Back to top

INDENTURE

Indenture Agreement

INDENTURE | Document Parties: FELCOR LODGING TRUST INC | FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, | FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED | FELCOR HOTEL ASSET COMPANY, L.L.C | FELCOR/CSS HOLDINGS, L.P., | FHAC TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P., | MYRTLE BEACH HOTELS, L.L.C., | CENTER CITY HOTEL ASSOCIATES, | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, You are currently viewing:
This Indenture Agreement involves

FELCOR LODGING TRUST INC | FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, | FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED | FELCOR HOTEL ASSET COMPANY, L.L.C | FELCOR/CSS HOLDINGS, L.P., | FHAC TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P., | MYRTLE BEACH HOTELS, L.L.C., | CENTER CITY HOTEL ASSOCIATES, | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here.
Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 11/1/2006
Industry: Real Estate Operations    

INDENTURE, Parties: felcor lodging trust inc , felcor lodging limited partnership  , felcor lodging trust incorporated , felcor hotel asset company  l.l.c , felcor/css holdings  l.p.  , fhac texas holdings  l.p.  , myrtle beach hotels  l.l.c.  , center city hotel associates  , u.s. bank national association
50 of the Top 250 law firms use our Products every day
 

EXHIBIT 4.1

 

 

 

FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as Issuer,
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED,
FELCOR/CSS HOLDINGS, L.P.,
FELCOR HOTEL ASSET COMPANY, L.L.C.,
FELCOR PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY, L.L.C.,
FELCOR LODGING HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.,
FHAC TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P.,
FELCOR CANADA CO.,
FELCOR OMAHA HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C.,
FELCOR TRS HOLDINGS, L.P.,
MYRTLE BEACH HOTELS, L.L.C.,
FELCOR TRS BORROWER 1, L.P.,
FELCOR TRS GUARANTOR, L.P.,
CENTER CITY HOTEL ASSOCIATES,
FELCOR LODGING COMPANY, L.L.C.,
FELCOR TRS BORROWER 3, L.P.,
FELCOR TRS BORROWER 4, L.L.C.,
as Guarantors,
FELCOR HOLDINGS TRUST,
as Pledgor,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 31, 2006

 

Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2011

 

 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

 

 

 

 

TIA Sections

 

 

Indenture Sections

Section 310(a)(1)

 

7.10

 

(a

)(2)

 

7.10

 

(b

)

 

7.08

Section 313(c)

 

7.06; 10.02

Section 314(a)

 

4.17; 10.02

 

(a

)(4)

 

4.16; 10.02

 

(b

)(2)

 

12.02

 

(c

)(1)

 

10.03

 

(c

)(2)

 

10.03

 

(d

)

 

12.04

 

(e

)

 

10.04

Section 315(b)

 

7.05; 10.02

Section 316(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

 

(a

)(1)(B)

 

6.04

 

(b

)

 

6.07

Section 317(a)(1)

 

6.08

 

(a

)(2)

 

6.09

Section 318(a)

 

10.01

 

(c

)

 

10.01

 

 

 

 

* Note:

 

The Cross-Reference Table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

2


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02.

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

19

 

SECTION 1.03.

 

Rules of Construction

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

 

Form and Dating

 

 

20

 

SECTION 2.02.

 

Restrictive Legends

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.03.

 

Execution, Authentication and Denominations

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.04.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.05.

 

Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.06.

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.07.

 

Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

 

 

24

 

SECTION 2.08.

 

Special Transfer Provisions

 

 

25

 

SECTION 2.09.

 

Replacement Notes

 

 

27

 

SECTION 2.10.

 

Outstanding Notes

 

 

27

 

SECTION 2.11.

 

Temporary Notes

 

 

28

 

SECTION 2.12.

 

Cancellation

 

 

28

 

SECTION 2.13.

 

CUSIP Numbers

 

 

28

 

SECTION 2.14.

 

Defaulted Interest

 

 

28

 

SECTION 2.15.

 

Issuance of Additional Notes

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

 

Optional Redemption

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.02.

 

Notices to Trustee

 

 

29

 

SECTION 3.03.

 

Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed

 

 

29

 

SECTION 3.04.

 

Notice of Redemption

 

 

29

 

SECTION 3.05.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

30

 

SECTION 3.06.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

30

 

SECTION 3.07.

 

Payment of Notes Called for Redemption

 

 

30

 

SECTION 3.08.

 

Notes Redeemed in Part

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

 

Payment of Notes

 

 

30

 

SECTION 4.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.03.

