Exhibit 4.2
JARDEN
CORPORATION,
as Issuer
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as
Guarantors
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
as Trustee
8% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2016
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
April 30,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION
1.01.
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Establishment
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Definitions
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2
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SECTION
1.03.
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Other
Definitions
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SECTION
1.04.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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30
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SECTION
1.05.
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Rules of
Construction
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ARTICLE 2
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THE NOTES
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SECTION
2.01.
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Form and
Dating
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SECTION
2.02.
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Execution and
Authentication
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SECTION
2.03.
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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SECTION
2.04.
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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SECTION
2.05.
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Holder
Lists
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SECTION
2.06.
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Transfer and
Exchange
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SECTION
2.07.
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Replacement
Notes
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SECTION
2.08.
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Outstanding
Notes
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SECTION
2.09.
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Treasury
Notes
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SECTION
2.10.
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Temporary
Notes
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SECTION
2.11.
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Cancellation
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SECTION
2.12.
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CUSIP or ISIN
Numbers
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SECTION
2.13.
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Additional
Notes
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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SECTION
3.01.
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Notices to
Trustee
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SECTION
3.02.
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Selection of
Notes to be Redeemed
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SECTION
3.03.
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Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION
3.04.
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Effect of
Notice Upon Redemption
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SECTION
3.05.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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SECTION
3.06.
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Notes Redeemed
in Part
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SECTION
3.07.
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Optional
Redemption
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SECTION
3.08.
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Mandatory
Redemption
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SECTION
3.09.
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Offer to
Purchase
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ARTICLE 4
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COVENANTS
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SECTION
4.01.
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Payment of
Notes
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SECTION
4.02.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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SECTION
4.03.
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Reports
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SECTION
4.04.
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Compliance
Certificate
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SECTION
4.05.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
4.06.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
4.07.
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Restricted
Payments
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SECTION
4.08.
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Dividend and
Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
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48
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SECTION
4.09.
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Incurrence of
Indebtedness
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SECTION
4.10.
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Asset
Sales
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SECTION
4.11.
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Affiliate
Transactions
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SECTION
4.12.
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Liens
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SECTION
4.13.
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Offer to
Repurchase Upon Change of Control
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SECTION
4.14.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
4.15.
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Corporate
Existence
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SECTION
4.16.
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Limitation on
Layering
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SECTION
4.17.
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Additional
Guarantors
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SECTION
4.18.
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Limitation on
Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION
4.19.
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Suspension of
Covenants
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ARTICLE 5
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SUCCESSORS
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SECTION
5.01.
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Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
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SECTION
5.02.
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE 6
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION
6.01.
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Events of
Default
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SECTION
6.02.
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Acceleration
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SECTION
6.03.
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Other
Remedies
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SECTION
6.04.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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SECTION
6.05.
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Control by
Majority
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SECTION
6.06.
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Limitation on
Suits
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SECTION
6.07.
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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SECTION
6.08.
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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SECTION
6.09.
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION
6.10.
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Priorities
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SECTION
6.11.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE 7
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION
7.01.
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Duties of
Trustee
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SECTION
7.02.
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Rights of the
Trustee
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SECTION
7.03.
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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SECTION
7.04.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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SECTION
7.05.
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Notice of
Defaults
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SECTION
7.06.
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Reports by
Trustee to Holder
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SECTION
7.07.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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SECTION
7.08.
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Replacement of
Trustee
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SECTION
7.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc
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SECTION
7.10.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION
7.11.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE 8
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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SECTION
8.01.
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Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION
8.02.
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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SECTION
8.03.
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Covenant
Defeasance
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SECTION
8.04.
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Conditions to
Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION
8.05.
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Deposited Money
and U.S. Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION
8.06.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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SECTION
8.07.
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Repayment to
Company
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SECTION
8.08.
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Survival
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ARTICLE 9
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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SECTION
9.01.
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Without Consent
of Holder
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SECTION
9.02.
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With Consent of
Holders of Notes
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SECTION
9.03.
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION
9.04.
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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SECTION
9.05.
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments
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ARTICLE 10
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[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE 11
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GUARANTEES
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SECTION
11.01.
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Guarantees
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SECTION
11.02.
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Limitation on
Liability
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SECTION
11.03.
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Successors and
Assigns
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SECTION
11.04.
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No
Waiver
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SECTION
11.05.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
11.06.
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Release of
Guarantor
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78
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SECTION
11.07.
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Contribution
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ARTICLE 12
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[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE 13
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
13.01.
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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SECTION
13.02.
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Notices
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SECTION
13.03.
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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SECTION
13.04.
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SECTION
13.05.
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION
13.06.
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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SECTION
13.07.
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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SECTION
13.08.
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Governing
Law
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SECTION
13.09.
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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SECTION
13.10.
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Successors
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SECTION
13.11.
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Severability
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SECTION
13.12.
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Counterpart
Originals
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SECTION
13.13.
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Table of
Contents, Headings, Etc
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SECTION
13.14.
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Force
Majeure
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82
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SECTION
13.15.
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Note Purchases
by Company and Affiliates
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-iv-
JARDEN CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE
ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF APRIL 30,
2009
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Section of
Trust Indenture
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Section(s) of
INDENTURE
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ss. 310
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(a) (1)
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7.10
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(a) (2)
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7.10
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(a) (3)
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N.A.
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(a) (4)
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N.A.
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(a) (5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.08,
7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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ss.
311
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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ss.
312
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(a)
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2.05,
13.03
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(b)
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2.05,
13.03
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(c)
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2.05
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ss.
313
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(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.06,
7.07
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(c)
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7.06,
13.02
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(d)
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7.06,
13.02
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ss.
314
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(a)
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4.03, 4.04, 13.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c) (1)
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13.04
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(c) (2)
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13.04
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(c) (3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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ss.
315
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05,
11.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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ss.
316
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(a) (1) (A)
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6.05
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(a) (1) (B)
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6.04
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(a) (2)
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N.A.
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(a) (last sentence)
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6.11
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(b)
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6.07
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ss.
317
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(a) (1)
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6.08
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(a) (2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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ss.
318
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(a)
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13.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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13.01
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for
any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.
