIA § 310(b) if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA.

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

If this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA, the Trustee will be subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed may be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8.

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes (including any Subsidiary Guarantees) upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

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 and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees), which will 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 clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees 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 will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

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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.

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 and the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will 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 will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Subsidiary Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will 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 will 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 and Subsidiary Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(3) through Section 6.01 (5) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in United States dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and interest and premium on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (from counsel who shall not be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:

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(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (from counsel who shall not be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in

 

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respect of the outstanding Notes will 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 and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.

Subject to compliance with applicable abandoned property laws, 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 or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or as required by applicable abandoned property law on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to 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, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall 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 will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with

 

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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 or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9.

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:

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

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

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the rights hereunder of any such Holder;

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

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes to the extent necessary to correct any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in any provision in this Indenture or the Notes which was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Description of Notes.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors 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 will 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.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the

 

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Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing 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 principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental 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 will join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture 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 will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

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

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will 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, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class 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 or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof;

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

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(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on the Notes;

(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof); or

(8) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in this Section 9.02.

Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect; provided, however, that the Company will comply with the TIA only when and to the extent that the TIA is applicable to the Notes.

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.

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.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be provided with and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 10.

COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

Section 10.01 Collateral and Security Documents.

(a) To secure the due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any and interest on the Notes by the Company when and as the same shall be due and payable (whether on an Interest Payment Date, at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, upon a Change of Control Offer or an Offer with respect to an Asset Sale or otherwise) and interest on the overdue principal of, and interest (to the extent permitted by law) on, the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee will enter into the Security Documents to create the security interests with respect to the Collateral. The Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Guarantors and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that the Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents.

(b) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to all of the terms and provisions of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, to the extent permitted by the TIA, to the extent the TIA is applicable to the Notes, and applicable law, the provisions therein providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral and the waivers of certain rights and remedies) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof, and authorizes and directs the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent, to perform its obligations and exercise its rights under the Security Documents in accordance therewith; provided, however, that if any provisions of the Security Documents limit, qualify or conflict with the duties imposed by the provisions of the TIA, the TIA will control, to the extent the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA.

(c) As more fully set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, the Security Documents, the Holders, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent on behalf of such Holders, will have rights in and to the Collateral that are subject to the rights that have been or may be created in favor of the holders of other Indebtedness and obligations of the Company under the Intercreditor Agreement.

(d) As among the Holders, the Collateral shall be held for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders without preference, priority or distinction of any thereof over any other.

(e) With respect to the Trustee acting as Collateral Agent, the Trustee (i) shall not be deemed to have breached any duty as Trustee to the Holders as a result of the performance of its duties as Collateral Agent to the extent it acts in compliance with the Security Documents and (ii) shall not be liable to the Holders for any such action or inaction in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The rights and interests created under this Indenture shall be subject to the terms of the Security Documents.

 

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(f) The Company and each Guarantor will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents to which it is a party, to assure and confirm to the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent, the Liens on the Collateral contemplated by the Security Documents to which it is a party, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes and each Guarantee secured thereby, as applicable, according to the intent and purposes herein and therein expressed. The Company will take all actions required pursuant to the Security Documents (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) to create valid, enforceable and perfected (to the extent required therein) Liens in and on all the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes. Each Guarantor will, and the Company will cause each Guarantor to, take any and all actions required pursuant to the Security Documents (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) to cause the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party to create and maintain for its obligations under each Guarantee and the Security Document related thereto, valid and enforceable, perfected (to the extent required therein), Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will be permitted to take any action or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action, which action or omission might or would have the result of materially impairing the Liens with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.

Section 10.02 Release of Collateral.

