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Exhibit 4.6
EXECUTION COPY
INDENTURE,
Dated as of October 1,
2007
BETWEEN
BASELINE OIL & GAS
CORP.
as Issuer
AND
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as Trustee and Collateral
Agent
14% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Secured Notes due 2013
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
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TIA Section
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Indenture Section |
| 310(a)(1) |
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8.10 |
| (a)(2) |
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8.10 |
| (a)(3) |
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8.10 |
| (a)(4) |
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N.A. |
| (a)(5) |
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8.10 |
| (b) |
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8.03; 8.08; 8.10 |
| (c) |
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N.A. |
| 311(a) |
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8.03;
8.11 |
| (b) |
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8.03;
8.11 |
| (c) |
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8.03 |
| 312(a) |
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2.05 |
| (b) |
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8.07;
13.03 |
| (c) |
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13.03 |
| 313(a) |
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8.06 |
| (b)(1) |
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8.06 |
| (b)(2) |
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8.06 |
| (c) |
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8.06 |
| (d) |
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8.06 |
| 314(a) |
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5.06;
5.08 |
| (b) |
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14.03 |
| (c)(1) |
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5.06;
13.04 |
| (c)(2) |
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13.04 |
| (c)(3) |
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5.06 |
| (d) |
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14.04 |
| (e) |
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13.05 |
| (f) |
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N.A. |
| 315(a) |
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8.01(b) |
| (b) |
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8.05 |
| (c) |
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8.01(a) |
| (d) |
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8.01(c) |
| (e) |
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7.11 |
| 316(a)(last
sentence) |
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2.09 |
| (a)(1)(A) |
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7.05 |
| (a)(1)(B) |
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7.04 |
| (a)(2) |
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N.A. |
| (b) |
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7.07 |
| (c) |
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10.04 |
| 317(a)(1) |
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7.08 |
| (a)(2) |
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7.09 |
| (b) |
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2.04 |
| 318(a) |
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13.01 |
| (b) |
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N.A. |
| (c) |
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13.01 |
N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this
Indenture.
Table of
Contents
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1 |
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions |
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Section 1.02.
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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29 |
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Section 1.03.
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Rules of
Construction |
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30 |
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ARTICLE TWO THE NOTES
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30 |
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Section 2.01.
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Form and
Dating |
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30 |
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Section 2.02.
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Execution
and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount |
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31 |
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Section 2.03.
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Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent |
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32 |
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Section 2.04.
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Obligations of Paying Agent |
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32 |
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Section 2.05.
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Holder
Lists |
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33 |
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Section 2.06.
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Transfer
and Exchange |
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33 |
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Section 2.07.
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Replacement Notes |
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33 |
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Section 2.08.
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Outstanding Notes |
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34 |
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Section 2.09.
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Treasury
Notes; When Notes Are Disregarded |
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34 |
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Section 2.10.
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Temporary
Notes |
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34 |
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Section 2.11.
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Cancellation |
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34 |
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Section 2.12.
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CUSIP
Numbers |
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35 |
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Section 2.13.
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Issuance
of PIK Notes |
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35 |
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Section 2.14.
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Deposit
of Moneys |
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36 |
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Section 2.15.
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Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes |
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36 |
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Section 2.16.
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Special
Transfer Provisions |
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37 |
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
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39 |
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Section 3.01.
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Optional
Redemption |
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39 |
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Section 3.02.
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Mandatory
Redemption |
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39 |
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Section 3.03.
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Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed |
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39 |
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Section 3.04.
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Notice of
Redemption |
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39 |
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Section 3.05.
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption |
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40 |
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Section 3.06.
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Deposit
of Redemption Price |
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40 |
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Section 3.07.
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Notes
Redeemed in Part |
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40 |
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ARTICLE FOUR
CONVERSION
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41 |
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Section 4.01.
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Conversion Right and Conversion Rate |
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41 |
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Section 4.02.
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Conversion Consideration |
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41 |
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Section 4.03.
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Exercise
of Conversion Right |
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42 |
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Section 4.04.
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Fractions
of Shares |
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43 |
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Section 4.05.
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Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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43 |
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Section 4.06.
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Notice of
Adjustments of Conversion Rate |
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47 |
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Section 4.07.
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Notice of
Certain Corporate Action |
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47 |
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Section 4.08.
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Cancellation of Converted Notes |
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48 |
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Section 4.09.
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Provision
in Case of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale of
Assets |
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48 |
(i)
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Section 4.10.
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Conversion Prior to October 1, 2010 |
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49 |
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Section 4.11.
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Fundamental Change |
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49 |
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Section 4.12.
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Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions |
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49 |
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ARTICLE FIVE COVENANTS
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50 |
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Section 5.01.
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Payment
of Notes |
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Section 5.02.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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50 |
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Section 5.03.
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Corporate
Existence |
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Section 5.04.
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 5.05.
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Maintenance of Properties and Insurance |
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51 |
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Section 5.06.
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Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default |
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51 |
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Section 5.07.
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Compliance with Laws |
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52 |
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Section 5.08.
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Reports
to Holders |
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52 |
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Section 5.09.
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Waiver of
Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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53 |
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Section 5.10.
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Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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53 |
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Section 5.11.
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Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates |
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55 |
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Section 5.12.
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Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness |
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56 |
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Section 5.13.
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Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.14.
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Additional Guarantees |
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Section 5.15.
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Redemption upon Change of Control |
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Section 5.16.
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Limitation on Asset Sales |
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Section 5.17.
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Limitation on Liens |
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Section 5.18.
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Conduct
of Business |
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Section 5.19.
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Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of
Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.20.
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Payments
for Consent |
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Section 5.21.
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Impairment of Security Interest |
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63 |
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Section 5.22.
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Real
Estate Mortgages and Filings |
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Section 5.23.
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Oil and
Gas Mortgages and Filings |
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Section 5.24.
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Leasehold
Mortgages and Filings; Landlord Waivers |
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64 |
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Section 5.25.
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Other
Collateral |
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Section 5.26.
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Additional Interest |
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Section 5.27.
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Limitation on Capital Expenditures |
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Section 5.28.
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Limitation on Acquisitions |
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66 |
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Section 5.29.
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Holders’ Consent for Certain Actions |
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Section 5.30.
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Maximum
Ratio of Senior Secured Indebtedness to LTM EBITDA |
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67 |
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Section 5.31.
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Maximum
Ratio of Total Indebtedness to LTM EBITDA |
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67 |
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Section 5.32.
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Obligation to Hedge |
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68 |
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Section 5.33.
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No
Layering of Debt |
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68 |
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Section 5.34.
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No
Contingent Debt Tax Treatment |
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68 |
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| ARTICLE SIX SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
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Section 6.01.
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Merger,
Consolidation and Sale of Assets |
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69 |
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Section 6.02.
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Successor
Corporation Substituted |
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71 |
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ARTICLE SEVEN DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
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71 |
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Section 7.01.
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Events of
Default |
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71 |
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Section 7.02.
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Acceleration |
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72 |
(ii)
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Section 7.03.
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Other
Remedies |
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73 |
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Section 7.04.
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Waiver of
Past Defaults |
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73 |
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Section 7.05.
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Control
by Majority |
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73 |
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Section 7.06.
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Limitation on Suits |
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74 |
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Section 7.07.
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Rights of
Holders to Receive Payment |
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74 |
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Section 7.08.
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Collection Suit by Trustee or Collateral Agent |
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74 |
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Section 7.09.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim |
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75 |
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Section 7.10.
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Priorities |
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75 |
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Section 7.11.
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Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 7.12.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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76 |
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Section 7.13.
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative |
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76 |
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Section 7.14.
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Delay or
Omission not Waiver |
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76 |
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ARTICLE EIGHT TRUSTEE
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76 |
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Section 8.01.
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Duties of
Trustee |
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76 |
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Section 8.02.
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Rights of
Trustee |
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78 |
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Section 8.03.
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Individual Rights of Trustee |
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79 |
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Section 8.04.
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Trustee’s Disclaimer |
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79 |
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Section 8.05.
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Notice of
Default |
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80 |
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Section 8.06.
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders |
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Section 8.07.
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Compensation and Indemnity |
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80 |
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Section 8.08.
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Replacement of Trustee |
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81 |
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Section 8.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, Etc. |
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82 |
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Section 8.10.
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Eligibility; Disqualification |
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83 |
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Section 8.11.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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83 |
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Section 8.12.
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Trustee
as Collateral Agent, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent |
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83 |
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Section 8.13.
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Co-Trustees, Co-Collateral Agent and Separate Trustees,
Collateral Agent |
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83 |
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ARTICLE NINE SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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84 |
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Section 9.01.
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Satisfaction and Discharge |
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84 |
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Section 9.02.
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Survival
of Certain Obligations |
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85 |
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Section 9.03.
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Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee |
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85 |
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Section 9.04.
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Repayment
to the Company; Unclaimed Money |
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85 |
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Section 9.05.
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Reinstatement |
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86 |
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Section 9.06.
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Indemnity
for Government Obligations |
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86 |
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ARTICLE TEN AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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86 |
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Section 10.01.