-v-
This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
dated as of April 30, 2009 (this “ Supplemental
Indenture ”), is by and between Jarden Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (such corporation and any successor as defined
in the Base Indenture, the “ Company ”),
the Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon,
a New York banking corporation, as trustee (such institution and
any successor as defined in the Base Indenture, the “
Trustee ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has previously
executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 30,
2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), with the
Trustee providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more
series of the Company’s senior debt securities;
WHEREAS, Section 301 of the
Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter
into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish
the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Section 301 and Section 901 of the Base Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, the Company is entering
into this First Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and
terms of its 8% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture is
incorporated herein by reference and the Base Indenture, as
supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture is herein called
the “ Indenture ” as that term is defined
in the Base Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental
Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the
Company have been done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 1
ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Establishment
.
(a) There is hereby established a
new series of Securities to be issued under this Indenture, to be
designated as the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due
2016.
(b) There are to be authenticated
and delivered on the date hereof Three Hundred Million Dollars
($300,000,000) aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
(c) The Notes shall be issued in the
form of one or more permanent Notes in substantially the form set
out in Exhibit A hereto.
(d) Each Note shall be dated the
date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the
date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
(e) With respect to the Notes (and
any Guarantees endorsed thereon) only, the Base Indenture shall be
supplemented pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 901 thereof to
establish the terms of the Notes (and any Guarantees endorsed
thereon) as set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture,
including as follows:
(i) The provisions of Articles I,
III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIII of the Base
Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the
provisions of Articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of
this First Supplemental Indenture;
(ii) The form and terms of the
securities representing the Notes required to be established
pursuant to Article II of the Base Indenture shall be established
in accordance with Article 2 of this First Supplemental
Indenture;
To the extent that the provisions of
this First Supplemental Indenture (including those referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above) conflict with any
provision of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this First
Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling, solely with
respect to the Notes (and any Guarantees endorsed
thereon).
(f) Unless otherwise expressly
specified, references in this First Supplemental Indenture to
specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and
Sections contained in this First Supplemental Indenture, and not
the Base Indenture or any other document.
SECTION 1.02. Definitions
.
(a) All capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.
(b) The following are definitions
used in this First Supplemental Indenture and to the extent that a
term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, unless
otherwise specified, the definition in this First Supplemental
Indenture shall govern solely with respect to the Notes (and any
Guarantee endorsed thereon).
“ Acquired
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person or any
of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or
consolidates with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, including Indebtedness incurred by such Person in
connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such
Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such
acquisition, merger or consolidation.
“ Additional
Notes ” means, subject to the Company’s
compliance with Section 4.09, 8% Senior Notes due 2016 issued
from time to time after the Issue Date under the terms of this
Indenture (other than pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 or 3.06
of this Indenture).
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person who directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person. The term “control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative of the
foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (other than the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) in whom a Securitization
Entity makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified
Securitization Transaction shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such
Investment.
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“ Agent ”
means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
“ Applicable
Premium ” means, with respect to any Notes on any
Redemption Date, the greater of:
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(1)
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1.0% of the
principal amount of the Note; or
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(2)
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the excess, if
any, of:
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(a)
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the present
value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of
the Note at May 1, 2013 (such redemption price being set forth
in Section 3.07 hereof), plus (ii) all required interest
payments due on such Note through May 1, 2013 (excluding
accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using
a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption
Date plus 50 basis points; over
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(b)
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the principal
amount of such Note.
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“ Applicable
Procedures ” means with respect to any transfer,
redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global
Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository that apply to such
transfer, redemption or exchange.
“ Asset
Acquisition ” means (a) an Investment by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other
Person pursuant to which 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 the assets of any Person (other than a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) other than in the ordinary
course of business.
“ Asset Sale
” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for
value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other
than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
of:
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any Capital
Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or
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(2) any other property or assets of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than
in the ordinary course of business;
provided , however , that Asset Sales or other
dispositions shall not include:
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a transaction
or series of related transactions for which the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less
than $35.0 million;
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(b)
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the sale,
lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under
Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a
Change of Control;
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(c)
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the sale or
discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable
arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof;
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(d)
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disposals or
replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of
business;
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(e)
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the sale,
lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property to one or more
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments permitted
under Section 4.07 hereof or pursuant to any Permitted
Investment;
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(f)
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sales or
contributions of accounts receivable, equipment and related assets
(including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition
of “Qualified Securitization Transaction” to a
Securitization Entity for the fair market value thereof, including
cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the fair market value
thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP (for the purposes of
this clause (f), Purchase Money Notes shall be deemed to be
cash);
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(g)
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a Restricted
Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07 hereof;
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(h)
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sales,
dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents;
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(i)
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the creation of
a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property
subject to such Lien); and
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(j)
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the license of
patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how to third Persons in
the ordinary course of business.
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“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors, or the law of any other jurisdiction
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation,
reorganization or the relief of debtors.
“ Board of
Directors ” means
(1) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of the corporation;
(2) with respect to a partnership,
the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership;
and
(3) with respect to any other
Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar
function.
“ Board
Resolution ” means, with respect to any Person, a
resolution of such Person duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
such Person and in full force and effect.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
“ Capital Stock
” means:
(1) with respect to any Person that
is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of
corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred
Stock, of such Person and
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(2) with respect to any Person that
is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity
interests of such Person.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under
GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such
obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such
obligations at such date, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means:
(1) marketable direct obligations
issued by or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(2) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States of America or any
political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of
the three highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or
Moody’s;
(3) commercial paper maturing no
more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
(4) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date
of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or by a
bank organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by
the United States of America, in each case having at the date of
acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than
$250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof);
(5) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the
types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
and
(6) investments in money market
funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of
the types described in clauses (1) through
(5) above.
“ Certificated
Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 or 2.10 hereof, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global
Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Increases or
Decreases in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events:
(1) any sale, lease, exchange or
other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “
Group ”), other than to the Permitted
Holders;
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(2) the approval by the holders of
Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise
in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture);
(3) any Person or Group (other than
the Permitted Holders) shall become the beneficial owner, directly
or indirectly, of shares representing more than 50% of the total
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of the Company; or
(4) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company
are not Continuing Directors.
“ Coleman
” means The Coleman Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“ Coleman IRB
Bonds ” means those certain industrial revenue bonds
issued pursuant to the Coleman IRB Indentures.
“ Coleman IRB
Documents ” means each of the Coleman IRB Indentures,
the Coleman IRB Leases and each other material transaction document
or instrument entered into or delivered by Coleman in connection
therewith.