 

Limitation on Indebtedness

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.04.

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

 

33

 

SECTION 4.05.

 

Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

36

 

SECTION 4.06.

 

Limitation on the Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

37

 

SECTION 4.07.

 

Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

37

 

-i-


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 4.08.

 

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

38

 

SECTION 4.09.

 

Limitation on Liens

 

 

38

 

SECTION 4.10.

 

Limitation on Asset Sales

 

 

39

 

SECTION 4.11.

 

Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control

 

 

39

 

SECTION 4.12.

 

Existence

 

 

40

 

SECTION 4.13.

 

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

40

 

SECTION 4.14.

 

Maintenance of Properties and Insurance

 

 

40

 

SECTION 4.15.

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

40

 

SECTION 4.16.

 

Compliance Certificates

 

 

40

 

SECTION 4.17.

 

Commission Reports and Reports to Holders

 

 

41

 

SECTION 4.18.

 

Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

41

 

SECTION 4.19.

 

Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions

 

 

41

 

SECTION 4.20.

 

Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets

 

 

41

 

SECTION 4.21.

 

Investment Grade Rating

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

 

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

 

 

42

 

SECTION 5.02.

 

Successor Substituted

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

 

Events of Default

 

 

43

 

SECTION 6.02.

 

Acceleration

 

 

44

 

SECTION 6.03.

 

Other Remedies

 

 

45

 

SECTION 6.04.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

45

 

SECTION 6.05.

 

Control by Majority

 

 

45

 

SECTION 6.06.

 

Limitation on Suits

 

 

45

 

SECTION 6.07.

 

Rights of Holders To Receive Payment

 

 

46

 

SECTION 6.08.

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

46

 

SECTION 6.09.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

46

 

SECTION 6.10.

 

Priorities

 

 

46

 

SECTION 6.11.

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

46

 

SECTION 6.12.

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

47

 

SECTION 6.13.

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

47

 

SECTION 6.14.

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

 

General

 

 

47

 

SECTION 7.02.

 

Certain Rights of Trustee

 

 

47

 

SECTION 7.03.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

48

 

SECTION 7.04.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

48

 

SECTION 7.05.

 

Notice of Default

 

 

48

 

SECTION 7.06.

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders

 

 

48

 

SECTION 7.07.

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

48

 

SECTION 7.08.

 

Replacement of Trustee

 

 

49

 

SECTION 7.09.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

 

50

 

SECTION 7.10.

 

Eligibility

 

 

50

 

-ii-


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 7.11.

 

Money Held in Trust

 

 

50

 

SECTION 7.12.

 

Withholding Taxes

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

 

Termination of Company’s Obligations

 

 

50

 

SECTION 8.02.

 

Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

51

 

SECTION 8.03.

 

Defeasance of Certain Obligations

 

 

53

 

SECTION 8.04.

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

54

 

SECTION 8.05.

 

Repayment to Company

 

 

54

 

SECTION 8.06.

 

Reinstatement

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

 

Without Consent of Holders

 

 

54

 

SECTION 9.02.

 

With Consent of Holders

 

 

55

 

SECTION 9.03.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consent

 

 

56

 

SECTION 9.04.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

56

 

SECTION 9.05.

 

Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

 

56

 

SECTION 9.06.

 

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

 

Trust Indenture Act of 1939

 

 

56

 

SECTION 10.02.

 

Notices

 

 

57

 

SECTION 10.03.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

57

 

SECTION 10.04.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.05.

 

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.06.

 

Payment Date Other Than a Business Day

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.07.

 

Governing Law

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.08.

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.09.

 

No Recourse Against Others

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.10.

 

Successors

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.11.

 

Duplicate Originals

 

 

58

 

SECTION 10.12.

 

Separability

 

 

59

 

SECTION 10.13.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE OF THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

 

Guarantee

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.02.

 

Obligations of Guarantor Unconditional

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.03.

 

Notice to Trustee

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.04.

 

This Article Not To Prevent Events of Default

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.05.

 

Trustee’s Compensation Not Prejudiced

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.06.

 

Payments May Be Paid Prior to Dissolution

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.07.

 

Release of Guarantee

 

 

60

 

-iii-


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 12.01.

 

Security

 

 

60

 

SECTION 12.02.

 

Recording and Opinions

 

 

61

 

SECTION 12.03.

 

Release and Disposition of Collateral

 

 

61

 

SECTION 12.04.

 

Enforcement of Claims Against Pledged Collateral

 

 

62

 

SECTION 12.05.

