Back to top

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Addendum or Modifications

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE | Document Parties: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION You are currently viewing:
This Addendum or Modifications involves

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here.
Title: SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/3/2009
Industry: Business Services     Law Firm: Bass Berry     Sector: Services

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, Parties: corrections corporation , us bank national association
50 of the Top 250 law firms use our Products every day

Exhibit 4.2

 

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 3, 2009

7 3 / 4 % SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

310 (a)(1)

 

7.10

(a)(2)

 

7.10

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

(a)(5)

 

7.10

(b)

 

7.10

(c)

 

N.A.

311 (a)

 

7.11

(b)

 

7.11

(c)

 

N.A.

312 (a)

 

2.05

(b)

 

12.03

(c)

 

12.03

313 (a)

 

7.06

(b)(2)

 

7.06; 7.07

(c)

 

7.06; 12.02

(d)

 

7.06

314 (a)

 

4.03; 12.02; 12.05

(c)(1)

 

12.04

(c)(2)

 

12.04

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

(e)

 

12.05

(f)

 

N.A.

315 (a)

 

7.01

(b)

 

7.05; 12.02

(c)

 

7.01

(d)

 

7.01

(e)

 

6.11

316 (a)(last sentence)

 

2.09

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.04

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

(b)

 

6.07

(c)

 

2.12

317 (a)(1)

 

6.08

(a)(2)

 

6.09

(b)

 

2.04

318 (a)

 

12.01

(b)

 

N.A.

(c)

 

12.01

 

 

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

 

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

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01. Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02. Other Definitions

 

 

18

 

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

18

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating

 

 

19

 

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication

 

 

19

 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

19

 

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

20

 

Section 2.05. Holder Lists

 

 

20

 

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange

 

 

20

 

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes

 

 

23

 

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes

 

 

23

 

Section 2.09. Treasury Notes

 

 

24

 

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes

 

 

24

 

Section 2.11. Cancellation

 

 

24

 

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee

 

 

25

 

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased

 

 

25

 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption

 

 

25

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

26

 

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price

 

 

26

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part

 

 

26

 

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption

 

 

26

 

Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption

 

 

27

 

Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes

 

 

28

 

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

29

 

Section 4.03. Reports

 

 

29

 

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate

 

 

30

 

Section 4.05. Taxes

 

 

30

 

Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

 

 

30

 

Section 4.07. Changes in Covenants when Notes Rated Investment Grade

 

 

30

 

Section 4.08. Restricted Payments

 

 

31

 

Section 4.09. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

 

 

33

 

Section 4.10. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

 

 

35

 

-i-


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

Section 4.11. Asset Sales

 

 

37

 

Section 4.12. Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

38

 

Section 4.13. Liens

 

 

39

 

Section 4.14. Business Activities

 

 

39

 

Section 4.15. Corporate Existence

 

 

39

 

Section 4.16. Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control

 

 

40

 

Section 4.17. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

 

41

 

Section 4.18. Payments for Consent

 

 

41

 

Section 4.19. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees

 

 

41

 

Section 4.20. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets

 

 

42

 

Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default

 

 

43

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration

 

 

44

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies

 

 

44

 

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

45

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority

 

 

45

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits

 

 

45

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment

 

 

45

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

45

 

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

45

 

Section 6.10. Priorities

 

 

46

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee

 

 

46

 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee

 

 

47

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

48

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

48

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults

 

 

48

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes

 

 

48

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

48

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

 

 

49

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

 

50

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

50

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

50

 

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

50

 

Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance

 

 

51

 

Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

51

 

-ii-


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

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

 

 

52

 

Section 8.06. Repayment to Company

 

 

52

 

Section 8.07. Reinstatement

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

53

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

54

 

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

55

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

55

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

55

 

Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01. Guarantee

 

 

55

 

Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability

 

 

56

 

Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee

 

 

56

 

Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms

 

 

57

 

Section 10.05. Releases Following Sale of Assets

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge

 

 

58

 

Section 11.02. Application of Trust Money

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

59

 

Section 12.02. Notices

 

 

59

 

Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes

 

 

60

 

Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

60

 

Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

60

 

Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

 

61

 

Section 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 

 

61

 

Section 12.08. Governing Law

 

 

61

 

Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

 

61

 

Section 12.10. Successors

 

 

61

 

Section 12.11. Severability

 

 

61

 

Section 12.12. Counterpart Originals

 

 

61

 

Section 12.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

 

 

 

-iii-


 

     SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 3, 2009 among Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.

     WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into a Base Indenture, dated as of January 23, 2006 (the “ Base Indenture ”);

     WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture for, among other things, the purpose of establishing the designation, form, terms and provisions of Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture) of any Series (as defined in the Base Indenture) as permitted by Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture;

     WHEREAS, clause (7) of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture changing or eliminating any provision of the Base Indenture; provided , that any such change shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding (as defined in the Base Indenture);

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish and issue a new Series (as defined in the Base Indenture) of the Company’s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Notes due 2017 pursuant to the Base Indenture, as modified by this Second Supplemental Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors desire to enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the designation, form, terms and provisions of the Notes and to make deletions, modifications and additions to the Base Indenture pertaining to the Notes, as contemplated by Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto, for the benefit of each other and for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Persons who hereafter become Holders (as defined herein) of Notes, hereby enter into this Second Supplemental Indenture, which amends, modifies, supplements and restates (as applicable) the Base Indenture with respect to (and only with respect to) the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     Section 1.01. Definitions .

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

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

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

     “ Additional Notes ” means any Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.10 hereof, as part of the same Series (as defined in the Base Indenture) as the Initial Notes.

     “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by

 


 

agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

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

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

     “ Asset Sale ” means:

     (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights of the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Sections 4.16 and 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.11 hereof; and

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

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset Sales:

     (1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves the sale of assets or the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary having a fair market value of less than $10.0 million;

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

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

     (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

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

     (6) a Permitted Investment or a Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.08 hereof.

     “ Asset Swap ” means an exchange of assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for:

     (1) one or more Permitted Businesses;

     (2) a controlling equity interest in any Person whose assets consist primarily of one or more Permitted Businesses; and/or

     (3) one or more real estate properties.

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

-2-


 

     “ Auction Rate Securities ” means any debt instruments with a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is reset through a “dutch auction” process with interest on such Auction Rate Securities being paid at the end of each such auction period; provided , however , that such Auction Rate Securities shall have, at the time of purchase, one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P.

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

     “ Base Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

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

     “ Board of Directors ” means:

     (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;

     (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.

     “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

     “ Capital Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Capital Stock ” means:

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

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

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

     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

     “ Cash Equivalents ” means:

     (1) United States dollars;

     (2) Government Securities having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

     (3) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition;

-3-


 

     (4) Auction Rate Securities;

     (5) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson BankWatch Rating of “B” or better;

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

     (7) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and

     (8) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (7) of this definition.

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

     (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

     (2) the approval by the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or if no such approval is required the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company by its Board of Directors;

     (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company;

     (4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting 45% or more of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance); or

     (5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.

     “ Company ” means Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation, and any and all successors thereto.

     “ Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus :

     (1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

-4-


 

     (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

     (3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

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

     (5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,

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

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

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

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

     (3) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition will be excluded;

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

     (5) the Net Income or loss of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.

     “ Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means the total assets, less goodwill and other intangibles, shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, less all write-ups (other than write-ups in connection with acquisitions) subsequent to the Issue Date in the book value of any asset (except any such intangible assets) owned by the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

-5-


 

     “ 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 ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

     “ Credit Agreement ” means the credit agreement, dated as of December 21, 2007, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 19, 2009, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders and other parties thereto, and any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended (and/or amended and restated), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, in whole or in part, with the same or different lenders (including, without limitation, any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing that increases the maximum amount of the loans made or to be made thereunder).

     “ Credit Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended (and/or amended and restated), restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.

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

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

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

     “ Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 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 provision of this Indenture.

     “ Designated Assets ” means those correctional facilities owned by the Company that are located in San Diego, California; Walsenburg, Colorado; Nichols, Georgia; Alamo, Georgia; Tutwiler, Mississippi; Shelby, Montana; Cushing, Oklahoma; Holdenville, Oklahoma; Washington, DC; and Whiteville, Tennessee and such other correctional facilities acquired by the Company after March 8, 2005, in each case so long as, and to the extent that, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has granted an option to purchase such facility (or provided for the reversion of the Company’s ownership interest in all or a portion of such facility) pursuant to a Designated Asset Contract.