(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time, and the Security Documents may be terminated, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents and in accordance with this Indenture. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all covenants and conditions precedent hereunder have been complied with, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to a release of assets included in the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes, and the Holders hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Trustee and Collateral Agent to modify, release and adjust the Liens, to the extent provided for herein and in the Intercreditor Agreement, including, without limitation, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, under one or more of the following circumstances:

(1) to enable the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral as permitted under this Indenture and the Security Documents;

(2) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee with respect to the Notes, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor;

(3) if the Notes have been defeased pursuant to Article 8 or satisfied and discharged pursuant to Article 12 of this Indenture;

(4) pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with Article 9 of this Indenture;

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The release of any Collateral from the terms hereof and of the Security Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens created by the Security Documents, or the termination of the Security Documents, will not be deemed to impair the Liens on the Collateral in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent that the Liens on Collateral are released, or the Security Documents are terminated, pursuant to this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents. The Trustee and each of the Holders acknowledge that a release of Collateral or a Lien in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents and this Indenture will not be deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the Lien on the Collateral in contravention of the terms of this Indenture.

The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Company and the Guarantors may reasonably request to evidence any such permitted release without the consent of the Holders of the Notes. In releasing any Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or any Security Documents, the Trustee shall, in the absence of its negligence or willful misconduct be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that such release is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and the Security Documents and that all conditions precedent, if any, to such release have been satisfied.

(b) If all Liens on such property or assets securing First-Priority Liens (including all commitments and letters of credit thereunder) are released, then the Company and its Subsidiaries will take all steps required to convert the Holders’ second-priority Liens on the Collateral into first-priority Liens on the Collateral; provided, however, that if the Company or any Guarantor subsequently incurs first-priority Liens in reliance on clause 12 of the definition of Permitted Liens, then the Company and its Subsidiaries will be required to reinstitute the second-priority security arrangement with respect to the Collateral in favor of the Notes, which, in the case of any such subsequent first-priority Liens, will be second-priority Liens on the Collateral securing such first-priority Liens to the same extent provided by the Security Documents and on the terms and conditions of the security documents relating to such first-priority Liens, with the second-priority Lien held either by the administrative agent, collateral agent or other representative for such first-priority Liens or by a collateral agent or other representative designated by the Company to hold the second-priority Liens for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and subject to an intercreditor agreement in substantially the same form as the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 10.03 Recording; Opinions as to Recording.

(a) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent on the Issue Date and annually on each anniversary of the Issue Date an Opinion of Counsel either (i) stating that in the opinion of such counsel all action has been taken with respect to the recording, registering and filing of this Indenture, financing statements or other instruments under the Security Documents on Article 9 Collateral as is necessary to make effective the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents on such Article 9 Collateral and reciting the details of such action, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such Lien on such Article 9 Collateral effective. Such Opinion of Counsel may contain such qualifications, assumptions and limitations as are customary for such

 

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opinions. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “Article 9 Collateral” shall mean collateral with respect to which a Lien thereon may be perfected by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any applicable jurisdiction.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with the provisions of §§ 314(b), (c), (d) and (e) of the TIA, if the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA.

Section 10.04 Further Assurances and Security.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors will execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trustee, at the Company’s and/or such Guarantor’s expense, at any time and from time to time such further assignments, transfers, assurances, continuation statements or other instruments as may be reasonably required by the Trustee, to assure and confirm to the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent, the Liens in the Collateral contemplated hereby and by the Security Documents, all to the extent contemplated by the Security Documents.

Section 10.05 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee under the Security Documents.

The Trustee and the Collateral Agent are authorized and empowered to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.

Section 10.06 Concerning the Collateral Agent; Authorizations

(a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent, may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (i) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents and (ii) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder, provided that neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any right to take any such actions prior to its actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, which it shall have no duty to discover or ascertain except as otherwise provided in this Indenture.

(b) The Collateral Agent will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee from time to time as required or permitted by this Indenture.

(c) The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all Security Documents delivered to the Collateral Agent.

(d) The Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the enforcement of the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

(e) In acting as Collateral Agent, all of the rights, protections and immunities, granted to the Trustee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent acting hereunder and under the Security Documents.

 

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(f) Each successor Trustee will become the successor Collateral Agent as and when the successor Trustee becomes the Trustee and shall comply with the provisions of Section 10.07(g) below unless, at the time such successor Trustee becomes Trustee, the immediately preceding Trustee was not the Collateral Agent.

(g) Each Holder, by its acceptance of its Note, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents, and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders as set forth in the Security Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.