 

Authorization of Actions To Be Taken by the Trustee

 

 

62

 

SECTION 12.06.

 

General Partner Interest in FelCor LP

 

 

62

 

SECTION 12.07.

 

Appointment of Collateral Agent

 

 

62

 

SECTION 12.08.

 

Limitation on Liability

 

 

62

 

-iv-


 

     INDENTURE, dated as of October 31, 2006, among FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership (“FelCor LP”), a Delaware limited partnership, FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (“FelCor”), a Maryland corporation, FelCor/CSS Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; FelCor Hotel Asset Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FelCor Pennsylvania Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FelCor Lodging Holding Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FHAC Texas Holdings, L.P., a Texas limited partnership; FelCor Canada Co., a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company; FelCor Omaha Hotel Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FelCor TRS Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; Myrtle Beach Hotels, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FelCor TRS Borrower 1, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; FelCor TRS Guarantor, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; Center City Hotel Associates, a Pennsylvania limited partnership; FelCor Lodging Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; FelCor TRS Borrower 3, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; FelCor TRS Borrower 4, L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and FelCor Holdings Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, as pledgor (the “Pledgor”).

RECITALS OF COMPANY

     FelCor LP has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance initially of up to $215,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of FelCor LP’s Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes Due 2011 (the “Notes”) issuable as provided in this Indenture. Each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for a guarantee of the Notes and of certain of FelCor LP’s obligations hereunder. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of FelCor LP and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms have been done, and FelCor LP and the Guarantors have done all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by FelCor LP and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by FelCor LP, the valid obligations of FelCor LP and the Guarantors as hereinafter provided.

     This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

AND THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     SECTION 1.01. Definitions .

     “ Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with an Asset Acquisition from such Person by a Restricted Subsidiary and not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition; provided that Indebtedness of such Person that is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition shall not be Acquired Indebtedness.

     “ Adjusted Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of FelCor, FelCor LP and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP (without taking into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) plus the minority interest in FelCor LP, if applicable; provided that the following items shall be excluded in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income, without duplication:

 


 

     (i) the net income (or loss) of any Person, other than FelCor LP, FelCor or a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to FelCor LP, FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period;

     (ii) the net income (or loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary;

     (iii) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales;

     (iv) for so long as the Notes are not rated Investment Grade, any amount paid or accrued as dividends on Preferred Stock of FelCor LP, FelCor or any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Persons other than FelCor or FelCor LP and any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; and

     (v) all extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses.

     “ Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means the total amount of assets of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves), except to the extent resulting from write-ups of capital assets (excluding write-ups in connection with accounting for acquisitions in conformity with GAAP), after deducting from the total amount of assets:

     (i) all current liabilities of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding intercompany items, and

     (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of FelCor LP or FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP and filed with the Commission or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.17.

     “ Adjusted Total Assets ” means, for any Person, the sum of :

     (i) Total Assets for such Person as of the end of the calendar quarter preceding the Transaction Date as set forth on the most recent quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of FelCor LP or FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP and filed with the Commission or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.17, and

     (ii) any increase in Total Assets following the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets resulting from the application of the proceeds of any additional Indebtedness.

     “ Administrative Agent ” means the relevant agent bank, if any, under any Line of Credit established by FelCor, and such agent bank’s successors and assigns.

     “ Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “ control ” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

     “ Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

     “ Agent Members ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.07(a).

-2-


 

     “ Asset Acquisition ” means:

     (i) an investment by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary or shall be merged into or consolidated with FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Person’s primary business is related, ancillary, incidental or complementary to the businesses of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such investment; or

     (ii) an acquisition by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries from any other Person that constitutes substantially all of a division or line of business, or one or more hotel properties, of such Person; provided that the property and assets acquired are related, ancillary, incidental or complementary to the businesses of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such acquisition.

     “ Asset Disposition ” means the sale or other disposition by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, other than to FelCor LP, FelCor or another Restricted Subsidiary, of:

     (i) all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, or

     (ii) all or substantially all of the assets that constitute a division or line of business, or one or more hotel properties, of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “ Asset Sale ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, including by way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transaction, in one transaction or a series of related transactions by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries of:

     (i) all or any of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary other than sales permitted under clause (iv) of Section 4.06,

     (ii) all or substantially all of the property and assets of an operating unit or business of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, or

     (iii) any other property and assets of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business of FelCor LP or FelCor or such Restricted Subsidiary and, in each case, that is not governed by the provisions of this Indenture applicable to mergers, consolidations and sales of assets of FelCor LP and FelCor;

provided that “ Asset Sale ” shall not include:

     (a) sales or other dispositions of inventory, receivables and other current assets,

     (b) sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets with a fair market value not in excess of $1 million in any transaction or series of related transactions, or

     (c) sales or other dispositions of assets for consideration at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or disposed of, to the extent that the consideration received would satisfy the requirements set forth in clause (i)(B) of the second paragraph of Section 4.10.