“ Coleman IRB
Indentures ” means, collectively, (a) each of
the indenture and each supplemental indenture of Coleman entered
into prior to the Issue Date and (b) each supplemental
indenture entered into by Coleman after the Issue Date on
substantially the same terms as the Coleman IRB Indentures entered
into prior to the Issue Date.
“ Coleman IRB
Leases ” means, collectively, (a) each lease and
each supplemental lease of Coleman entered into prior to the Issue
Date and (b) each supplemental lease entered into by Coleman
after the Issue Date on substantially the same terms as the Coleman
IRB Leases entered into prior to the Issue Date.
“ Common Stock
” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other
participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and
whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock,
whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue
Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of
such common stock.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the sum (without duplication) of such
Person’s:
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Consolidated
Net Income; and
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(2)
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to the extent
Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:
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(a)
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all income
taxes and foreign withholding taxes and taxes based on capital and
commercial activity (or similar taxes) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for
such period;
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(b)
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Consolidated
Interest Expense;
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(c)
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Consolidated
Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated
Net Income for such period (other than normal accruals in the
ordinary course of business), all as determined on a consolidated
basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP;
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(d)
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restructuring
costs, facilities relocation costs and acquisition integration
costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in
connection with acquisitions;
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(e)
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any expenses or
charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment,
acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture including a
refinancing thereof (whether or not successful) and any amendment
or modification to the terms of any such transactions;
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(f)
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any write offs,
write downs or other non-cash charges, excluding any such charge
that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a
future period;
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(g)
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the amount of
any expense related to minority interests;
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(h)
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the amount of
any earn out payments, contingent consideration or deferred
purchase price of any kind in conjunction with
acquisitions;
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(i)
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any costs or
expenses incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any
other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock
subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such
costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the
capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of issuance of
Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock that is Preferred Stock) in each case, solely to the extent
that such cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth
in clauses (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of paragraph (a) under
Section 4.07 hereof;
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(3) decreased by (without
duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of
such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the
reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash
charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have
been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating
Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition).
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any
Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the
four full fiscal quarters (the “ Four-Quarter
Period ”) ending prior to the date of the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are
available (the “ Transaction Date ”) to
Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter
Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for
purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after
giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such
calculation to:
(1) the incurrence or repayment of
any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Designated Preferred Stock
of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the
application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to
make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other
Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Preferred Stock
(and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the
incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary
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course of business for working
capital purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring
during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the
last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or
redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds
thereof), had occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter
Period;
(2) any Asset Sales or other
dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation,
any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring,
assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and
also including any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets
which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale or
other disposition), investments, mergers, consolidations and
disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP)
occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent
to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or
Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any
such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger, consolidation or
disposed operation occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter
Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person,
the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such
guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise
assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed;
and
(3) any designation of a Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any designation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary.
Furthermore, in calculating
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of
determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:
(1) interest on outstanding
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per
annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect
on the Transaction Date; and
(2) notwithstanding clause
(1) of this paragraph, interest on Indebtedness determined on
a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by
agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed
to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to
the operation of such agreements.
For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of
assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the
amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any
Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma
calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Company. In addition, any
such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in
the reasonable determination of the Company as set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, to reflect operating expense
reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or
merger.
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of, without duplication:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense;
plus
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(2) the product of (x) the
amount of all cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred
Stock of such Person times (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax
rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good
faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate
shall be conclusive); provided that with respect to any
series of Preferred Stock that did not pay cash dividends during
such period but that is required to pay cash dividends during any
period prior to the maturity date of the Notes, cash dividends
shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to such series of
Preferred Stock during the period of accrual for purposes of this
clause (2); plus
(3) the product of (x) the
amount of all dividend payments on any series of Permitted
Subsidiary Preferred Stock times (y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax
rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good
faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate
shall be conclusive); provided that with respect to any series of
Preferred Stock that did not pay cash dividends during such period
but that is required to pay cash dividends during any period prior
to the maturity date of the Notes, cash dividends shall be deemed
to have been paid with respect to such series of Preferred Stock
during the period of accrual for purposes of this clause
(3).
“ Consolidated Interest
Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of, without duplication:
(1) the aggregate of all cash and
non-cash interest expense (net of interest income) with respect to
all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including the net costs or benefits associated with
Interest Swap Obligations, for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, but excluding
(i) amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs, deferred
financing or liquidity fees, commissions, fees and expenses,
(ii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing
fees, and (iii) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees
and charges (including any interest expense) related to any
Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(2) the consolidated interest
expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was
capitalized during such period; and
(3) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be
paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, for any period, the aggregate net
income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP and without any deduction in respect of Preferred Stock
dividends; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom to the
extent otherwise included, without duplication:
(1) gains and losses from Asset
Sales (without regard to the $35.0 million limitation set forth in
the definition thereof) and the related tax effects according to
GAAP;
(2) gains and losses due solely to
fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects
according to GAAP;
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(3) the net income (or loss) from
disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on
disposal of disposed or discontinued operations, and the related
tax effects according to GAAP;
(4) solely for the purpose of
determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of Section 4.07
hereof, the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
(other than a Guarantor) to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company of that income is not at the date of determination
wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has
not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the 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, unless such
restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar
distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated
Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of
dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in
cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the
extent not already included therein;
(5) any impairment charge or asset
write-off, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of
intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP;
(6) the net loss of any Person,
other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(7) any non-cash compensation
charges and deferred compensation charges, including any arising
from existing stock options resulting from any merger or
recapitalization transaction; provided , however ,
that Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be reduced by any
cash payments made during such period by such Person in connection
with any such deferred compensation, whether or not such reduction
is in accordance with GAAP;
(8) all extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring charges, gains and losses (including, without
limitation, all restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs,
acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance
payments made in connection with acquisitions, and any expense or
charge related to the repurchase of Capital Stock or warrants or
options to purchase Capital Stock), and the related tax effects
according to GAAP;
(9) inventory purchase accounting
adjustments and amortization and impairment charges resulting from
other purchase accounting adjustments in connection with
acquisition transactions;
(10) the net income of any Person,
other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the
extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by such Person; and
(11) in the case of a successor to
the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee
of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the
successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer of assets.