(h) The Trustee may, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

 

  (i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Liens granted by the Security Documents;

 

  (ii) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; or

 

  (iii) collect and receive payment of any and all amounts owing under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents.

(i) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Liens granted by the Security Documents or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.

(j) The Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control, other than those duties specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Security Documents, or the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to the preservation or rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.

(k) All moneys received by the Collateral Agent under or pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or any Security Document shall be paid over or delivered to the Trustee in the form received (with any necessary endorsements) for application by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

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(l) The Collateral Agent may execute any power and perform any duty under this Indenture or any Security Document either directly or by or through agents, nominees or attorneys-in-fact. The Collateral Agent may act and conclusively rely, and shall be protected in acting and conclusively relying on, the opinion or advice of, or information obtained from, any counsel (which shall include counsel to the Company), accountant, appraiser or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by the Collateral Agent or the Trustee in relation to any matter in connection with this Indenture, the Security Documents or any other document, instrument or writing. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on the advice of counsel selected by it concerning all matters pertaining to such powers and duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions, including any negligence or misconduct, of any agents, nominees or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with due care.

(m) If the Collateral Agent has been requested or is otherwise required to take action pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in the Collateral Agent by this Indenture or any Security Document unless the Collateral Agent shall have been provided adequate security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Collateral Agent. Under no circumstances shall the Collateral Agent be required to expend or risk its own funds or incur or risk any liability.

(n) Except as to any of the Collateral in its possession or control and except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture and in the Security Documents or under the TIA (when and to the extent that the TIA is applicable to the Notes), the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for (i) perfecting, maintaining, monitoring, preserving or protecting the security interest or lien granted under the Security Documents, (ii) the filing, re-filing, recording, re-recording or continuing of any document, financing statement, mortgage, assignment, notice, instrument of further assurance or other instrument in any public office at any time or times or (iii) providing, maintaining, monitoring or preserving insurance on or the payment of taxes with respect to any property subject to any of the Security Documents.

(o) In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable for incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, regardless of the form of action and even if the same were foreseeable. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent shall have a duty of reasonable care with respect to any Collateral which is delivered to the Collateral Agent and is in the Collateral Agent’s possession and control.

(p) Subject to the TIA, to the extent the TIA is applicable to the Notes, in the absence of its negligence or willful misconduct, the Collateral Agent may rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Collateral Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture or any Security Document.

Section 10.07 Resignation and Removal of Collateral Agent; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent and no appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article 10 shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Collateral Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 10.07(g) below.

 

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(b) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company (and, if the Collateral Agent and the Trustee are not the same Person, to the Trustee). If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent required by Section 10.07(g) below shall not have been delivered to the Collateral Agent within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Collateral Agent, the Trustee or the Company may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.

(c) The Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by the Trustee, by instrument delivered to the Company and to the Collateral Agent, or by the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent required by Section 10.07(g) below shall not have been delivered to the Collateral Agent within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Collateral Agent, the Trustee or the Company may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Collateral Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 10.07(h) below and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company, the Trustee or by any Holder of a Note; or

(2) the Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Collateral Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

then, if the Collateral Agent is not removed by the Trustee pursuant to clause (c) above, any Holder of a Note may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Collateral Agent and the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.

(e) If the Collateral Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Collateral Agent for any cause, the Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor Collateral Agent and shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 10.07. If, within one (1) year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Collateral Agent shall be appointed by an act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, the successor Collateral Agent so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 10.07, become the successor Collateral Agent and supersede the successor Collateral Agent appointed by the Trustee. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed by the Trustee or the Holders of Notes and accepted appointment in the manner required by this Section 10.07, any Holder of a Note may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.

 

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(f) The Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Collateral Agent and each appointment of a successor Collateral Agent to all Holders of Notes in the manner provided in Section 13.02. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Collateral Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

(g) Every successor Collateral Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Collateral Agent (and, if the retiring Collateral Agent and the Trustee are not the same Person, to the Trustee) an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Collateral Agent shall become effective and such successor Collateral Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent. Such retiring Collateral Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Collateral Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Collateral Agent and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent all property and money held by such retiring Collateral Agent hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Collateral Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Collateral Agent all such rights, powers and trusts.