     “ Designated Asset Contract ” means each of the following contracts pursuant to which the Company has granted (a) an option to purchase a Designated Asset for the Designated Asset Value or (b) a right of reversion of all or a portion of the Company’s ownership in such Designated Assets, in each case as in effect on the Issue Date: Standard Form Lease Agreement, East Mesa Detention Facility, dated October 30, 1997, between the County of San Diego and the Company; Lease Agreement, dated April 30, 1996, between Huerfano County and the Company; Re-

-6-


 

quest for Proposal Number 0467-019-955259 Issued on Behalf of the Georgia Department of Corrections re: Bid of Private Prisons in Coffee and Wheeler Counties; Contract No. 467-019-955259-1, dated July 24, 1997, between the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Company; Contract No. 467-019-955259-2, dated July 24, 1997, between the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Company; Agreement, dated October 6, 1998, between the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority and the Company, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement dated May 18, 2000, between the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority and the Company; Contract for Facility Development—Design, Build, dated July 22, 1998, between the Montana Department of Corrections and the Company; Contractual Agreement, dated July 1, 2004, between the State of Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Company; Correctional Services Contract, dated July 1, 2004, between the State of Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Company; Contract, dated February 25, 1986, between the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and the Company; Lease Agreement, dated January 1997, between the District of Columbia and the Company; Incarceration Agreement, dated October 21, 2002, between the State of Tennessee, Department of Correction and Hardeman County, Tennessee and the related Contract for the Lease of Whiteville Correctional Facility, dated October 9, 2002, between Hardeman County, Tennessee and the Company; and any contract entered into after March 8, 2005 under which the Company has granted (a) an option to purchase a Designated Asset for the Designated Asset Value or (b) a right of reversion of all or a portion of the Company’s ownership in such Designated Assets; provided , however , that such contract is entered into in the ordinary course of business, is consistent with past practices and is preceded by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such contract has been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and the option to purchase or right to reversion in such contract is on terms the Board of Directors has determined to be reasonable and in the best interest of the Company.

     “ Designated Asset Value ” means the aggregate consideration specified in a Designated Asset Contract to be received by the Company upon the exercise of an option to acquire a Designated Asset pursuant to the terms of a Designated Asset Contract.

     “ Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of total consideration received by the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the Company’s principal executive officer or principal financial officer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with the Asset Sale; provided , however , that if the Designated Non-Cash Consideration is in the form of Indebtedness the total amount of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration outstanding at one time shall not exceed the greater of $15.0 million or 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

     “ Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.08 hereof.

     “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States (but not the laws of Puerto Rico) or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.

     “ Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

     “ Equity Offering ” means an offering by a Person of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) however designated and whether voting or non-voting, and any and all rights, warrants or options to acquire such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock).

-7-


 

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

     “ Existing 6.75% Notes Indenture ” means the indenture, dated as of January 23, 2006, among the Company, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of January 23, 2006, among the Company, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

     “ Existing 6 1 / 4 % Notes Indenture ” means the indenture, dated as of March 23, 2005, among the Company, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

     “ Existing 7 1 / 2 % Notes Indenture ” means the supplemental indenture, dated as of May 7, 2003, among the Company, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, amending and supplementing an indenture, dated as of May 7, 2003, and as amended and supplemented by a first supplement, dated as of August 8, 2003, a second supplement, dated as of August 8, 2003, a second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 31, 2004, and a third supplemental indenture, dated as of May 14, 2009.

     “ Existing Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid.

     “ Event of Default ” means any event that is described in Section 6.01

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

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

     (1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period will be calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

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

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

     For purposes of making the computations referred to above, the pro forma change in Consolidated Cash Flow projected by the Company in good faith as a result of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings and costs, as the case may be, expected to be realized during the consecutive four-quarter period commencing after such acquisition or transaction (the “ Savings Period ”) will be included in such calculation for any reference period that includes any of the Savings Period; provided that any such pro forma change to such Consolidated Cash

-8-


 

Flow will be without duplication for cost savings and costs actually realized and already included in such Consolidated Cash Flow. If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

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

     (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations, but excluding amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount and other non-cash interest payments; plus

     (2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

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

     (4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than (i) dividends on Equity Interests payable in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or (ii) dividends to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local effective cash tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal,

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

     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession as amended and/or modified from time to time.

     “ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

     “ Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof.

     “ Government Securities ” means securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities).