For purposes of clause (a)(iii)(A)
of Section 4.07 hereof, Consolidated Net Income shall be
reduced by any cash dividends paid with respect to any series of
Designated Preferred Stock.
“ Consolidated Non-cash
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the aggregate depreciation, depletion, amortization and
other non-cash charges, impairments and expenses of such
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Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing
Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges that require an
accrual of or a reserve for cash payments for any future period
other than accruals or reserves associated with mandatory
repurchases of equity securities). For clarification purposes,
purchase accounting adjustments with respect to inventory will be
included in Consolidated Non-cash Charges.
“ Continuing
Directors ” means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the Issue Date; or
(2) was nominated for election or
elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority
of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the
time of such nomination or election.
“ Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee ” shall 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 Holders and
the Company.
“ Credit
Facility ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of
January 24, 2005, as amended to the Issue Date, among the
Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders
thereunder, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as successor to Lehman
Commercial Paper, Inc., as administrative agent, Citicorp USA,
Inc., as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., National
City Bank of Indiana, and Suntrust Bank as co-documentation agents,
and any other agent party thereto, together with the related
documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee
agreements and security documents), and any amendments,
supplements, modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals,
restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures
or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or
other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace,
refund, refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes,
other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any
such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture
that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the
maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is
permitted under Section 4.09 hereof).
“ Currency
Agreement ”, with respect to any specified Person,
means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such
specified Person against fluctuations in currency
values.
“ Custodian
” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03(c) as Custodian with respect to the Notes, and
any and all successors thereto appointed as custodian hereunder and
having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
“ Default
” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or
with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an
Event of Default.
“ Depositary
” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03(b) hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary
hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
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“ Designated Non-cash
Consideration ” means any non-cash consideration
received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated
Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate
executed by the principal financial officer and any of the other
executive officers of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at
the time of such Asset Sale. Any particular item of Designated
Non-cash Consideration will cease to be considered to be
outstanding once it has been sold for cash or Cash
Equivalents.
“ Designated Preferred
Stock ” means Preferred Stock that is so designated
as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to an Officers’
Certificate executed by the principal financial officer and any of
the other executive officers of the Company, on the issuance date
thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clause (a)(iii)(B) of Section 4.07
hereof.
“ Disqualified Capital
Stock ” means with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder) or upon the happening of any
event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily
redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such
Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(2) is convertible or exchangeable
at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock;
or
(3) is mandatorily redeemable or
must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or
otherwise, in whole or in part;
in each case on or prior to the
final maturity date of the Notes; provided , however
, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified
Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the
right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital
Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or
“change of control” occurring prior to the final
maturity date of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified
Capital Stock if:
(i) the “asset sale” or
“change of control” provisions applicable to such
Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital
Stock than the terms applicable to the Notes and described in
Sections 4.10 and 4.13 hereof; and
(ii) any such requirement only
becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to
the Notes, including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant
thereto.
The amount of any Disqualified
Capital Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or
repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of
such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital
Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the
amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to
this Indenture; provided , however , that if such
Disqualified Capital Stock could not be required to be redeemed,
repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the
redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of
such Disqualified Capital Stock as reflected in the most recent
internal financial statements of such Person.
“ Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated under the laws of
the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia.
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“ Equity
Offering ” means any offering of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and all
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor statute or statutes thereto.
“ Excluded
Contribution ” means net cash proceeds, Marketable
Securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company
from:
(1) contributions to its common
equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to a
Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or stock
option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or
agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,
in each case designated as Excluded
Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed
by an executive vice president and the principal financial officer
of the Company on the date such capital contributions are made or
the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be, which are
excluded from the calculation set forth in
Section 4.07(a)(iii) hereof.
“ Existing Foreign
Credit Facilities ” means that (i) credit
agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, as amended from time
to time, by and among Sunbeam Corporation (Canada) Limited, Jarden
Corporation, as loan party and guarantor, each of the lenders party
thereto from time to time, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as
administrative agent for the lenders, Citicorp USA, Inc., as
syndication agent for the lenders and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
and CIBC World Markets Corp., as joint-lead arrangers and joint
book running managers and (ii) credit agreement, dated as of
December 23, 2005, as amended from time to time, by and among
Jarden Acquisition ETVE, S.L., each of the lenders party thereto
from time to time, ABN Amro Bank, N.V., Sucursal en España,
as agent for the lenders, and Jarden Corporation.
“ fair market
value ” means, with respect to any asset or property,
the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s length, free
market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or
compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting
reasonably and in good faith.
“ Family ”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) the current and
former spouses of such Person and (ii) the ancestors, siblings
and descendants, whether by blood or adoption, of such
Person.
“ Foreign Credit
Facilities ” means the Existing Foreign Credit
Facilities and each other loan or line of credit made available by
one or more lenders to a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
a local credit facility, together with the related documents
thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements
and security documents), and any amendments, supplements,
modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals, restatements,
refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit
facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other
institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund,
refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes, other
credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such
replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that
increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity
thereof ( provided that such increase in borrowings is
permitted under Section 4.09 hereof.
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“ Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Domestic Restricted 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 may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of
the United States of America, as in effect as of the Issue
Date.
“ Global Note
Legend ” means the legend set forth in the form of
Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is required to be placed
on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“ Global Notes
” means the global Notes in the form of Exhibit A hereto
issued in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
“ Guarantee
” means:
(1) the guarantee of the Notes by
Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture; and
(2) the guarantee of the Notes by
any Restricted Subsidiary required under the terms of
Section 4.17 hereof.
“ Guarantor
” means any Restricted Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee;
provided that upon the release and discharge of such
Restricted Subsidiary from its Guarantee in accordance with this
Indenture, such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a
Guarantor.
“ Hedging
Agreement ” means, with respect to any Person, any
agreement with respect to the hedging of price risk associated with
the purchase of commodities used in the business of such Person, so
long as any such agreement has been entered into in the ordinary
course of business and not for purposes of speculation.