(h) No Person shall accept appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be a corporation having a combined capital and surplus (or for such purposes, the combined capital and surplus of any parent holding company) of at least U.S.$250,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, in good standing and having an established place of business or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 10.07, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Collateral Agent shall cease to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph for being a Collateral Agent, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Section 10.07 and a successor shall be appointed pursuant to this Section 10.07.

 

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ARTICLE 11.

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

Section 11.01 Guarantee.

(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors, if any, hereby, jointly and severally, 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 this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

(1) the principal of, premium and interest 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 and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that 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 Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and performance and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this 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 which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will 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. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof 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 (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute 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 any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor 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 Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.

To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

In the event that the Company creates or acquires any Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.18 hereof, the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.18 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.

Section 11.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05, no Guarantor may 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 Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

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

 

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(2) either:

(a) subject to Section 11.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto; or

(b) any such sale is permitted under Section 4.10 hereof and the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof.

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 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 this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a 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 will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

Section 11.05 Releases of Subsidiary Guarantees.

The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

(2) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

 

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(3) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

(4) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the notes as provided under Article 8 or Article 12 of this Indenture; or

(5) with the consent of the Holders of at least 75% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee upon any release of a Guarantor. Upon request of the Company, and delivery to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all covenants and conditions precedent hereunder to the release of such Guarantor have been complied with, the Trustee will execute and deliver a release of such Guarantor to the Company and the released Guarantor.

ARTICLE 12.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the 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 or any Guarantor 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, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in 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 accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

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funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

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

(4) 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.

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.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 12.02, Section 7.07 and Section 8.06 will survive.

Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 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.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes 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 Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

The Company and Guarantors represent to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent that this Indenture is not required to be, and has not been, qualified under the TIA on the Issue Date, and will promptly inform the Trustee if this Indenture is to be so qualified. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control; provided, however, that the Company will comply with the TIA only when and to the extent this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA.

 

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Section 13.02 Notices.

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

If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

Kellwood Company

600 Kellwood Parkway

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile: (314)  ###-###-####

With a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

200 East Randolph Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Facsimile No.: (312)  ###-###-####

Attention: Gerald T. Nowak, P.C.

If to the Trustee:

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2900

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Greg Clarke, Corporate Trust Services

Facsimile No.: (312)  ###-###-####

With a copy to:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3700

Chicago, IL 60606-1698

Attention: Steve Wagner

Telecopier: (312)  ###-###-####

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

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

 

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Any notice or communication to a Holder will 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 will 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 will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

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

Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate as permitted under TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection set forth under TIA § 312(c).

Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

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

(1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 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

(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must include:

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

 

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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he 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 satisfied; and

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

Section 13.06 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 13.07 Payments Due on Non-Business Days.

Anything in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal, premium or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such Maturity Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

Section 13.08 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Stockholders or Securityholders.

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or securityholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Section 13.09 Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO

 

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THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.10 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 its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.11 Successors.

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05.

Section 13.12 Severability.

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

Section 13.13 Counterpart Originals.

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

Section 13.14 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 will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.15 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable, nor shall the Company or the Guarantors be responsible or liable to the Trustee, for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee or the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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SIGNATURES

 

Dated as of July    , 2009     COMPANY:
    KELLWOOD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
    By:  

/s/ Steven Baginski

    Name:   Steven Baginski
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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GUARANTORS:

HALMODE APPAREL, INC.

KELLWOOD FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC.

(formerly known as Newkell, Inc.)

KELLWOOD RETAIL GROUP, INC.

KWD HOLDINGS, INC.

NEW CAMPAIGN, INC.

PHAT FASHIONS LLC

PHAT LICENSING LLC

By:  

/s/ Steven Baginski

Name:   Steven Baginski
Title:   Chief Financial Officer for each of the above listed companies

 

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GUARANTORS:

AMERICAN RECREATION PRODUCTS, INC.

ROYAL ROBBINS, INC.

SIERRA DESIGNS ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:  

/s/ Steven Baginski

Name:   Steven Baginski
Title:   Treasurer for each of the above listed companies

 

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TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT:

  WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:

 

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