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Without
Consent of Holders |
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86 |
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Section 10.02.
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With
Consent of Holders |
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87 |
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Section 10.03.
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Compliance with TIA |
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88 |
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Section 10.04.
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Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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88 |
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Section 10.05.
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes |
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89 |
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Section 10.06.
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments, Etc. |
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89 |
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Section 10.07.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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90 |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBORDINATION
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90 |
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Section 11.01.
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Agreement
to Subordinate |
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90 |
(iii)
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Section 11.02.
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Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy |
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90 |
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Section 11.03.
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Default
on Designated Senior Debt |
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90 |
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Section 11.04.
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Acceleration of Notes |
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91 |
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Section 11.05.
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When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over |
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91 |
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Section 11.06.
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Notice by
Company |
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91 |
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Section 11.07.
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Subrogation |
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91 |
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Section 11.08.
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Relative
Rights |
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92 |
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Section 11.09.
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company |
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92 |
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Section 11.10.
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Distribution or Notice to Representative |
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92 |
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Section 11.11.
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Rights of
Trustee and Paying Agent |
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92 |
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Section 11.12.
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Authorization to Effect Subordination |
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93 |
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Section 11.13.
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Amendments |
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93 |
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Section 11.14.
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Purchase
Option |
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93 |
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ARTICLE TWELVE
GUARANTEE
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93 |
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Section 12.01.
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Guarantee |
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93 |
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Section 12.02.
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Release
of a Guarantor |
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94 |
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Section 12.03.
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Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability |
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95 |
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Section 12.04.
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Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
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95 |
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Section 12.05.
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Contribution |
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95 |
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Section 12.06.
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Waiver of
Subrogation |
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96 |
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Section 12.07.
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Evidence
of Guarantee |
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96 |
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Section 12.08.
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Waiver of
Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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96 |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
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96 |
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Section 13.01.
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Trust
Indenture Act Controls |
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96 |
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Section 13.02.
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Notices |
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97 |
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Section 13.03.
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Communications by Holders with Other Holders |
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97 |
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Section 13.04.
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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97 |
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Section 13.05.
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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98 |
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Section 13.06.
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Rules by
Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar |
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98 |
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Section 13.07.
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Legal
Holidays |
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98 |
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Section 13.08.
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Governing
Law |
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98 |
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Section 13.09.
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
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99 |
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Section 13.10.
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No
Recourse Against Others |
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99 |
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Section 13.11.
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Successors |
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99 |
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Section 13.12.
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Duplicate
Originals |
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99 |
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Section 13.13.
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Severability |
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99 |
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Section 13.14.
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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99 |
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Section 13.15.
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Force
Majeure |
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99 |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN AGREEMENT TO
SUBORDINATE SECURITY INTERESTS; SECURITY
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99 |
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Section 14.01.
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Grant of
Security Interest |
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99 |
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Section 14.02.
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Intercreditor Agreement |
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100 |
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Section 14.03.
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Recording
and Opinions |
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100 |
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Section 14.04.
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Release
of Collateral |
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101 |
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Section 14.05.
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Specified
Releases of Collateral |
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102 |
(iv)
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Section 14.06.
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Release
upon Satisfaction of all Outstanding Obligations |
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102 |
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Section 14.07.
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Form and
Sufficiency of Release |
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103 |
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Section 14.08.
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Purchaser
Protected |
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103 |
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Section 14.09.
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Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Collateral Agent
Under the Collateral Agreements |
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103 |
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Section 14.10.
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Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Collateral Agent Under
the Collateral Agreements |
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103 |
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Section 14.11.
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Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of First Priority Claims |
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EXHIBITS:
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Initial Note |
| Exhibit B |
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Form of
Legend for Global Notes |
| Exhibit C |
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Form of
Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer |
| Exhibit D |
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Form of
Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Non-QIB
Accredited Investors |
| Exhibit E |
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Form of
Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant
to Regulation S |
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| NOTE: |
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This
Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of this Indenture. |
(v)
INDENTURE, dated as of
October 1, 2007, between Baseline Oil & Gas Corp., a
Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “
Trustee ”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the
“ Collateral Agent ”).
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the creation of an issue of 14% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Secured Notes due 2013 (the “ Initial
Notes ”), PIK Notes to be issued in lieu of the payment
of interest in cash on any Note (the “ PIK Notes
,” and together with the Initial Notes, the “
Notes ”), and the Guarantees (as herein defined) and,
to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary
to make the Notes and Guarantees, when each are duly issued and
executed by the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and
authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid and legally
binding obligations of each of the Company and the Guarantors,
respectively, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally
binding agreement of each of the Company and the Guarantors, have
been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, each party
hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and
Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01.
Definitions
“ Acquired
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of
its Subsidiaries (a) existing at the time such Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or
consolidates with or into the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (b) assumed in connection with the acquisition
of assets from such Person and in each case not incurred by such
Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of,
such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such
acquisition, merger or consolidation and which Indebtedness is
without recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to
any of their respective properties or assets other than the Person
or the assets to which such Indebtedness related prior to the time
such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or the
time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
“ Acquisition
” means:
(1) an Investment by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person (other
than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) pursuant to which the
Company or such Subsidiary acquires, whether directly or
indirectly, the Capital Stock of such other Person or the right to
acquire any such Capital Stock (including an Investment in the
Indebtedness of such other Person that is convertible in to the
Capital Stock of such other Person); or
(2) the acquisition by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets
of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company)
which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person
or other than in the ordinary course of business, any other assets
of such Person.
“ Additional
Interest ” has, with respect to the Notes that are
entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, the
meaning set forth in such Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Administrative
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
the term “ Credit Agreement .”
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person who directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person. The term “
control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided
that Beneficial Ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of the
Person shall be deemed to be control. The terms “
controlling ” and “ controlled ”
have meanings correlative of the foregoing.
“ Affiliate
Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.11 .
“ Agent ”
means any Registrar, Conversion Agent, Paying Agent or
co-Registrar.
“ Agent Members
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a)
and means, with respect to the Depository, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depository,
Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to the
Depository, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
“ 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 Depository, Euroclear and Clearstream
that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“ Asset
Acquisition ” means:
(1) an Investment by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other
Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or
(2) the acquisition by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets
of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company)
which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person
or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the
ordinary course of business.
“ Asset Sale
” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer (other
than a Lien in accordance with this Indenture) for value by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other
than the Company or a Guarantor of:
(1) any Capital Stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
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(2) any other property or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business; provided ,
however , that Asset Sales shall not include:
(a) a transaction or series
of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $1.0
million;
(b) the sale, lease,
conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company as permitted under
Section 6.01 ;
(c) any Restricted Payment
permitted under Section 5.10 including a Permitted
Investment;
(d) the sale of Cash
Equivalents;
(e) the sale or other
disposal of the Collateral pursuant to the exercise of any remedies
pursuant to the documents relating to any First Priority Claims
that are permitted under this Indenture and secured by Permitted
Liens of the type described in clause (11), (15) or
(18) of the definition thereof;
(f) the sale or other
disposition of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus equipment;
and
(g) the abandonment,
assignment, lease, sub-lease or farm-out of oil and gas properties
or, the forfeiture or other disposition of such properties,
pursuant to operating agreements or other instruments or agreements
that, in each case, are entered into in a manner that is customary
in the Oil and Gas Business (but not including sales of dollar
denominated or volumetric production payments, which shall be
considered Asset Sales).
“ Authenticating
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.02 .
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. §§101 et
seq.
“ 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 “Beneficial Ownership,”
“Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially
Owned” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“ Board of
Directors ” means, as to any Person, the board of
directors or similar governing body of such Person or any duly
authorized committee thereof.
“ Board
Resolution ” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors
of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification.
“ BTU ”
means British Thermal Unit.
“ Business Day
” means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
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“ Capital
Expenditures ” means for any period expenditures (other
than contracts for expenditures under or with respect to operating
leases that are accounted for as capital leases in accordance with
GAAP and in which the Company has no ownership interest and
excluding expenditures made with the proceeds of casualty insurance
or reinvestment of proceeds of asset dispositions as expressly
permitted under Section 5.16 herein) in respect of the
purchase or other acquisition of fixed or capital assets that have
a useful life of more than one year and that are required to be
capitalized in conformity with GAAP.
“ Capital Stock
” means:
(1) with respect to any
Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether
or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common
Stock and Other Preferred Stock of such Person;
(2) with respect to any
Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership,
membership or other equity interests of such Person; and
(3) any warrants, rights or
options to purchase any of the instruments or interests referred to
in clause (1) or (2) above.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligation ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for
purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any
date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such
date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means:
(1) marketable direct
obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(2) marketable direct
obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or
any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of
the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Group (“ S&P ”) or
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s
”);
(3) commercial paper maturing
no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
(4) certificates of deposit
or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at
the date of acquisition thereof combined net capital and surplus of
not less than $250.0 million;
(5) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with
any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(4) above; and
(6) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (1) through
(5) above.