“ Holder ”
means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
“ Indebtedness
” means with respect to any Person, at any date of
determination, without duplication:
(1) all Obligations of such Person
for borrowed money;
(2) all Obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
(3) all Capitalized Lease
Obligations of such Person;
(4) all Obligations of such Person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business);
(5) all Obligations for the
reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;
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(6) guarantees and other contingent
obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses
(1) through (5) above and clause
(8) below;
(7) all Obligations of any other
Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through
(6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of
such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the
lesser of the fair market value of such property or asset and the
amount of the Obligation so secured;
(8) all Obligations under Currency
Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations of such Person;
and
(9) all Disqualified Capital Stock
issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented
by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of
its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum
fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if
any,
if and to the extent any of the
preceding items (other than letters or credit) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
term “Indebtedness” will exclude:
(i) in connection with the purchase
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business,
post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become
entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final
closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of
such business after the closing; provided , however ,
that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not
determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes
fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 60 days
thereafter;
(ii) any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes;
(iii) worker’s compensation
claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety, appeal and
similar bonds and completion guarantees provided in the ordinary
course of business;
(iv) obligations arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is
extinguished within two Business Days of its Incurrence;
(v) any Indebtedness defeased or
called for redemption; and
(vi) the Coleman IRB Bonds and the
Coleman IRB Leases to the extent not required to appear as a
liability (or, in the case of the Coleman IRB Leases, as a
Capitalized Lease Obligation) upon a balance sheet of the specified
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes hereof, the
“maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified
Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased
on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be
determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based
upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified
Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined
reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock. For the purposes of
calculating the amount of Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity
outstanding as of any date, the face or notional amount of any
interest in receivables or equipment that is outstanding as of such
date shall be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Securitization
Entity but any such interests held by Affiliates of such
Securitization Entity shall be excluded for purposes of such
calculation.
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“ Indirect
Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“ Initial Notes
” means $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.
“ Interest Payment
Dates ” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph
1 of the Notes.
“ Interest Swap
Obligations ” means the obligations of any Person
pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby directly
or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time
periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a
fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for
periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying
a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount
and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps,
options, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
“ Investment
” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a
guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of
cash or other property to others or any payment for property or
services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or
acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any Person. “Investment” shall exclude extensions
of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its fair
market value at the time the Investment is made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in its fair market value.
“ Investment Grade
Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3
(or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent)
by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating
Agency.
“ Issue Date
” means April 30, 2009.
“ Legal Holiday
” means a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the city of New York, the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located or any other place
of payment on the Notes are authorized by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.
“ Lien ”
means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest,
charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof
and any agreement to give any security interest).
“ Marketable
Securities ” means publicly traded debt or equity
securities that are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange and that were issued by a corporation whose debt
securities are rated in one of the three highest rating categories
by either S&P or Moody’s.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor thereto.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments
in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the
form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any
such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale
net of:
(1) reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales
commissions and title and recording tax expenses);
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(2) all Federal, state, provincial,
foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under
GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale;
(3) appropriate amounts to be
provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after
such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale;
(4) all distributions and other
payments required to be made to minority interest holders in
Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale;
and
(5) all payments made on any
Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset
Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other
security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or
which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent
to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the
proceeds from such Asset Sale.
“ Obligations
” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Officer
” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the
principal accounting officer, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, any Executive Vice President or any Vice President of
the Company.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a certificate, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, signed by two
Officers of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the
principal executive officer, the Treasurer, Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President, the principal accounting officer,
or principal financial officer of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel.
Counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or any
Subsidiary.
“ Participant
” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an
account with the Depositary.
“ Permitted
Business ” means any business (including stock or
assets) that derives a majority of its revenues from the business
engaged in by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the
Issue Date, any other business in the consumer products industry
and/or activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary or related
to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the
businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
engaged on the Issue Date or any business in the consumer products
industry.
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“ Permitted
Holders ” means (i) Martin E. Franklin or Ian
Ashken; (ii) any member of the Family of Martin E. Franklin or
Ian Ashken; (iii) any conservatorship, custodianship or
decedent’s estate of any Person specified in the foregoing
clauses (i) or (ii); (iv) any trust established for the
benefit of any Person specified in the foregoing clauses
(i) or (ii); or (v) any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or other entity, the controlling equity
interests in which are held by or for the benefit of any one or
more Person specified in the foregoing clauses (i) or
(ii).
“ Permitted
Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, each of
the following:
(1) Indebtedness under the Notes
(other than any Additional Notes) and the related
Guarantees;
(2) Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to the Credit
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
not to exceed $1,850.0 million less:
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the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of Securitization Entities at the time
outstanding in excess of $250 million;
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the amount of
all mandatory principal payments actually made by the Company or
any such Restricted Subsidiary since the Issue Date with the Net
Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale in respect of term loans under the
Credit Facility (excluding any such payments to the extent
refinanced at the time of payment); and
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further reduced
by any repayments of revolving credit borrowings under the Credit
Facility with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale that are
accompanied by a corresponding commitment reduction
thereunder;
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(3) Indebtedness of a Foreign
Restricted Subsidiary (and any guarantees thereof by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) incurred pursuant to the
Foreign Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding not to exceed $150.0 million;
(4) other indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue
Date and not described in clauses (1) through (3) above
or clause (13) below;
(5) Interest Swap Obligations of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries covering Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided that any Indebtedness to which any such Interest
Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture; provided , further , that such
Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the
Company, to protect the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries from fluctuation in interest rates on its outstanding
Indebtedness;
(6) Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedging Agreements and Currency
Agreements;
(7) the incurrence by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness
between or among the Company and any such Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that:
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if the Company
is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, and
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(1) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in
any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof and
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(2) any sale or other transfer of
any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than by way of granting a
Lien permitted under this Indenture or in connection with the
exercise of remedies by a secured creditor) shall be deemed, in
each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was
not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) Indebtedness (including
Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease or
improvement of property (real or personal), plant, or equipment
(whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock
of any person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;
(9) Refinancing Indebtedness (other
than Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (13) and (15) of this
definition);
(10) guarantees by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries of each other’s Indebtedness;
provided that such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture;
(11) Indebtedness arising from
agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn
out or other similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed
in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, 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 the maximum assumable
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;
(12) obligations in respect of
performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the
ordinary course of business;
(13) (i) the incurrence by a
Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization
Transaction that is nonrecourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings); and
(ii) and the incurrence of Indebtedness in a Qualified
Securitization Transaction;
(14) Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business; provided
that on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after
giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds
therefrom, either:
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the Company
would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio or
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the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be
greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Company immediately prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness;
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(15) additional Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (which amount may, but need
not, be incurred in whole or in part under a credit facility) in an
aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $100.0 million at
any one time outstanding;
(16) Indebtedness arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight
overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business; provided , however , that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of
incurrence;
(17) Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit
for the account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, issued in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, including, without
limitation, in order to provide security for workers’
compensation claims or payment obligations in connection with
self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of
business and other Indebtedness with respect to workers’
compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance,
surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary
course of business; and
(18) loans made to Coleman by the
insurers under Coleman’s whole life insurance policies;
provided , that such loans shall not be permitted unless
(x) the amount of each such loan made with respect to a
particular whole life insurance policy shall not exceed the cash
surrender value of such policy, (y) the proceeds of each such
loan shall be used to prepay in full the premiums due to the
insurer for such policy and (z) such loan shall be secured by
a Lien only on such policy.