     “ Average Life ” means at any date of determination with respect to any debt security, the quotient obtained by dividing:

     (i) the sum of the products of:

-3-


 

     (a) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such debt security, and

     (b) the amount of such principal payment; by

     (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.

     “ Board of Directors ” means (i) with respect to FelCor, the Board of Directors of FelCor, (ii) with respect to FelCor LP, the Board of Directors of its general partner, and (iii) with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the board of directors of its general partner or manager, as the case may be, or, in each case, any committee of such Board of Directors duly authorized to act under this Indenture.

     “ Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution, certified by the Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “ Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York, or in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized by law to close.

     “ Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), including partnership interests, whether general or limited, in the equity of such Person, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Units.

     “ Capitalized Lease ” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property, whether real, personal or mixed, of which the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.

     “ Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means, as applied to any Person, the discounted present value of the rental obligations under a Capitalized Lease as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Change of Control ” means such time as:

     (i) a “ person ” or “ group ” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), becomes the ultimate “ beneficial owner ” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of FelCor or, other than by FelCor, of FelCor LP on a fully diluted basis; or

     (ii) individuals who on the Closing Date constitute the Board of Directors of FelCor (together with any new or replacement directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination by the Board of Directors for election by FelCor’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then still in office who either were members of the Board of Directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office.

     “ Closing Date ” means October 31, 2006.

     “ Collateral ” means any property, assets, proceeds or other items that may be pledged as security for the Notes, whether pursuant to Section 4.09, Article Twelve or otherwise.

     “ Collateral Agency Agreement ” means an agreement among FelCor, FelCor LP, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the trustees for the 8 1 / 2 % Senior Notes due 2011 and 7 5 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2007, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E to this Indenture.

     “ Collateral Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 12.07.

-4-


 

     “ Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, and any other security agreement, financing statement or other document applicable to the Collateral, each as in effect at the Closing Date and as amended from time to time as permitted by the Indenture.

     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA, then the body performing such duties at such time.

     “ Common Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) that have no preference on liquidation or with respect to distributions over any other class of Capital Stock, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person’s equity, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all series and classes of common stock.

     “ Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of a Person (i) by its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President, a Vice President, manager or similar officer of its general partner and (ii) by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, manager or similar officer of its general partner and delivered to the Trustee; provided , however , that such written request or order may be signed by any two of the officers or directors listed in clause (i) above in lieu of being signed by one of such officers or directors listed in such clause (i) and one of the officers listed in clause (ii) above.

     “ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , to the extent such amount was deducted in calculating such Adjusted Consolidated Net Income:

     (i) Consolidated Interest Expense,

     (ii) income taxes (other than income taxes (either positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary and non-recurring gains or losses or sales of assets),

     (iii) depreciation expense,

     (iv) amortization expense, and

     (v) all other non-cash items reducing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (other than items that will require cash payments and for which an accrual or reserve is, or is required by GAAP to be, made),

less all non-cash items increasing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis for FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP; provided that, if any Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated EBITDA shall be reduced (to the extent not otherwise reduced in accordance with GAAP) by an amount equal to:

     (a) the amount of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income attributable to such Restricted Subsidiary multiplied by

     (b) the percentage ownership interest in the income of such Restricted Subsidiary not owned on the last day of such period by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, without duplication, the aggregate amount of interest expense in respect of Indebtedness of FelCor, FelCor LP and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis (without taking into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in conformity with GAAP, including, without limitation:

     (a) amortization of original issue discount on any Indebtedness and the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, calculated in accordance with GAAP;

-5-


 

     (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and expenses owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing;

     (c) the net costs associated with Interest Rate Agreements and Indebtedness that is Guaranteed or secured by assets of FelCor LP, FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; and

     (d) all but the principal component of rentals in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or to be accrued by FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries;

excluding (i) the amount of such interest expense of any Restricted Subsidiary if the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary is excluded in the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition thereof (but only in the same proportion as the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary is excluded from the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) and (ii) any premiums, fees and expenses (and any amortization thereof) payable in connection with the offering of the Notes or paid in connection with any other Indebtedness outstanding on June 30, 2000, all as determined on a consolidated basis (without taking into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in conformity with GAAP.