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“ CFC Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign
corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events:
(1) any direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
by way of merger or consolidation), in one transaction or a series
of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company to any Person or group of related Persons for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “
Group ”);
(2) the Company consolidates
with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, 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 Capital
Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a
majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such
surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to
such issuance);
(3) the approval by the
holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for
the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the
Company;
(4) the consummation of any
transaction (including without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group is
or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company; or
(5) individuals who on the
Issue Date constituted the Board of Directors of the Company
(together with any new directors whose election by such Board of
Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of
the Company was approved pursuant to a vote of a majority of the
directors then still in office who were either directors on the
Issue Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors then in office.
“ Change of Control
Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.15(a) .
“ Change of Control
Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.15(b)(2) .
“ Clearstream
” means Clearstream Banking, société
anonyme.
“ Collateral
” shall mean Collateral as such term is defined in the
Security Agreement, Other Collateral, all property mortgaged under
the Mortgages and any other property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien securing the Obligations
under this Indenture, the Collateral Agreements, the Notes or the
Guarantees is granted or purported to be granted under any
Collateral Agreement; provided , however , that
Collateral shall not include any Excluded Collateral.
“ Collateral
Agent ” means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
“ Collateral
Agreements ” means, collectively, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Security Agreement, each Mortgage and each other
instrument creating Liens in favor of the Trustee as required by
this Indenture, in each case, as the same may be in force from time
to time.
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“ Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock
” means the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per
share, as the same exists at the date of this Indenture, or any
other class of stock resulting from successive changes or
rectifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes in
par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value
to par value. However, subject to the provisions of this Indenture,
shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of the Notes shall
include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the
Company at the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or
classes resulting from any rectification or rectifications thereof
and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company and which are not subject
to redemption by the Company except as provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation; provided , however , that if at any
time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares
of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the
proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting
from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares
of all classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
“ Company
” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter
means such successor.
“ Consideration
Shares ” means shares of Common Stock having a value of
up to $5.0 million, issued in connection with the Transaction to
the Sellers at not more than a 10% discount to the 10-day weighted
average price of our Common Stock prior to the Issue
Date.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the sum (without duplication) of:
(1) Consolidated Net Income;
and
(2) to the extent
Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:
(a) all income taxes of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in
accordance with GAAP for such period;
(b) Consolidated Interest
Expense;
(c) Consolidated Non-cash
Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income
for such period; and
(d) restructuring costs
(including employee relocations costs) and integration expenses and
charges that are identified at the time of closing of any
acquisition as resulting from such acquisition (including, without
limitation, cash severance payments and facility
closures);
all as determined on a consolidated
basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any
Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the
four consecutive full fiscal quarters (the “ Four Quarter
Period ”) most recently ending on or prior to the date of
the transaction or event giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which financial
statements are available (the “ Transaction Date
”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four
Quarter Period.
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In addition to and without
limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition,
“Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed
Charge” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis for the period of such calculation to:
(1) the incurrence or
repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds
thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any
incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application
of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital
purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during
the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day
of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date,
as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the
application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of
the Four Quarter Period; and
(2) any Asset Sale or other
disposition or Asset Acquisition (including, without limitation,
any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of any such Asset Acquisition) incurring,
assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness during
the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day
of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction
Date), as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset
Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for
any such Indebtedness or Acquired Indebtedness and also including
any Consolidated EBITDA associated with such Asset Acquisition)
occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period,
provided that the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired
shall be included only to the extent includible pursuant to the
definition of “Consolidated Net Income.” If such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence
shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness
as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had
directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed
Indebtedness.
Furthermore, in calculating
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of
determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:
(1) interest on outstanding
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date (including Indebtedness actually incurred on the
Transaction Date) and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per
annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect
on the Transaction Date; and
(2) notwithstanding clause
(1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a
fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by
agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed
to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to
the operation of such agreements.
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest
Expense; plus
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(2) the product of
(x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of
Preferred Stock of such Person (other than dividends paid in
Qualified Capital Stock) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or
accrued during such period times (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one
minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state
and local tax rate of such Person, expressed as a
decimal.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated
basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and including,
without duplication, (a) all amortization or accretion of
original issue discount; (b) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be
paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period; and (c) net cash costs under all Interest
Swap Obligations (including amortization of fees); but excluding
the amortization or write-off during such period of capitalized
financing or debt issuance costs.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that there shall be excluded therefrom:
(1) after-tax gains and
losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating
thereto;
(2) after-tax items
classified as extraordinary gains or losses;
(3) the net income (but not
loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person to the
extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions
by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a
contract, operation of law or otherwise;
(4) the net income of any
Person, other than the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the referent Person, except to the extent of cash dividends or
distributions paid to the referent Person or to a Wholly-Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person by such
Person;
(5) any restoration to income
of any material contingency reserve, except to the extent that
provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income
accrued at any time following the Issue Date;
(6) income or loss
attributable to discontinued operations (including, without
limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or
not such operations were classified as discontinued);
(7) all gains and losses
realized on or because of the purchase or other acquisition by such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any securities of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(8) the cumulative effect of
a change in accounting principles;
(9) interest expense
attributable to dividends on Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150,
“Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with
Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”;
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(10) any write-downs of
non-current assets; provided that any ceiling limitation
write-downs under SEC guidelines shall be treated as capitalized
costs, as if such write-downs had not occurred;
(11) in the case of a
successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a
transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of
the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer of assets; and
(12) non-cash compensation
charges or other non-cash expenses or charges arising from the
grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other
equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or
change of any such stock, stock options or other equity-based
awards.
“ Consolidated Net
Worth ” of any Person means the consolidated
stockholders’ equity of the Person, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, less (without
duplication) amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital Stock of
such Person.
“ Consolidated
Non-cash Charges ” means, with respect to any Person, for
any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash items and expenses of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to the extent they reduce Consolidated Net Income of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or
loss or any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve
for cash charges for any future period).
“ Conversion
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03 .
“ Conversion
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.03 .
“ Conversion
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.03 .
“ Conversion
Price ” means the price obtained by dividing $1,000 by
the then effective Conversion Rate, which initially shall be $0.72
per share of Common Stock, and which shall be subject to adjustment
as provided in this Indenture.
“ Conversion
Rate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02 .
“ Corporate Trust
Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date of
this Indenture, located at 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, New
York 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
“ Coupon Make
Whole ” means an amount equal to accrued and unpaid
interest on the Notes from the Issue Date to October 1,
2010.
“ Credit
Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the
Issue Date, between the Company and the lenders party thereto
(together with their successors and assigns, the “
Lenders ”) and the administrative agent named therein
(in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Administrative Agent ”), setting forth the
terms and conditions of the senior revolving credit facility,
together with the related documents thereto (including, without
limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in
each case as such agreements may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement
extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing or
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otherwise restructuring (including
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (
provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under
clause (3) or (16) of the definition of the term
“Permitted Indebtedness”) or adding Subsidiaries of the
Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or
any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any
successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any
other agent, lender or group of lenders.
“ Custodian
” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under the Bankruptcy
Code.
“ Default
” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or
with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an
Event of Default.
“ Designated Senior
Debt ” means:
(1) the Senior Secured Notes
and any Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement;
and
(2) any other Senior Debt
permitted under this Indenture the principal amount of which is
$25.0 million or more and that has been designated by the Company
as “Designated Senior Debt.”
“ Depository
” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
successors (“ DTC ”).
“ Disqualified
Capital Stock ” means that portion of any Capital Stock
which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the
holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event (other than an
event that would constitute a Change of Control), matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof
(except in each case, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control)
on or prior to the first anniversary of the final maturity date of
the Notes for cash or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt
securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time prior to
such anniversary.
“ Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any
Person, a Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, a
Subsidiary of such Person that is not a CFC Subsidiary of such
Person.
“ Euroclear
” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear system.
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.01 .
“ Excess Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(d)
.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor statute or statutes thereto.
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“ Excluded
Collateral ” means:
(i) the Voting Stock of any
CFC Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the outstanding Voting Stock of
such CFC Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by the
Company;
(ii) motor
vehicles;
(iii) rights under any
contracts, leases or other instruments that contain a valid and
enforceable prohibition on assignment of such rights (other than to
the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective
pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction or any other
applicable law or principles of equity), but only for so long as
such prohibition exists and is effective and valid;
(iv) property and assets
owned by the Company or any Guarantors that are the subject of
Permitted Liens described in clause (6) or (7) of the
definition thereof for so long as such Permitted Liens are in
effect and the Indebtedness secured thereby otherwise prohibits any
other Liens thereon;
(v) property and assets owned
by the Company or any Guarantor in which a Lien may not be granted
without governmental approval or consent or in which the granting
of a Lien is prohibited by applicable law (but only for so long as
the Company or the applicable Guarantor has not obtained such
approval or consents);
(vi) deposits described in
clause (3) or (10) of the definition of Permitted Liens;
and
(vii) Oil and Gas Properties
of the Company and its Subsidiaries to which no proved reserves of
oil and gas are attributed except to the extent that Liens on such
Oil and Gas Properties and any related Oil and Gas Assets are at
any time granted to secure the Obligations under the Credit
Agreement, in which event Liens on such Oil and Gas Properties and
such related Oil and Gas Assets must also be granted to secure the
Notes or Guarantees, as appropriate.