For purposes of determining
compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses
(1) through (18) above or is entitled to be incurred
pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions
of such covenant, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, divide
and classify (or later redivide and reclassify) such item of
Indebtedness in any manner that complies with such covenant.
Accrual of interest, 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 Capital Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be
deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of
Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of Section 4.09
hereof.
“ Permitted
Investments ” means:
(1) Investments by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a minority interest)
(whether existing on the Issue Date or created thereafter) or any
other Person (including by means of any transfer of cash or other
property) if as a result of such Investment such other Person shall
become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which an Affiliate of the
Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a
minority interest) or that will merge with or consolidate into the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and Investments
in the Company by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
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(2) investments in cash and Cash
Equivalents;
(3) loans and advances (including
payroll, travel and similar advances) to employees and officers of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business
purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent
with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of
Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to compensatory plans
approved by the Board of Directors in good faith;
(4) Currency Agreements, Hedging
Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the
ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with this
Indenture;
(5) Investments in securities of
trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or
insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or in good faith
settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or
customers;
(6) Investments received in
compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other
disputes with persons who are not Affiliates;
(7) Investments made by the Company
or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration
received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with
Section 4.10 hereof;
(8) Investments existing on the
Issue Date;
(9) accounts receivable or notes
receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of
business;
(10) guarantees by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company permitted to be incurred under
this Indenture;
(11) additional Investments having
an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at that
time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) $125.0
million and (B) 3.0% of the Company’s Total
Assets;
(12) any Investment by the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company in a Securitization Entity or any
Investment by a Securitization Entity in any other Person in
connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided
that any Investment in a Securitization Entity is in the form of a
Purchase Money Note or an equity interest;
(13) purchases or redemptions of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than Subordinated Indebtedness);
(14) Investments the payment for
which consists exclusively of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company; and
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(15) any Investment in any Person to
the extent it consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments
held for collection and lease, utility and workers’
compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the
ordinary course of business.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means:
(1) Liens in favor of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) Liens on property of a Person
existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; 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 Restricted
Subsidiary;
(3) Liens on property (including
Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property
other than that acquired;
(4) 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;
(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness
(including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause
(8) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”
covering only the assets acquired with such
Indebtedness;
(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness
(x) permitted by clause (2) of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness and (y) additional Indebtedness in
excess of the maximum amount permitted pursuant to subclause
(x) (to the extent such maximum amount has been borrowed or
commitments are in effect with respect to such maximum amount), so
long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any
Indebtedness pursuant to this subclause (y) (or, in the case
of revolving Indebtedness, the obtaining of a commitment for such
Indebtedness), the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be less than
or equal to 3.0 to 1.0;
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date
(other than Liens described in clause (6) above);
(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 on (i) the assets of
a Securitization Entity securing Indebtedness owing by any
Securitization Entity pursuant to any Qualified Securitization
Transaction and (ii) any right, title and interest of any
originator in any equipment or assets transferred or intended to be
transferred by such originator pursuant to the documents entered
into in connection with a Qualified Securitization
Transaction;
(10) Liens on the property of
Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness of Foreign
Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(11) 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;
(12) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business for amounts which are not overdue for a period
of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(13) any pledges or deposits in the
ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, employment and unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by
ERISA;
(14) deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, or
arising as a result of process payments under government contracts
to the extent required or imposed by applicable laws, all to the
extent incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(15) easements, rights-of-way,
restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property
which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which
do not in any case materially detract from the value of the real
property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the applicable Person conducted and
proposed to be conducted at such real property;
(16) financing statements with
respect to a lessor’s rights in and to personal property
leased to such Person in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business;
(17) Liens granted pursuant to the
Coleman IRB Documents; provided that such Liens attach only
to the property that is financed with the proceeds of the Coleman
IRB Bonds;
(18) Liens granted by Coleman on its
whole life insurance policies to secure cash surrender value
loans;
(19) Liens granted by a Subsidiary
in favor of a licensor under any intellectual property license
agreement entered into by such Subsidiary, as licensee, in the
ordinary course of such Subsidiary’s business;
provided that (i) such Liens do not encumber any
property other than the intellectual property licensed by such
Subsidiary pursuant to the applicable license agreement and the
property manufactured or sold by such Subsidiary utilizing such
intellectual property and (ii) the value of the property
subject to such Liens does not, at any time, exceed $10
million;
(20) Liens securing the Notes and
the Guarantees;
(21) Liens securing other
Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $75.0 million at any time
outstanding; and
(22) Liens securing Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted
by clauses (2) and (7) of this definition; provided that
such Liens do not extend to any property other than the property
which secured the Indebtedness so refinanced.
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“ Permitted Subsidiary
Preferred Stock ” means any series of Preferred Stock
of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes Qualified
Capital Stock, the liquidation value of all series of which, when
combined with the aggregate amount of outstanding Indebtedness of
the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause
(3) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not
exceed $25.0 million.
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Preferred
Stock ” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such
Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of
such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon
liquidation.
“ Productive
Assets ” means assets (including Capital Stock) that
are used or usable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in Permitted Businesses.
“ Purchase Money
Note ” means a promissory note of a Securitization
Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction to a Securitization Entity,
which note shall be repaid from cash available to the
Securitization Entity other than amounts required to be established
as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in
respect of interest and principal and amounts paid in connection
with the purchase of newly generated receivables.
“ Qualified Capital
Stock ” means any Capital Stock that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
“ Qualified
Proceeds ” means assets that are used or useful in,
or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Permitted Business;
provided that the fair market value of any such assets or
Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company in good faith.