     “ 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 60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3C, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-2292, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

     “ Currency Agreement ” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

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

     “ Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

     “ Disqualified Stock ” means any class or series of Capital Stock of any Person that by its terms or otherwise is:

     (i) required to be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes,

     (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder of such class or series of Capital Stock, other than Units, at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes, or

     (iii) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above or Indebtedness having a scheduled maturity prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes;

provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “ asset sale ” or “ change of control ” occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “ asset sale ” or “ change of control ” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Sections 4.10 and 4.11 and such Capital Stock specifically provides that such Person will not repurchase or redeem any such stock pursuant to such provisions prior to FelCor LP’s repurchase of such Notes as are required to be repurchased pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.11.

     “ Equity Offering ” means a public or private offering of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of FelCor or FelCor LP; provided that the proceeds received by FelCor or FelCor LP directly or indirectly from such offering are not less than $50,000,000.

     “ Event of Default ” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

-6-


 

     “ Excess Proceeds ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.10.

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

     “ Exchange Notes ” means any securities of FelCor LP containing terms identical to the Notes (except that such Exchange Notes shall be registered under the Securities Act) that are issued and exchanged for such Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (or, with respect to Notes issued after the Closing Date, pursuant to a registration rights agreement with substantially the same terms and conditions as the Registration Rights Agreement) and this Indenture.

     “ Existing Senior Notes ” means FelCor LP’s outstanding 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2007, 8 1/2% Senior Notes due 2011 and Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2011.

     “ fair market value ” means the price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a Board Resolution.

     “ Funds From Operations ” for any period means the consolidated net income of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries for such period in conformity with GAAP (without taking into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluding gains or losses from debt restructurings and sales of depreciable operating property, plus depreciation of real property (including furniture and equipment) and amortization related to real property and other non-cash charges related to real property, after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures plus the minority interest in FelCor LP, if applicable; provided that for purposes of the payment of any dividend or distribution by FelCor LP or FelCor, “ Funds From Operations ” shall be equal to $80 million plus the amount thereof computed for the period commencing with July 1, 2000 and ending on the last day of the last fiscal quarter preceding the payment of such dividend or distribution.

     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of July 1, 2000, including, without limitation, those 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 approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations contained or referred to in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that calculations made for purposes of determining compliance with the terms of the covenants and with other provisions of this Indenture shall be made without giving effect to:

     (i) the amortization of any expenses incurred in connection with the offering of the Notes, and

     (ii) except as otherwise provided, the amortization of any amounts required or permitted by Accounting Principles Board Opinion Nos. 16 and 17.

     “ Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, obligations guaranteed by, or participations in pools consisting solely of obligations of or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which obligations or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and that are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

     “ Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

-7-


 

     (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services (unless such purchase arrangements are on arm’s-length terms and are entered into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or

     (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided that the term “ Guarantee ” shall not include (a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (b) a guarantee by FelCor LP or FelCor of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of FelCor LP that is recourse (except upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the instruments governing such Indebtedness, including, without limitation, fraud, misapplication of funds or other customary recourse provisions) solely to assets pledged to secure such Indebtedness, for so long as such guarantee may not be enforced against FelCor LP or FelCor by the holder of such Indebtedness (except upon the occurrence of such an event), provided that upon the occurrence of such an event, such guarantee shall be deemed to be the Incurrence of a “ Guarantee ” and at the time of such Incurrence and during such period as such guarantee may be enforced against FelCor LP or FelCor by the holder of such Indebtedness, such guarantee shall be deemed to be a “ Guarantee ” for all purposes under this Indenture. The term “ Guarantee ” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

     “ Guaranteed Indebtedness ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.07.

     “ Guarantors ” means FelCor and the Subsidiary Guarantors, collectively.

     “ Holder ” or “ Noteholder ” means the registered holder of any Note.

     “ Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness, including an “ Incurrence ” of Acquired Indebtedness; provided that neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.

     “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without duplication):

     (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

     (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

     (iii) the face amount of letters of credit or other similar instruments (excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing obligations (other than obligations described in (i) or (ii) above or (v), (vi) or (vii) below) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement);

     (iv) all unconditional obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, except Trade Payables;

     (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations;

     (vi) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall

-8-


 

be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness;

     (vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person; and

     (viii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition or the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense, obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements.

The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations of the type described above and, with respect to obligations under any Guarantee, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation; provided that:

     (A) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount shall be deemed to be the face amount with respect to such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at the date of determination in conformity with GAAP, and

     (B) Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes.