“ Fair Market
Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the
price which could be negotiated in an arm’s length, free
market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or
compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good
faith; provided , however , that with respect to any
price less than $2.5 million only the good faith determination by
the Company’s senior management shall be required.
“ First Priority
Agent ” means the Administrative Agent and any successor
designated as such by the holders of First Priority
Claims.
“ First Priority
Cash Management Obligations ” means all obligations of
the Company and the Guarantors in respect of overdrafts and related
liabilities owed to any other Person that arise from treasury,
depositary or cash management services, including in connection
with any automated clearing house transfers of funds, or any
similar transactions, secured by any assets constituting Collateral
under the documents that secure Obligations under the Credit
Agreement.
“ First Priority
Claims ” means (a) Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement permitted pursuant to clause (3) or (16) of the
definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness,”
(b) First Priority Cash Management Obligations and First
Priority Hedging Obligations, and (c) all other Obligations
under the documents relating to Indebtedness described in clauses
(a) and (b) above.
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“ First Priority
Hedging Obligations ” means all Hedging Obligations
secured by any assets constituting Collateral under the documents
that secure Obligations under the Credit Agreement.
“ Fundamental
Change ” will be deemed to have occurred upon the
occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the Company consolidates
with, amalgamates or merges with or into, another Person, or any
Person consolidates with, or amalgamates or merges with or into,
the Company, other than pursuant to a transaction in which the
Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, our voting
shares immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, our voting shares representing a majority
of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of voting
shares of the continuing or surviving Person in substantially the
same proportion among themselves as such ownership immediately
prior to such transaction;
(2) the sale, lease or
transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of our assets (determined on a consolidated
basis) to any Person or group (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than pursuant to a
transaction in which Persons that “beneficially owned”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or
indirectly, our voting shares immediately prior to such transaction
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, voting shares
representing a majority of the total voting power of such Person or
group;
(3) the adoption of a plan
the consummation of which would result in liquidation or
dissolution of the Company;
(4) the acquisition, directly
or indirectly, by any Person or group (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), of Beneficial Ownership
of more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of our voting
shares; or
(5) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period
comprised the Board of Directors (together with any new directors
whose appointment by such Board of Directors or whose nomination
for election by our stockholders was approved by a vote of a
majority of directors then still in office who were either
directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of our Board of Directors then in
office.
However, a Fundamental Change
will not be deemed to have occurred in the case of a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, if at least 90% of the consideration
(excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments
pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in the merger,
consolidation or amalgamation consists of Common Stock of a company
incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States or
any political subdivision thereof, any full member state of the
European Union, Canada, or any political subdivision thereof,
Australia or Switzerland and traded on a national securities
exchange or on an over-the-counter market in the United States (or
which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in
connection with such transaction). Any such transaction described
in this paragraph is referred to herein as a “Qualifying
Transaction.”
“ GAAP ”
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as
of the Issue Date.
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“ Global Notes
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01
.
“ Guarantee
” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01
.
“ Guarantor
” means (1) each of the Company’s Domestic
Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date and
(2) each of the Company’s Domestic Restricted
Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture
in which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by
the terms of this Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that
any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease
to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
“ Hedging
Obligations ” means the obligations of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to agreements
(1) designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries against (a) fluctuations in interest rates in
respect of Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary or (b) fluctuations in currency exchange rates or
commodity prices and (2) entered into in the ordinary course
of business and not for purposes of speculation.
“ Holder ”
means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
registrar’s books.
“ Hydrocarbons
” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural
gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous
hydrocarbons and all products refined or separated
therefrom.
“ Indebtedness
” means with respect to any Person, without
duplication:
(1) all Obligations of such
Person for borrowed money;
(2) all Obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
(3) all Capitalized Lease
Obligations of such Person;
(4) all Obligations of such
Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly
instituted and diligently conducted and any deferred purchase price
represented by earn outs);
(5) all Obligations for the
reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, whether or
not then due;
(6) guarantees and other
contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in
clauses (1) through (5) above and clause
(8) below;
(7) all Obligations of any
other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through
(6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of
such Person, the amount of any such Obligation being deemed to be
the lesser of the Fair Market Value of the property or asset
securing such Obligation or the amount of such
Obligation;
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(8) all Hedging Obligations
of such Person; and
(9) all Disqualified Capital
Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness
represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and
its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued
dividends, if any.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any Qualified Capital
Stock. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase
price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have
a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the
terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified
Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and
if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value
of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be
determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.07 .
“ Indenture
” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Independent
Financial Advisor ” means a nationally-recognized
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm: (1) that
does not, and whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates
do not, have a direct or indirect financial interest in the
Company; and (2) that, in the judgment of the Board of
Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
“ Indicated
Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.05 .
“ Initial Notes
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this
Indenture.
“ Initial
Purchaser ” means Jefferies & Company,
Inc.
“ Institutional
Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement, to be
entered into concurrently with the Credit Agreement among the First
Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company and the
Guarantors, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time.
“ Interest Payment
Date ” means the stated maturity of an installment of
interest on the Notes.
“ Interest Swap
Obligations ” means the obligations of any Person
pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby,
directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from
time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a
floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in
exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated
by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest
rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements.
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“ Investment
” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan
(other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of
business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance
sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit (including by
way of guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to
(by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or
any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition for value of Capital Stock,
Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person. If
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise
disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted
Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is
no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving
effect thereto will be deemed to be a new Investment at such time.
The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a
Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to
be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in
such third Person at such time. Except as otherwise provided for
herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its Fair Market Value
at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value.
For purposes of the
definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,” the definition
of “Restricted Payment” and Section 5.10
:
(i) “Investment”
shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the
net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided , however , that upon a redesignation of
such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be
deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in
an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal
to (A) the Company’s “Investment” in such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (B) the
portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in
such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred
to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair
Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“ Issue Date
” means the date of original issuance of the
Notes.
“ Legal Holiday
” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.07
.
“ Lenders
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
“Credit Agreement.”
“ Lien ”
means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest,
charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof
and any agreement to give any security interest).
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“ LTM EBITDA
” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated EBITDA
for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date (the
“ LTM Reference Period ”). In addition, for
purposes of calculating LTM EBITDA:
(1) any Asset Sale or other
disposition or Asset Acquisition, as if such Asset Sale or other
disposition or Asset Acquisition (including any Consolidated EBITDA
associated with such Asset Acquisition) occurred on the first day
of the LTM Reference Period provided that the Consolidated
EBITDA of any Person acquired shall be included only to the extent
includible pursuant to the definition of “Consolidated Net
Income”;
(2) the Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, and operations of businesses (and ownership
interests therein) disposed of prior to such date, will be
excluded;
(3) any Person that is a
Restricted Subsidiary on such date will be deemed to have been a
Restricted Subsidiary during the LTM Reference Period;
and
(4) any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary on such date will be deemed not to have been
a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during the LTM Reference
Period.
“ Market Value
” means the average closing sale price of Common Stock for a
10 consecutive trading day period on the OTC Bulletin Board (or
such other national securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Common Stock is then listed or authorized for
quotation or, if not so listed or authorized for quotation, an
amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be the
fair value of the Common Stock) ending immediately prior to the
date of determination.
“ Maturity Date
” means October 1, 2012.
“ Mortgages
” means the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure
Indebtedness or other similar documents granting Liens on the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas Assets
and interests, Premises and/or Leased Premises to secure the Notes
or the Guarantees.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments
in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the
form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any
such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale
net of:
(1) reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales
commissions);
(2) all taxes and other costs
and expenses actually paid or estimated by the Company (in good
faith) to be payable in cash in connection with such Asset
Sale;
(3) repayment of Indebtedness
that is secured by the property or assets that are the subject of
such Asset Sale and is required to be repaid in connection with
such Asset Sale; and
(4) appropriate amounts to be
provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after
such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale;
provided , however , that
if, after the payment of all taxes with respect to such Asset Sale,
the amount of estimated taxes, if any, pursuant to clause
(2) above exceeded the tax amount actually paid in cash in
respect of such Asset Sale, the aggregate amount of such excess
shall, at such time, constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
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“ Net Proceeds
Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.16(3)(c) .
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.16(3)(c) .
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.16(3)(c) .
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Trigger Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.16(3)(c) .
“ Non-U.S.
Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as
defined in Regulation S.
“ Notes ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture and
means the Initial Notes and the PIK Notes treated as a single class
of securities, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
“ Obligations
” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest,
Additional Interest, (including, without limitation, interest
occurring after an insolvency, bankruptcy or similar proceeding,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such
proceeding), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
“ Offering
” means the offering of the Notes hereunder.
“ Offering
Circular ” means the offering circular relating to the
Offering.
“ Officer
” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers
of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the principal
financial officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee
and/or the Collateral Agent, as the context may require.