“ Qualified
Securitization Transaction ” means any transaction or
series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer
to:
(1) a Securitization Entity (in the
case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries); and
(2) any other Person (in the case of
a transfer by a Securitization Entity),
or may grant a security interest in
any accounts receivable or equipment (whether now existing or
arising or acquired 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 and equipment, all contracts and contract rights and all
guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts
receivable and equipment, proceeds of such accounts receivable and
equipment and other assets (including contract rights) which are
customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests
are customarily granted in connection with assets securitization
transactions involving accounts receivable and
equipment.
“ Rating
Agencies ” means Moody’s and S&P or if
Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the
Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the
Company that shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or
both, as the case may be.
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“ Refinance
” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to
refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or
retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or
replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part.
“Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have
correlative meanings.
“ 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 extend, refinance, renew,
replace, defease or refund 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 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 Required Premiums and expenses
incurred in connection therewith); and
(2) such Refinancing Indebtedness
has a final maturity date the same as or later than the final
maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal
to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded.
“ Regular Record
Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date means the applicable date specified as a “Record
Date” on the face of the Note.
“ Responsible
Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer (including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Treasurer or Trust Officer) within the
Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor group
of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration
of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any Subsidiary of
such Person which at the time of determination is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“ Sale and Leaseback
Transaction ” means any direct or indirect
arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party
providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of any property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or
is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of
such property.
“ SEC ”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Secured Debt
” means, for any Person, the consolidated amount of
Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
without duplication, of the types described in clauses
(1) through (5) of the definition of Indebtedness (or any
guarantee obligations or obligations of the type described in
clause (7) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any such
Indebtedness of any other Person) to the extent that it is secured
by a Lien on any assets of such
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Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries and
treating any commitment to provide any revolving Indebtedness as
though such commitment was fully drawn; provided that Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to a Qualified Securitization Transaction shall
be excluded from any calculation of Secured Debt.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Securitization
Entity ” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company (or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable or
equipment and related assets) which engages in no activities other
than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable or
equipment and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the
Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity:
(1) no portion of the Indebtedness
or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of
which:
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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 Standard Securitization
Undertakings);
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is recourse to
or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings; or
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subjects any
property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to
the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings;
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(2) 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 that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees
payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with
servicing receivables of such entity other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings; and
(3) to which neither the Company nor
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any obligations to
maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or
cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results
other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings.
Any such designation by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by
filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution of
the Company giving effect to such designation and an
Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with foregoing conditions.
“ Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, for any Person, the
ratio of (x) Secured Debt of such Person as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are
available (the “ Transaction Date ”) to
(y) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the most recently
ended period of four fiscal quarters ending prior to the
Transaction Date (the “ Four Quarter Period
”) for which internal financial statements are available. In
addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes
of this definition, “Secured Debt” and
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall be calculated after giving
effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation
to:
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the incurrence
or repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds
thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any
incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application
of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital
purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring during
the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day
of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date,
as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the
application of the proceeds thereof), had occurred on the first day
of the Four-Quarter Period;
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any Asset Sales
or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without
limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make
such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition)
incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired
Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset
Acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition), investments,
mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in
accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or
at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period
and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or
other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or
assumption of any such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger,
consolidation or disposed operation occurred on the first day of
the Four-Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a
third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the
incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or
otherwise assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed;
and
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any designation
of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any
designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary.
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For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of
assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the
amount of Secured Debt incurred in connection therewith, the pro
forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a
responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company in a
manner consistent with Regulation S-X.
“ Significant
Subsidiary ” with respect to any Person, means any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria
for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
“ Standard
Securitization Undertakings ” means representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company,
in an accounts receivable or equipment transaction.
“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal (including any sinking fund payment) on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or
principal prior to the date originally scheduled for their
payment.
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“ Subordinated
Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary if the instrument creating or evidencing
such Indebtedness or pursuant to which such Indebtedness is
outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness is
subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the
Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be.
“ Subsidiary
” with respect to any Person, means:
(i) any corporation of which the
outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary
circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly by
such Person; or
(ii) any other Person of which at
least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary
circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person.
“ TIA ”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb) and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect
on the date which this Indenture is qualified under the
TIA.
“ Total Assets
” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the
Company’s most recently available internal consolidated
balance sheet as of such date.
“ Treasury Rate
” means, at the time of computation, the yield to maturity of
United States Treasury Securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15(519) which has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date or, if such
Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available
source of similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from
the redemption date to May 1, 2013; provided ,
however , that if the period from the redemption date to
May 1, 2013 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United
States Treasury Security for which a weekly average yield is given,
the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly
average yields of United States Treasury Securities for which such
yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption
date to May 1, 2013 is less than one year, the weekly average
yield on actually traded United States Treasury Securities adjusted
to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means:
(1) any Subsidiary of such Person
that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of
such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired
or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless
such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so
designated or another Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided
that:
(1) the Company certifies to the
Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.07
hereof; and
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(2) each Subsidiary to be so
designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of
designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has
recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving
effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof and
(y) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to
such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
giving effect to such designation and an Officers’
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
Actions taken by an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will not be deemed to have been taken, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“ U.S. Government
Securities ” means direct obligations (or
certificates representing an ownership interest in such
obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency
or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith
and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are
not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.
“ Weighted Average Life
to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness
at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
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outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness;
into
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the sum of the
total of the products obtained by multiplying;
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the amount of
each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payment of principal, including payment at final
maturity, in respect thereof; by
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the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
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“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any Subsidiary of
such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other
than in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is incorporated in
a jurisdiction other than a State in the United States of America
or the District of Columbia, directors’ qualifying shares or
an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other
Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
SECTION 1.03. Other
Definitions .
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Defined in Section
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Acceleration Notice
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6.02
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Affiliate Transaction
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4.11
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Asset Sale Offer
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4.10
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Asset Sale Offer Amount
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4.10
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Asset Sale Offer Payment Date
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Authentication Order
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Change of Control Offer
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4.13
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Change of Control Payment Date
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Company
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Preamble
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Covenant Defeasance
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8.03
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Covenant Suspension Event
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4.19
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2.03(b)
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Events of Default
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6.01
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11.01
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Incur
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4.09
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Legal Defeasance
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8.02
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Notes
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Preamble
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Offer to Purchase
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3.09(a)
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Offer Period
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3.09(b)
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Offer Amount
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3.09(b)
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Parri Passu Debt
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4.10(a)
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Paying Agent
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2.03(a)
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Purchase Date
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3.09(b)
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Reference Date
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4.07(a)(iii)(A)
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Redemption Date
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2.08(d)
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Registrar
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2.03(a)
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Restricted Payment
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4.07
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Reversion Date
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4.19(a)
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Surviving Entity
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5.01(a)(i)
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Suspended Covenants
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SECTION 1.04. Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act .