     “ Guarantee ” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness, but not any Indebtedness of the Company under the Forward Delivery Deficits Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1997, by and between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as

-9-


 

First Union National Bank), as trustee, or under the Debt Service Deficits Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1997, by and between the Company and Hardeman County Correctional Facilities Corporation, each as in effect on the Issue Date, provided that and for so long as such Indebtedness is not required to be classified as debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to GAAP.

     “ Guarantors ” means each of:

     (1) the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto; and

     (2) any other Subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

and their respective successors and assigns.

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

     (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and

     (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.

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

     “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

     (1) in respect of borrowed money;

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

     (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

     (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

     (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

     (6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

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

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

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

     (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

-10-


 

     (3) with respect to Hedging Obligations, the amount of Indebtedness required to be recorded as a liability in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture and one or more supplemental indentures thereto applicable to the Notes, if any.

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

     “ Initial Notes ” means the first $465.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.

     “ Investments ” means with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.08 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.08 hereof.

     “ Issue Date ” means June 3, 2009.

     “ Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or in Boston, Massachusetts or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

     “ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

     “ Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

     (1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss;

-11-


 

     (3) any loss resulting from impairment of goodwill recorded on the consolidated financial statement of a Person pursuant to SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”;

     (4) any loss resulting from the change in fair value of a derivative financial instrument pursuant to SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”; and

     (5) amortization of debt issuance costs.

     “ Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration, including Designated Non-Cash Consideration deemed to be cash pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.11 hereof), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:

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

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

     (3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “ Notes ” means the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

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

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

     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.

     “ Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary.

-12-


 

     “ Permitted Business ” means the business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and businesses reasonably related thereto or ancillary or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension thereof, including the privatization of governmental services.

     “ Permitted Investments ” means:

     (1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

     (2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

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

     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or

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

     (4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration (including Designated Non-Cash Consideration) from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.11 hereof;

     (5) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

     (6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;

     (7) Hedging Obligations;

     (8) other Investments in any other Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8), not to exceed $35.0 million;

     (9) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

     (10) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed $5.0 million outstanding at any one time for all loans or advances under this clause (10);

     (11) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor;

     (12) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;

     (13) Guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof;

-13-


 

     (14) Investments that are made with Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock of the Company);

     (15) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a joint venture in a Permitted Business not to exceed $15.0 million outstanding at any one time; and

     (16) any Investment in any Person that is not at the time of such Investment, or does not thereby become, a Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (measured on the date such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (16) since the date of first issuance of the Notes (but, to the extent that any Investment made pursuant to this clause (16) since the date of first issuance of the Notes is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Investment) not to exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; provided that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has entered, or concurrently with any such Investment, enters into a long-term lease or management contract with respect to assets of such Person that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.

     “ Permitted Liens ” means:

     (1) Liens on real or personal property of the Company and any Guarantor securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

     (2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;

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

     (4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition;

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

     (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of Section 4.10(b) hereof covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;

     (7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

     (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 securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any property, Capital Stock or Indebtedness other than the property, shares or debt securing the Indebtedness so refunded, refinanced or extended;

     (10) Attachment or judgment Liens not giving rise to a Default or an Event of Default;

     (11) Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

-14-


 

     (12) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $15.0 million at any one time outstanding;

     (13) pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or deposits or cash or Government Securities to secure surety or appeal bonds to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (14) Liens imposed by law, including carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if a reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

     (15) encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

     (16) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness was incurred in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof;

     (17) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

     (18) normal customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions.

     “ Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in repayment of, exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, repay, defease or refund, other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that:

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

     (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date 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, repaid, defeased or refunded;

     (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded; and

     (4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded.

-15-


 

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

     “ Prospectus Supplement ” means the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 19, 2009, related to the issuance and sale of the Notes.

     “ Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “ Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

     “ Restricted Subsidiary ” of the Company means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

     “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

     “ Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person other than a lease properly characterized pursuant to GAAP as a capital lease obligation.

     “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

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

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

     “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

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

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

     “ Subsidiary Guarantee ” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, and, collectively, all such Guarantees.

     “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

-16-


 

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

     “ Unoccupied Facility ” means any prison facility owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which for the twelve month period ending on the date of measurement has had an average occupancy level of less than 15%.

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

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

     (2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

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

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

     Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.08 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.10 hereof, the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.10 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not declare any of its subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries at any time after the Fall Away Covenants are no longer applicable in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof.