“ Oil and Gas
Assets ” means (a) any and all Oil and Gas
Properties; (b) any and all properties now or hereafter pooled
or unitized with Oil and Gas Properties; (c) any and all
presently existing or future unitization, communitization, or
pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units
created thereby (including without limitation all units created
under orders, regulations, rules or other official acts of any
federal, state or other governmental body, agency or authority)
that affect any Oil and Gas Property; (d) any and all
operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including
production sharing contracts and agreements, that relate to any Oil
and Gas Property or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or
processing, handling, storage, transporting or marketing of
Hydrocarbons from or attributable to any Oil and Gas Property;
(e) any and all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be
produced and saved from, or are attributable to, any Oil and Gas
Property, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues,
profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or
attributable to any Oil and Gas Property; (f) all tenements,
hereditaments, appurtenances and properties in any manner
appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to any Oil and Gas
Property; and (g) all properties, rights, titles, interests
and estates described or referred to above, including any and all
property, real or personal, immovable or immovable, that is now
owned or hereafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use
or useful in connection with the operating, working or development
of any Oil and Gas Property or other property (excluding drilling
rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal
Property
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which may be taken to such premises for
the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses)
and including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or
other wells, buildings, structures, field separators, liquid
extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, sales
and flow lines, gathering systems, field gathering systems, tanks
and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and
parts, engines, boilers, steam generation facilities, meters,
apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires,
towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way,
easements and servitudes licenses and other surface and subsurface
rights, together with all additions, substitutions, replacements,
accessions and attachments to any and all of the
foregoing.
“ Oil and Gas
Business ” means the business of exploiting, exploring
for, developing, acquiring, operating, producing, processing,
gathering, marketing, storing, selling, hedging, treating,
swapping, refining and transporting hydrocarbons and other related
energy businesses.
“ Oil and Gas
Liens ” means (i) Liens on any specific Oil and Gas
Asset or any interest therein, construction thereon or improvement
thereto to secure all or any part of the costs incurred for
surveying, exploration, drilling extraction, development,
operation, production, construction, alteration, repair or
improvement of, in, under or on such Oil and Gas Asset and the
plugging and abandonment of wells located thereon (it being
understood that, in the case of any producing Oil and Gas Asset, or
any interest therein, costs incurred for “development”
shall include costs incurred for all facilities relating to such
Oil and Gas Asset or to projects, ventures or other arrangements of
which such Oil and Gas Asset forms a part or which relate to such
Oil and Gas Asset); (ii) Liens on a producing Oil and Gas
Asset to secure obligations incurred or guarantees of obligations
incurred in connection with or necessarily incidental to
commitments for the purchase or sale of, or the transportation or
distribution of, the products derived from such Oil and Gas Asset;
(iii) Liens arising under partnership agreements, oil and gas
leases, overriding royalty agreements, net profits agreements,
production payment agreements, royalty trust agreements, incentive
compensation programs for geologists, geophysicists and other
providers of technical services to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, master limited partnership agreements, farm-out
agreements, farm-in agreements, division orders, contracts for the
sale, purchase, exchange, transportation, gathering or processing
of Hydrocarbons, unitizations and pooling designations,
declarations, orders and agreements, development agreements,
operating agreements, production sales contracts, area of mutual
interest agreements, gas balancing or deferred production
agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt
water or other disposal agreements, seismic or geophysical permits
or agreements, and other agreements which are customary in the Oil
and Gas Business; provided , however , in all
instances that such Liens are limited to the assets that are the
subject of the relevant agreement, program, order or contract; and
(iv) Liens on pipelines or pipeline facilities that arise by
operation of law.
“ Oil and Gas
Properties ” means any and all rights, titles, interests
and estates in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral
leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee
interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit
interests and production payment interests, including any reserved
or residual interests of whatever nature, together with all
fixtures and improvements pertaining thereto.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“ Other
Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.25 .
“ Paying Agent
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03
.
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“ Permitted
Business ” means any business that is the same as or
similar, reasonably related, complementary or incidental to the
business in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
engaged on the Issue Date.
“ Permitted
Disqualified Capital Stock ” means Disqualified Capital
Stock that is convertible into debt securities of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitutes Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness.
“ Permitted
Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, each of the
following:
(1) Indebtedness under the
Notes issued in the Offering not to exceed $57.5 million, the
PIK Notes (issued in respect of PIK Interest in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture) and the related Guarantees;
(2) Indebtedness under the
Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$115.0 million and the related Senior Secured Notes
Guarantees;
(3) the incurrence by the
Company and any Guarantor of additional Indebtedness and letters of
credit under the Credit Agreement (i) in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding under clause
(1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal
amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $20.0 million
and (ii) in connection with the collateralization of Hedging
Obligations (including, without limitation, borrowing funds that
are used to provide cash or cash equivalents pledged to secure
Hedging Obligations or obtaining letters of credit that are used to
provide support for Hedging Obligations) in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $3.0 million, less the
aggregate amount of all repayments, optional or mandatory, of the
principal of any term Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
(other than repayments that are concurrently refunded or
refinanced) that have been made by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture and less
the aggregate amount of all commitment reductions with respect to
any revolving credit borrowings under the Credit Agreement that
have been made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
since the date of this Indenture;
(4) other Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue
Date;
(5) Hedging Obligations of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the
Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as
the case may be, and matures at least 91 days after the final
stated maturity of the later of the Notes or the Senior Secured
Notes;
(6) Intercompany Indebtedness
of the Company or a Guarantor that is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the Senior Secured Notes and
the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as the case may be, and
matures at least 91 days after the final stated maturity of the
later of the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes for so long as such
Indebtedness is held by the Company or a Guarantor; provided
that if as of any date any Person other than the Company or a
Guarantor owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in
respect of such Indebtedness (other than Permitted Liens of the
type described in clause (11), (15) or (18) of the
definition thereof that secure First Priority Claims that are
permitted under this Indenture or a Permitted Lien of the type
described in clause (14) of the definition thereof), such date
shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting
Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (6) by the issuer of
such Indebtedness;
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(7) Indebtedness arising from
the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check,
draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of
daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business; provided , however ,
that such Indebtedness is extinguished within three business days
after the Company obtains knowledge thereof;
(8) Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by
letters of credit for the account of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to provide security for
workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in
connection with self-insurance, bonds and completion guarantees
described in the following clause in the ordinary course of
business;
(9) obligations in respect of
plugging and abandonment, performance, bid and surety bonds and
completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(10) Indebtedness represented
by Capitalized Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the Senior Secured
Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as the case may be,
and matures at least 91 days after the final stated maturity of the
later of the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes incurred in the
ordinary course of business (including Refinancings thereof that do
not result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed
Refinancing (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid
under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and
plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with such Refinancing)) not to exceed $6.0 million at
any time outstanding;
(11) Refinancing
Indebtedness;
(12) Indebtedness represented
by guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so
long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or any
such Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted by the terms of
this Indenture and that is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes, the Guarantees, the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior
Secured Notes Guarantees, as the case may be, and matures at least
91 days after the final stated maturity of the later of the Notes
or the Senior Secured Notes;
(13) Indebtedness that is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the
Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as
the case may be, and matures at least 91 days after the final
stated maturity of the later of the Notes or the Senior Secured
Notes arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or
similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the
disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary, other than
guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or
any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose
of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum
aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no
time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and
the Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
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(14) Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent the net
proceeds thereof are promptly used to redeem the Notes in full or
deposited to defease or discharge the Notes, in each case, in
accordance with this Indenture;
(15) Indebtedness solely
represented by premium financing or similar payment obligations
incurred with respect to insurance policies purchased in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
and
(16) additional Indebtedness
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the Senior
Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as the case
may be, and matures at least 91 days after the final stated
maturity of the later of the Notes or the Senior Secured Notes in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3.0 million at any
time outstanding.
For purposes of determining
compliance with Section 5.12 , (a) the outstanding
principal amount of any item of Indebtedness shall be counted only
once and (b) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets
the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted
Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (16) above
or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of such covenant, the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify) such
item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this
covenant. Indebtedness of the type described in clause
(3) above that is outstanding on the Issue Date will initially
be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the
exception provided by such clause (and for the avoidance of doubt,
not clause (4) above). Accrual of interest, accretion or
amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on
any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the
same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital
Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of
Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence
of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for
purposes of Section 5.12 .
“ Permitted
Investments ” means:
(1) Investments by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person
that (a) is or will become immediately after such Investment a
Guarantor or that will merge or consolidate with or into the
Company or a Guarantor, or that transfers or conveys all or
substantially all of its assets to the Company or a Guarantor or
(b) is a Guarantor;
(2) Investments in the
Company by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided that any Indebtedness evidencing such Investment is
unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the
Company’s Obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture;
(3) Investments in cash and
Cash Equivalents;
(4) Hedging Obligations in
compliance with Section 5.12 ;
(5) Investments in the
Notes;
(6) Investments in securities
of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or
insolvency of such trade creditors or customers in exchange for
claims against such trade creditors or customers;
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(7) Investments made by the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration
received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with
Section 5.16 ;
(8) Investments in existence
on the Issue Date;
(9) loans and advances,
including advances for travel and moving expenses, to employees,
officers and directors of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide
business purposes not in excess of $1.0 million at any one time
outstanding;
(10) advances to suppliers
and customers in the ordinary course of business; and
(11) additional Investments
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6.0 million at any time
outstanding.