(a) Whenever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
(b) The following TIA terms used in
this Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture securities”
means the Notes and the Guarantees;
“indenture security
holder” means a Holder;
“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture trustee” or
“institutional trustee” means the Trustee;
and
“obligor” on the Notes
means the Company and any successor obligor upon the
Notes.
(c) 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 and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them
either in the TIA, by another statute or SEC rule, as
applicable.
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SECTION 1.05. Rules of Construction
.
(a) Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned
to it;
(ii) an accounting term not
otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(iii) “or” is not
exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include
the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(v) all references in this
instrument to “Articles,” “Sections” and
other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and
subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed;
(vi) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
(vii) “including” means
“including without limitation;”
(viii) provisions apply to
successive events and transactions; and
(ix) references to sections of or
rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall
be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections
or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time
thereunder.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Pursuant to Section 201 of the
Base Indenture, the provisions of this Article 2 establish the form
of the Notes under this First Supplemental Indenture, and to the
extent that any provisions of this Article 2 are duplicative, or in
contradiction with, the Base Indenture, the provisions of this
Article 2 shall govern the Notes.
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating
.
(a) General . The Notes and
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage in addition to those set forth on
Exhibit A . Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The
terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the 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.
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(b) Book-Entry Provisions .
This Section 2.01(b) shall only apply to Global Notes
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary.
Participants and Indirect Participants shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf
by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian for the
Depositary or under such Global Note, and the Depositary shall be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company
or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair,
as between the Depositary and its Participants or Indirect
Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the operation of
customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global
Note.
(c) Certificated Notes .
Except as otherwise provided herein, owners of beneficial interests
in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery
of Certificated Notes.
For greater certainty, the
provisions of this Section 2.01(c) are subject to the
requirements relating to notations, legends or endorsements on
Notes required by law, stock exchange rule, or agreements to which
any the Company is subject, if any.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and
Authentication .
(a) One Officer shall sign the Notes
for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
(b) If an Officer whose signature is
on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
(c) A Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
(d) The Trustee shall, upon a
written order of the Company signed by one Officer (an “
Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for
original issue.
(e) The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an
authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee
may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with
Holders or an Affiliate of the Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and
Paying Agent .
(a) The Company shall maintain an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”)
and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment
(“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall
keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes
any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes
any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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(b) The Company initially appoints
The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
(c) The Company initially appoints
the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as
Custodian with respect to the Global Notes, and the Trustee hereby
initially agrees so to act.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust .
The Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall
notify the Trustee of any default by the 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) shall have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it shall 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 shall serve as Paying Agent
for the Notes.
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists
.
The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list
available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at
least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such form and as of such date or such shorter time as the Trustee
may allow, as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders, and the Company shall otherwise comply
with TIA Section 312(a).
Holders may communicate pursuant to
TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) Transfer and Exchange of
Certificated Notes . When Certificated Notes are presented to
the Registrar with a request:
(1) to register the transfer of such
Certificated Notes; or
(2) to exchange such Certificated
Notes for an equal principal amount of Certificated Notes of other
authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable
requirements for such transaction are met; provided ,
however , that the Certificated Notes surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing;
(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a
Certificated Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note .
A Certificated Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest
in a Global Note except upon satisfaction
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of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Note, duly endorsed or
accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, together with written instructions
directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Custodian to make,
an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global
Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes represented by the Global Note, then the Trustee shall
cancel such Certificated Note and cause, or direct the Custodian to
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures
existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, the aggregate
principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be
increased accordingly. If no Global Notes are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon
written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’
Certificate from the Company, a new Global Note in the appropriate
principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of
Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or
beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the
Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable
restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the
procedures of the Depositary therefor.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer and
Exchange of Global Notes . Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in
subsection (e) of this Section 2.06), a Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except 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.
(e) Authentication in Absence of
Depositary . If at any time:
(1) the Company delivers to the
Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable
to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole
discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in
part) should be exchanged for Certificated Notes and delivers a
written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(3) there has occurred and is
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes
and beneficial owners holding interests representing an aggregate
principal amount of at least 51% of such Notes represented by
Global Notes advise the Trustee in writing that the continuation of
a book-entry system through the Depositary is no longer in such
owner’s best interests.
then the Company will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate
requesting the authentication and delivery of Certificated Notes to
the Persons designated by the Company, will authenticate and
deliver Certificated Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of Global Notes, in exchange for such
Global Notes.
(f) Cancellation and/or
Adjustment of Global Note . At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for
Certificated Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global
Note shall be returned to the Depositary for cancellation or
retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for Certificated Notes, redeemed, repurchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global
Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books
and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Custodian for such
Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or
the Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
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(g) Obligations with Respect to
Transfers and Exchanges of Notes .
(1) To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate Certificated Notes and Global Notes at the
Registrar’s request.
(2) No service charge shall be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax,
assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
(3) The Registrar shall not be
required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) any
Note selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to
Article 3, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed
in part, or (b) any Note for a period beginning 15 Business
Days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or
redeem Notes or 15 Business Days before an Interest Payment Date
(whether or not an Interest Payment Date or other date determined
for the payment of interest), and ending on such mailing date or
Interest Payment Date, as the case may be.
(4) Prior to the due presentation
for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in
whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the
Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
(5) All Notes issued upon any
transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall
evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
(h) No Obligation of the
Trustee .
(1) The Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global
Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other
Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the
Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof,
with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect
to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or
other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including
any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or
with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be
given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under
the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the
registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in
the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any
Global Note in global form shall be exercised only through the
Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the
Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in
relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect
to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(2) The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Note (including, without limitation, any
transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or
beneficial owners 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.
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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 shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the
Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or
the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that
is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a
Note.
In case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note had become or is about to become due
and payable, the Company, in its discretion, may, instead of
issuing a new Note, pay such Note, upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
all ot