AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO
11% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE
2015
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 1,
2009
Dated as of August 16, 2007
As supplemented by First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
July 15, 2008
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Trustee and as Collateral
Agent
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Second Supplemental
Indenture ”), dated as of September 1, 2009, among
Vector Group Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), the Guarantors listed on the signature
pages hereto (the “ Guarantors ”) and U.S. Bank,
National Association, as Trustee (the “ Trustee
”) and as Collateral Agent (the “ Agent
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered
an Indenture, dated as of August 16, 2007 (the “ Base
Indenture ”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 15, 2008 (the “ First
Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base
Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) providing for the
initial issuance by the Company of its Initial Notes (as defined
below);
WHEREAS,
Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the
Indenture from time to time without the consent of the Holder (as
defined in the Base Indenture) to provide for the issuance of
Additional Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture) in accordance
with the limitations set forth in the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make the New Notes (as defined below), when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein and in the Indenture against payment therefor, the
valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company and to make
this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal
agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, have been
done;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Company and each Guarantor, the Trustee and the Agent mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders
of the Additional Notes as follows:
All Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. The rules of interpretation set
forth in the Indenture shall be applied here as if set forth in
full herein.
“Initial
Notes” means the $165 million aggregate principal
amount of Notes issued under the Indenture on August 16,
2007.
“New
Notes” means up to $85 million aggregate principal
amount of Additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued
under this Second Supplemental Indenture, as part of the same
series as the Initial Notes.
“
Notes ” means the Company’s 11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2015. The Initial Notes and the New Notes will be part of
the same series for all purposes under the Indenture and this
Second Supplemental Indenture, and unless the context otherwise
requires, all references to the Notes will include the Initial
Notes and the New Notes.
2
AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF
ADDITIONAL NOTES
A. The
Company will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, subject to its compliance
with Section 4.09 of the Indenture, to issue the New Notes
under this Second Supplemental Indenture which will have identical
terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of
issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes and the Additional
Notes issued will be treated as a single class for all purposes
under the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture
including, but not limited to, Section 2.06.
B. With
respect to the New Notes, the Company will set forth in one or more
resolutions of its Board of Directors and/or a designated committee
thereof and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which
will be delivered to the Trustee, the following
information:
1. the aggregate
principal amount of such New Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture;
and
2. the issue
price, the issue date and the CUSIP numbers of such New
Notes.
EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION OF
NEW NOTES
The Trustee will,
upon receipt of a written order of the Company s
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