“ Permitted Junior
Securities ” means:
(1) equity interests in the
Company or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt securities that are
subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in
exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to
a greater extent than, the Notes and the Guarantees are
subordinated to Senior Debt under this Indenture.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means the following types of Liens:
(1) Liens for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges or claims either (a) not
delinquent or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may
be required pursuant to GAAP;
(2) statutory Liens of
landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law or
pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title incurred
in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate
provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made in respect thereof;
(3) Liens incurred or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types
of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit
issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of
tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids,
leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds
and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the
payment of borrowed money);
(4) any judgment Lien not
giving rise to an Event of Default;
(5) easements, rights-of-way,
zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in
respect of real property not interfering in any material respect
with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(6) any interest or title of
a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted pursuant
to clause (9) of the definition of “Permitted
Indebtedness”; provided that such Liens do not extend
to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to
such Capitalized Lease Obligation;
(7) Liens securing Purchase
Money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; provided
, however , that (a) the Indebtedness shall not exceed
the cost of the property or assets acquired, together, in the case
of real property, with the cost of the construction thereof and
improvements thereto, and shall not be secured by a Lien on any
property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company other than such property or assets so acquired or
constructed and improvements thereto and (b) the Lien securing
such Indebtedness shall be created within 180 days of such
acquisition or construction or, in the case of a refinancing of any
Purchase Money Indebtedness, within 180 days of such
refinancing;
(8) Liens upon specific items
of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing
such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’
acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
other goods;
(9) Liens securing
reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of
credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such
letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(10) Liens encumbering
deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory,
regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and
set-off;
(11) Liens securing
Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations that are permitted under
this Indenture or that relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture;
(12) Liens securing Acquired
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 5.12 ;
provided that:
(a) such Liens secured such
Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of
such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company and were not granted in connection with,
or in anticipation of, the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness
by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
and
(b) such Liens do not extend
to or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that
secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such
Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and are no more favorable to
the lienholders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior
to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(13) Liens existing as of the
Issue Date and securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding
under clause (4) of the definition of the term
“Permitted Indebtedness” to the extent and in the
manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date;
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(14) Liens securing the
Notes, the Senior Secured Notes and all other Obligations under
this Indenture, the Collateral Agreements, the Senior Secured
Indenture, the Guarantees and the Senior Secured
Guarantees;
(15) Liens securing
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement to the extent such
Indebtedness is permitted under clause (3) or (16) of the
definition of the term “Permitted
Indebtedness”;
(16) Liens securing
Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to Refinance any
Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this
paragraph and which has been incurred in accordance with
Section 5.12 ; provided , however , that
such Liens: (i) are no less favorable to the Holders and are
not more favorable to the lienholders with respect to such Liens
than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and
(ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the
Indebtedness so Refinanced;
(17) Oil and Gas Liens, in
each case which are not incurred in connection with the borrowing
of money; and
(18) Liens securing First
Priority Cash Management Obligations.
“ Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, the Guarantees, the
Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, as
the case may be, and matures at least 91 days after the final
stated maturity of the later of the Notes or the Senior Secured
Notes.
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Physical Notes
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b)
.
“ PIK Interest
” means pay-in-kind interest payable on all outstanding Notes
in the form of the issuance of PIK Notes.
“ PIK Notes
” means all Notes issued as PIK Interest from time to time in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including, without
limitation, the provisions of Sections 2.01 and
Section 2.13 . The PIK Notes will be substantially
identical to the Initial Notes other than the issuances dates and
the dates from which interest will accrue.
“ Premises
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22
.
“ principal
” of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the
principal amount (or accreted value, as the case may be) of such
Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
“ Private Placement
Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the
Notes in the form set forth in Exhibit B .
“ Purchase Money
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries incurred for the purpose of financing all
or any part of the purchase price, or the cost of installation,
construction or improvement, of property or equipment,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser of the Fair Market Value of
such property or such purchase price or cost.
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“ QIB ”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A.
“ Qualified Capital
Stock ” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified
Capital Stock.
“ Qualifying
Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in the definition
of “Fundamental Change.”
“ Record Date
” means any of the Record Dates specified in the Notes,
whether or not a Legal Holiday.
“ Redemption
Date ” means, when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption of such Note pursuant to
this Indenture and the Notes.
“ Redemption
Price ” means, when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, the price fixed for redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Notes.
“ Refinance
” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to
refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or
retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or
replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part.
“ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing
” shall have correlative meanings.
“ Refinancing
Indebtedness ” means any Refinancing by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred
in accordance with Section 5.12 (other than pursuant to
Permitted Indebtedness) or clause (1), (2), (4) or
(11) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, in each case
that does not:
(1) have an aggregate
principal amount (or, if such Indebtedness is issued with original
issue discount, an aggregate offering price) greater than the sum
of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness
being Refinanced (or, if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is
issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value)
as of the date of such proposed Refinancing plus
(y) the amount of fees, expenses, premium and accrued but
unpaid interest relating to the Refinancing of such Indebtedness
being Refinanced;
(2) create Indebtedness with:
(a) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced; or (b) a final maturity earlier than the final
maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; or
(3) affect the security, if
any, for such Refinancing Indebtedness (except to the extent that
less security is granted to holders of such Refinancing
Indebtedness).
If such Indebtedness being
Refinanced is subordinate or junior by its terms to the Notes, then
such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate by its terms to
the Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the
Indebtedness being Refinanced.
“ Registrar
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03
.
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“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, between the Company and the
Initial Purchaser, as the same may be amended or modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Regulation S
” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Regulation S
Global Note ” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note
or a Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
“ Reinvestment
Yield ” means a discount rate equal to 0.5% over the
yield (i) reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the date of conversion, on the display designated as “Page
PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1 on
Bloomberg Financial Markets or, if Page PX1 (or its successor
screen on Bloomberg Financial Markets) is unavailable, the Telerate
Access Service screen which corresponds most closely to Page PX1
for the most recently issued actively traded U.S. Treasury
securities having a maturity closest to October 1, 2010 or
(ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the
yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by
way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields
reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so
reported as of the date of the conversion, in Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor
publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a
maturity closest to October 1, 2010. Such yield will be
determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill
quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted
financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between
(1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the
maturity closest to and later than the period from the date of such
conversion to October 1, 2010 and (2) the actively traded
U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and earlier
than October 1, 2010. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded
to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of
the applicable Note.
“ Reserve Report
” means a report relating to the estimates of the proved
reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared by
independent petroleum engineers.
“ Reset
Threshold ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.05 .
“ Restricted
Payment ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10 .
“ Restricted
Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period
as defined in Regulation S.
“ Restricted
Security ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided that the
Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a
Restricted Security.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such
Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“ Rule 144A
” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“ Security
Agreement ” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the
Issue Date, made by the Company and the Guarantors in favor of the
Collateral Agent, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
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“ Senior Debt
” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the
Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Credit Agreement and
all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto;
(2) the Senior Secured Notes,
the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees and all other Obligations
arising under any Indenture Document (as defined in the Senior
Secured Notes Indenture);
(3) any other Indebtedness of
the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the
terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity
with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any
Guarantee; and
(4) all Obligations with
respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1),
(2) and (3).
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt will not
include:
(1) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the
Company;
(2) any intercompany
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the
Company or any of its Affiliates;
(3) any trade
payables;
(4) the portion of any
Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture;
or
(5) Indebtedness which is
classified as non-recourse in accordance with GAAP or any unsecured
claim arising in respect thereof by reason of the application of
section 1111(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“ Senior Secured
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, without duplication,
(A) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that (i) is evidenced
by or consists of the Credit Agreement, the Notes (or any Guarantee
in respect thereof) or any Indebtedness that Refinances any Note
(or any Guarantee in respect thereof) that has a Lien on any assets
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
(ii) is outstanding on such date less (B) total
cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“ Senior Secured
Notes ” means the 12.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2012
issued by the Company.
“ Senior Secured
Notes Guarantees ” means any guarantee of the Senior
Secured Notes.
“ Senior Secured
Notes Indenture ” means the indenture governing the
Senior Secured Notes.
“ Settlement
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03
.
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“ Significant
Subsidiary ” with respect to any Person, means any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria
for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
“ Subsidiary
” with respect to any Person, means:
(1) any corporation of which
the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the
votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under
ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person; or
(2) any other Person of which
at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary
circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person.
“ TIA ”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this
Indenture, except as otherwise set forth in
Section 10.03 .
“ Total
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination,
(A) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date
less (B) total cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such
date.
“ Transaction
Date ” means with respect to the incurrence of any
Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that is a Guarantor, the date such Indebtedness is to be incurred
and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the date such
Restricted Payment is to be made.