     “ U.S. Legal Tender ” means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

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

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

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

     (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, or liquidation preference,

-17-


 

as the case may be, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

     (2) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, of such Indebtedness.

     Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

 

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

 

4.12

 

“Asset Sale Offer”

 

 

3.09

 

“Authentication Order”

 

 

2.02

 

“Change of Control Offer”

 

 

4.16

 

“Change of Control Payment”

 

 

4.16

 

“Change of Control Payment Date”

 

 

4.16

 

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

 

8.03

 

“DTC”

 

 

2.03

 

“Event of Default”

 

 

6.01

 

“Excess Proceeds”

 

 

4.11

 

“Fall Away Covenants”

 

 

4.07

 

“incur”

 

 

4.10

 

“Legal Defeasance”

 

 

8.02

 

“Offer Amount”

 

 

3.09

 

“Offer Period”

 

 

3.09

 

“Paying Agent”

 

 

2.03

 

“Permitted Debt”

 

 

4.10

 

“Purchase Date”

 

 

3.09

 

“Registrar”

 

 

2.03

 

“Restricted Payments”

 

 

4.08

 

     Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: “ indenture securities ” means the Notes; “ indenture security holder ” means a Holder of a Note; “ indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture; “ indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and “ obligor ” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.

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

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

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

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

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

     (5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

-18-


 

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

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

ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES

     Section 2.01. Form and Dating .

     (a)  General . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will 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.

     (b)  Global Notes . Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

     Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication . An Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

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

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

     The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for original issue.

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

     Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying

-19-


 

agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

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

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

     Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

     Section 2.05. Holder Lists . The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

     Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange .

     (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

     (1) 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 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

     (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Base Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture; or

     (3) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee.

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

-20-


 

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

     (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section.

     (c)  Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

     (d)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests . A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to this paragraph at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

     (e)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e). A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof

     (f)  Legends . The following legends shall appear on the face of each Global Note issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

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

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

-21-


 

GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

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

     (2) OID Legend . Each Global Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimus amount of original issue discount for U.S. Federal Income purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE ISSUER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 10 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37215 ATTENTION: TODD J MULLENGER.”

     (g)  Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

     (h)  General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

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

     (2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or

-22-


 

similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.11, 4.16 and 9.05 hereof).

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

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

     (5) The Company will not be required:

     (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption or purchase under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

     (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption or purchase in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

     (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

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

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

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

     (9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restriction on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including transfers between or among beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

     Section 2.07. Replacement Notes . If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an affidavit of loss and an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

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

     Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes . The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section

-23-


 

2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.

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

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

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

     Section 2.09. Treasury Notes . In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

     Section 2.10. Temporary Notes . Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. After preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes will be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes.

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

     Section 2.11. Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

-24-


 

ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

     Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

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

     (2) the redemption date;

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

     (4) the redemption price.

     Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.

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

     The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

     Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 of this Indenture.

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

     (1) the redemption date;

     (2) the redemption price;

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

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

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

-25-


 

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

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

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

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

     Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

     Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price . Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the relevant redemption or purchase price date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

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

     Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part . Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company, in the name of the Holder, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

     Section 3.07. Optional Redemption .

     (a) At any time on or prior to June 1, 2012, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of par plus the stated interest rate, or 107.750% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

     (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and

     (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

     (b) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes are not redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 1, 2013.

-26-


 

     (c) Beginning June 1, 2013, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of the years indicated below:

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Percentage

2013

 

 

103.875

%

2014

 

 

101.938

%

2015 and thereafter

 

 

100.000

%

     Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption . The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

     Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds . In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”), it shall follow the procedures specified below and in Section 4.11 hereof.

     The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and, at the Company’s option, all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period ”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “ Purchase Date ”), the Company shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “ Offer Amount ”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

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

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

     (1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.11 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;

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

     (3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;

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

     (5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in a principal amount of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

     (6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by

-27-


 

the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

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

     (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 excess thereof, will be purchased); and

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

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

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

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS

     Section 4.01. Payment of Notes . The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. If the Company or a Subsidiary is acting as Payin


 
SITE SEARCH

AGREEMENTS / CONTRACTS

Document Title:

Entire Document: (optional)

Governing Law:(optional)


Try our advanced search >>
 

CLAUSES

Search Contract Clauses >>

Browse Contract Clause Library>>

Get Email Updates
Email:
This is only a partial view of this document. We have millions of legal documents and clauses drafted by top law firms. learn more search for free browse for free learn more