“ Trust Officer
” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer
of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture.
“ Trustee
” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means:
(1) any Subsidiary of such
Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of
such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired
or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless
such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so
designated, provided that:
(1) the Company certifies to
the Trustee that such designation complies with
Section 5.10 ; and
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(2) each Subsidiary to be so
designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of
designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has
recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary only if:
(1) immediately after giving
effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 5.12 ;
and
(2) immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the
Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly
filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving
effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
provisions.
“ U.S. Government
Obligations ” means non-callable direct obligations of,
and non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of
America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged.
“ U.S. Legal
Tender ” means such coin or currency of the United States
which, as at the time of payment, shall be immediately available
legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
“ Voting Stock
” means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class
or classes of Capital Stock of such Person entitling the holders
thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of
stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the
election of members of the Board of Directors (or equivalent
governing body) 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 then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness into (2) the sum of the total of the products
obtained by multiplying:
(a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity,
in respect thereof, by
(b) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment.
“ Wholly-Owned
Restricted Subsidiary ” of any Person means any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding
Capital Stock (other than in the case of a CFC Subsidiary,
directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of
shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable
law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person.
Section 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such 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.
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“ indenture security
holder ” means a Holder.
“ indenture to be
qualified ” means this Indenture.
“ indenture
trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Trustee.
“ obligor
” on this Indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
Section 1.03. 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 words in the plural include the
singular;
(5) “herein,”
“hereof” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision;
(6) when the words
“includes” or “including” are used herein,
they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation”;
(7) all references to
“interest” in this Indenture in respect of any Note
shall include any Additional Interest due on such Note pursuant to
the terms of the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;
and
(8) all references to
Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this
Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
ARTICLE TWO
The Notes
Section 2.01. Form and
Dating . The Initial Notes, the PIK Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange rule or Depository rule or usage. Any PIK Notes will be
issued with the designation “PIK” on the face of such
PIK Note. The Company shall approve the form of the Notes and any
notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Note shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
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The terms and provisions
contained in the form of the Notes annexed hereto as
Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, 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.
Notes offered and sold in
reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one
or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (“ Global
Notes ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by
the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set
forth in Exhibit B .
Notes offered and sold to
Institutional Accredited Investors in reliance on Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in
registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
A (the “ IAI Global Notes ”), deposited with
the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided
and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit B
.
Notes offered and sold in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued
in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes (a “
Regulation S Global Note ”) deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the
name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the
accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or
Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth
in Exhibit B .
The provisions of the
“Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and
“Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and
the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream
Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream
will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note that are held by participants through
Euroclear or Clearsteam.
The aggregate principal
amount of any Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.
The definitive Notes shall be
typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner
permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the
Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officers executing
such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such
Notes.
Section 2.02. Execution
and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount . An Officer
(who shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
actions) shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature
is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no
longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be valid
until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
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The Trustee shall
authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 and
(ii) PIK Notes, from time to time after the Issue Date but
prior to the Maturity Date for issue only in lieu of the payment of
interest in cash of interest payable with respect to the Notes
(including previously issued PIK Notes) prior to the Maturity Date
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such
interest (rounded to the nearest whole dollar), in each case, upon
written orders of the Company in the form of an Officers’
Certificate, and receipt of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Trustee covering such matter as the Trustee reasonably requests,
including an opinion relating to the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture against the Company. In addition, each
Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or PIK
Notes. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes shall
have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent (the “ Authenticating Agent
”) reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an
Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee
may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal
with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.
The Notes shall be issuable
in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of
$1,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 2.03. Registrar,
Conversion Agent and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain
an office or agency which shall initially be the office of the
Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where
(a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”),
(b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment (the
“ Paying Agent ”), (c) Notes may be
presented for conversion (“ Conversion Agent ”)
and (d) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall
keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company, upon prior written notice to the Trustee, may have one
or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The term “Paying
Agent” includes any additional Paying Agent, and the term
“Conversion Agent” includes any additional Conversion
Agent. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act
as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.
The Company shall enter into
an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this
Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the
TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to
such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing, in
advance, of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company
fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the
foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such, and shall be
entitled to appropriate compensation therefore, pursuant to
Section 8.07 .
The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent
and agent for service of demands and notices in connection with the
Notes. The Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar may resign
upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the
Company.
The Company appoints The
Depositary Trust Company as Depositary.
Section 2.04. Obligations
of Paying Agent . The Company shall require each Paying Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent
shall hold separate and apart from, and not commingle with any
other properties, for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee,
all assets
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held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal of, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets
have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on
the Notes), and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on
the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the
Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to
distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for
any assets distributed. Upon receipt by the Trustee of all assets
that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent,
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such
assets.
Section 2.05. Holder
Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of the Holders and shall otherwise comply with
TIA Section 312(b). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the
Trustee before each Record Date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing a list as of such date and in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably request of the names and
addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied
upon by the Trustee.
Section 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange . Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15
and 2.16 , when Notes are presented to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Notes
or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of
other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange as requested;
provided , however , that the Notes presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly
endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing and such other documents as the Registrar or Co-Registrar
may reasonably require. To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s
request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 2.10 ,
3.07 , 5.15 , 5.16 or 10.05 , in which
event the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such
taxes).
The Registrar or co-Registrar
shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any
Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of business
fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption
of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part
pursuant to Article Three , except the unredeemed portion of
any Note being redeemed in part.
Any Holder of a Global Note
shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of
beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only
through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture and the
Applicable Procedures.
Section 2.07. Replacement
Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if
the Holder of a Note claims in writing that the Note has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, then, in the absence of written
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding if the Trustee’s requirements are met. Except
with respect to mutilated Notes, if required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder must provide an affidavit of lost certificate
and an indemnity bond or other indemnity,
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sufficient in the judgment of both the
Company and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the Trustee or any
Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including reasonable
fees and expenses of its counsel and of the Trustee and its
counsel. In case any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company
in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note
in replacement thereof. Every replacement Note shall constitute an
additional obligation of the Company, entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture, subject to Section 2.08 .
Section 2.08. Outstanding
Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by
it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.09 , a Note does not cease to
be outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds
the Note.
If a Note is replaced
pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note
surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless
the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced
Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to
be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof
pursuant to Section 2.07 .
If on a Redemption Date or
the Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the principal and
interest due on the Notes payable on that date and is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such
Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue.
Section 2.09. Treasury
Notes; When Notes Are Disregarded . In determining whether the
Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned by the
Company or any of its Affiliates shall be considered as though they
are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of
the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered.
Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act
with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company
or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor.
Section 2.10. Temporary
Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Notes upon receipt of a written order of the Company in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate. The Officers’
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the temporary Notes are to be
authenticated. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
upon receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to
Section 2.02 definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Notes. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Notes.
Section 2.11.
Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has acquired
in any lawful manner, to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar, Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange,
payment or conversion. The Trustee, or at the direction of the
Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall
cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07 , the Company may
not issue new
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Notes to replace Notes that it has paid
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such
Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11 . The
Trustee shall dispose of all cancelled Notes in accordance with the
Trustee’s customary procedures.
Section 2.12. CUSIP
Numbers . A “ CUSIP ” number shall be
printed on the Notes, and the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in
notices of redemption, purchase or exchange as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any change in the CUSIP number.
Section 2.13. Issuance of
PIK Notes . For any Interest Payment Date after the initial
Interest Payment Date, the Company may, at its option, elect to pay
interest on the Notes (1) entirely in cash (“ Cash
Interest ”) or (2) entirely by increasing the
principal amount of the outstanding notes or by issuing additional
PIK Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of
interest (rounded to the nearest whole cent) that would be payable
with respect to the Notes if such interest were paid in cash
provided, on any Record Date, should the sum of clauses
(iii) A-F of the first paragraph of Section 5.10
be equal to or greater than 50% of the accrued and unpaid interest
due on an Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be required to
pay 50% of the interest then due on such Interest Payment Date in
cash to the Holders (“ PIK Interest ”). Any PIK
Notes so issued shall be dated the applicable Interest Date, shall
bear interest from and after such date, and shall mature on
October 1, 2013. The Company may not issue PIK Notes in lieu
of paying interest in cash if such interest is default interest or
such interest is due and payable with respect to any principal that
is due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise.
With respect to any PIK
Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee:
(1) no later than five
Business Days prior to the beginning of each such Interest Payment
Date, a written notice setting forth the extent to which such
interest payment will be made in the form of PIK Interest, and
within five Business Days of the receipt thereof, the Trustee shall
deliver a corresponding notice to the Holders; and
(2) no later than one
Business day prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, an order
to authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes.
Any PIK Notes shall, after
being executed and authenticated pursuant to
Section 2.01 , be (i) delivered by the Trustee to
such Holders as of the relevant Record Date at such Holders’
registered address that hold Notes in the form of physical Notes,
or (ii) deposited with or on behalf of DTC for the benefit of
the beneficial owners of the Notes as of the relevant record date
with respect to the notes that are held in global form.
In the absence of such an
election for any Interest Payment Date, interest on the Notes shall
be payable according to the election for previous Interest Payment
Date. Interest for the first Interest Payment Date commencing on
the date of this Indenture shall be payable entirely in cash.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the payment of accrued
interest in connection with any redemption or repurchase of Notes
as described under Section 3.01, Section 5.15 and
Section 5.16 shall be made solely in cash.
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Section 2.14. Deposit of
Moneys . Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each
Interest Payment Date and the Maturity Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to make
cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
Section 2.15. Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes .
(a) The Global Notes
initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the
Depository or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be
delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and
(iii) bear legends as set forth in Exhibit B
.
Members of, or participants
in, the Depository (“ Agent Members ”) shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note
held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its
custodian, or under any Global Note, and the Depository may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company
or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair,
as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of the Global
Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees.
Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be
transferred or exchanged in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures of the Depository and the provisions of
Section 2.16 , provided , however , that
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be
made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). In addition,
Notes in the form of certificated Notes in registered form in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the
“ Physical Notes ”) shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the
Global Notes if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global
Notes and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company
within ninety (90) days of such notice or (ii) an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has
received a request from the Depository to issue Physical Notes;
provided that a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Note may not be exchanged for a Physical Note or transferred
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Physical
Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period.
(c) Any beneficial interest
in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a Person who
takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note
shall, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such first Global
Note and become a beneficial interest in such other Global Note
and, accordingly, shall thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to a
beneficial interest in such other Global Notes for as long as it
remains such an interest.
(d) In connection with any
transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in the
Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the
Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued)
reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to
be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
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(e) In connection with the
transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), the Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial
owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount
of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(f) Any Physical Note
constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an
interest in the Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b), except as
otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c) of
Section 2.16 , bear the legend regarding transfer
restrictions applicable to the Physical Notes set forth in
Exhibit A .
(g) The Holder of a Global
Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through
Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to
take under this Indenture or the Notes.
Section 2.16. Special
Transfer Provisions .
(a) Transfers to Non-QIB
Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-U.S. Persons .
The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which
is not a QIB or to any Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall
register the transfer of any Note constituting a Restricted
Security, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement
Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after October 1,
2009 or (y) (1) in the case of a transfer to an
Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding
Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to the
Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S.
Person, the proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;
and
(ii) if the proposed
transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the
Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the
certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and
(y) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures and the Registrar’s procedures,
whereupon (1) the Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does
not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical Notes) a decrease in
the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to
be transferred, and (2) the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes
of like tenor and principal amount.
(b) Transfers to QIBs
. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S.
Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall
register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed
transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note
stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in
writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the
certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has
otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it
is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with
respect to which it
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exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the
meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received
such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant
to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and
that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed
transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be transferred
consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be evidenced
by an interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and
the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on
its books and records the date and an increase in the principal
amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee
shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred.
(c) Private Placement
Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes
not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall
deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon
the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear
the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the circumstance
contemplated by paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this
Section 2.16 exists or (ii) there is delivered to
the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor
the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to
maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. The
Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such
transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note
set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of
Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish
the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or
other information as either of them may reasonably require to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption
from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the
Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a
determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency
of any such certifications, legal opinions or other
information.
(d) General . By its
acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each
Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of
such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it shall transfer such Note only as provided
in this Indenture.
The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any security (including any transfers between or
among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interest 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.
The Registrar shall retain
copies of all letters, notices and other written communications
received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this
Section 2.16 . The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other
written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of
reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
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ARTICLE
THREE
Redemption
Section 3.01. Optional
Redemption . Semi-annually beginning on October 1, 2009,
we may redeem up to 25% of the principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding at a Redemption Price of 100% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
to the Redemption Date, only in the event the closing price of
shares of the Company’s Common Stock equals 150% or more of
the Conversion Price then in effect for 20 of any 30 consecutive
trading days, provided should we redeem any Notes prior to
October 1, 2010 the Holders shall be entitled to the
make-whole premium set forth below under Section 4.10
as if the Redemption Date were the Conversion Date.
Section 3.02. Mandatory
Redemption . The Company is not required to make any mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the
Notes.
Section 3.03. Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed . If fewer than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall select the Notes to be redeemed (1) in compliance with
the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if
any, on which such Notes are listed or (2) if such Notes are
not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro
rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee may
reasonably determine is fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall
make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously
called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof, to be redeemed.
No Notes of a principal
amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part and Notes of a
principal amount in excess of $1,000 may be redeemed in part in
multiples of $1,000 only. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Notes that have denominations larger than
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for
redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption.
Section 3.04. Notice of
Redemption . At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before
the Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a
notice of redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address,
with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent. At the
Company’s written request delivered at least fifteen days
prior to the date such notice is to be given (unless a shorter
period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee shall give
the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the
Company’s expense, provided the Company provides the Trustee
with all information required for such notice of redemption.
Failure to give Notice of redemption, or any defect therein to any
Holder of any Note selected for redemption shall not impair or
affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.
Each notice of redemption
shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption
Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and
the amount of accrued interest, if any, to be paid;
(3) the Conversion
Price;
(4) the name and address of
the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(5) the CUSIP
number;
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(6) the subparagraph of the
Notes pursuant to which such redemption is being made;
(7) the place where such
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if
any;
(8) that, unless the Company
fails to deposit with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the
applicable Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the
Notes cease to accrete in value and interest on Notes called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date in
accordance with Section 3.06 , and the only remaining
right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, upon surrender to
the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;
(9) 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, and upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in the aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be
issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the
original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and
beneficial interests in the Global Note will be made);
and
(10) if fewer than all the
Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular
Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial
redemption.
If any of the Notes to be
redeemed is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall
modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the
procedures of the Depository applicable to redemption.
Section 3.05. Effect of
Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed in
accordance with Section 3.04 , Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and
payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus
accrued interest thereon. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying
Agent, such Notes or portions thereof called for redemption shall
be paid at the Redemption Price plus accrued interest thereon, to
the Redemption Date, but installments of interest thereon, the
maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be
payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to in the Notes.
Section 3.06. Deposit of
Redemption Price . Not later than 10:00 a.m. local time in the
place of payment on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes or
portions thereof to be redeemed on that date.
The Paying Agent shall
promptly return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited
which is not required for that purpose, except with respect to
monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article
Eight .
If the Company complies with
the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any,
interest on the Notes to be redeemed shall cease to accrue and the
Notes shall cease to accrete in value on and after the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for
payment.
Section 3.07. Notes
Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Note that is to be
redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new
Note or Notes equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of the Note surrendered.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
Conversion
Section 4.01. Conversion
Right and Conversion Rate .
(a) Subject to and upon
compliance with the provisions of this Article Four , at the
option of the Holder thereof, any portion of the principal amount
of any Note that is an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted
into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the
Conversion Rate, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at
the time of conversion. The Holders may surrender Notes for
conversion at the applicable Conversion Rate at any time after the
Original Issue Date until the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the final maturity date of the
Notes.
(b) All calculations under
this Article Four shall be made to the nearest cent or to
the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
Section 4.02. Conversion
Consideration .
(a) Upon surrendering any
Notes for conversion, the Holder of such Notes shall receive, in
respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, shares of Common
Stock at an initial conversion rate of 1,389.00 shares per $1,000
principal amount of Notes (the “ Conversion Rate
”), which is based upon an initial Conversion Price of $0.72
per share. The Conversion Rate (and Conversion Price) are subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 4.05 .
(b) The Holders at the close
of business on a Record Date will be entitled to receive the
interest payment on those Notes on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Notes following
that Record Date or the Company’s default in payment of the
interest due on that Interest Payment Date. However, Notes
surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of
business on any Record Date and the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the
interest payable on such Notes on that Interest Payment Date. A
Holder on a Record Date who (or whose transferee) tenders any Notes
for conversion on the corresponding Interest Payment Date will
receive the interest payable on Notes on that date, and the
converting Holder need not include payment in the amount of such
interest upon surrender of Notes for conversion. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if Notes are converted during the period between the
close of business on any Record Date and the opening of business on
the corresponding Interest Payment Date and the Company has
specified a Change of Control Payment Date (as defined below)
during such period or on such corresponding Interest Payment Date
pursuant to the Change of Control redemption provisions described
in Section 5.15 , the Holder who tenders such Notes for
conversion shall receive the interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date and need not include payment of the amount of such
interest upon surrender of its Notes for conversion.
Except as provided above with
respect to a voluntary conversion, the Company shall make no
payment or allowance for unpaid interest, whether or not in
arrears, on converted Notes or for dividends on the shares of
Common Stock issued upon conversion.
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Section 4.03. Exercise of
Conversion Right .
(a) In order to exercise the
conversion right:
(i) the Holder of any
Physical Note to be converted must (1) complete and manually
sign a notice of conversion substantially in the form set forth on
the reverse of the Note (the “ Conversion Notice
”); (2) deliver the Conversion Notice and the Physical
Note (and the Certificate of Conversion & R
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