     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture as originally executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

     “ 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.

     “ Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, on any Transaction Date, the ratio of:

     (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the then most recent four fiscal quarters prior to such Transaction Date for which reports have been filed with the Commission or provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.17 (“Four Quarter Period”); to

     (ii) the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense during such Four Quarter Period.

In making the foregoing calculation,

     (A) pro forma effect shall be given to any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid (other than in connection with an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition) during the period (“ Reference Period ”) commencing on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and ending on the Transaction Date (other than Indebtedness Incurred or repaid under a revolving credit or similar arrangement to the extent of the commitment thereunder (or under any predecessor revolving credit or similar arrangement) in effect on the last day of such Four Quarter Period unless any portion of such Indebtedness is projected, in the reasonable judgment of the senior management of FelCor LP or FelCor (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate), to remain outstanding for a period in excess of 12 months from the date of the Incurrence thereof), in each case as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred or repaid on the first day of such Reference Period;

     (B) Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness (whether existing or being Incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the Transaction Date (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire period;

-9-


 

     (C) pro forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of any Asset Disposition and any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid in connection with any such Asset Acquisitions or Asset Dispositions) that occur during such Reference Period but subsequent to the end of the related Four Quarter Period as if they had occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of such Reference Period; and

     (D) pro forma effect shall be given to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of any asset disposition and any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid in connection with any such asset acquisitions or asset dispositions) that have been made by any Person that has become a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged with or into FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries during such Reference Period but subsequent to the end of the related Four Quarter Period and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions during such Reference Period but subsequent to the end of the related Four Quarter Period had such transactions occurred when such Person was a Restricted Subsidiary as if such asset dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions and had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period; provided that to the extent that clause (C) or (D) of this sentence requires that pro forma effect be given to an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition, such pro forma calculation shall be based upon the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the Transaction Date of the Person, or division or line of business, or one or more hotel properties, of the Person that is acquired or disposed of to the extent that such financial information is available.

     “ Interest Payment Date ” means each semiannual interest payment date on June 1 and December 1, of each year, commencing June 1, 2007.

     “ Interest Rate Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement, option or future contract or other similar agreement or arrangement with respect to interest rates.

     “ Investment ” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including without limitation by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement, but excluding advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheet of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property (tangible or intangible) to others or any payment for property or services solely for the account or use of others, or otherwise), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments issued by, such Person and shall include:

     (i) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

     (ii) the fair market value of the Capital Stock (or any other Investment), held by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries of (or in) any Person that has ceased to be a Restricted Subsidiary, including without limitation, by reason of any transaction permitted by clause (iii) of Section 4.06;

provided that the fair market value of the Investment remaining in any Person that has ceased to be a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to exceed the aggregate amount of Investments previously made in such Person valued at the time such Investments were made, less the net reduction of such Investments. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04:

     (i) “Investment” shall include the fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other than liabilities to FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

     (ii) the fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other than liabilities to FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that

-10-


 

such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary shall be considered a reduction in outstanding Investments; and

     (iii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer.

     “ Investment Grade ” means a rating of the Notes by both S&P and Moody’s, each such rating being in one of such agency’s four highest generic rating categories that signifies investment grade ( i.e. , BBB- (or the equivalent) or higher by S&P and Baa3 (or the equivalent) or higher by Moody’s); provided , in each case, such ratings are publicly available; provided , further , that in the event Moody’s or S&P is no longer in existence for purposes of determining whether the Notes are rated “Investment Grade,” such organization may be replaced by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) designated by FelCor LP and FelCor, notice of which shall be given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.

     “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof or any agreement to give any security interest).

     “ Line of Credit ” means one or more credit facilities established by FelCor LP or FelCor, together with all other agreements, instruments and documents executed or delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, in each case as such agreements, instruments or documents may be amended, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

     “ Net Cash Proceeds ” means:

     (a) with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds of such Asset Sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of:

     (i) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale,

     (ii) provisions for all taxes actually paid or payable as a result of such Asset Sale by FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,

     (iii) payments made to repay Indebtedness or any other obligation outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that either (A) is secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold or (B) is required to be paid as a result of such sale, and

     (iv) amounts reserved by FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries against any liabilities associated with 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, all as determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP; and

     (b) with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) and proceeds from the conversion of

-11-


 

other property received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of attorney’s fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of tax paid or payable as a result thereof.

     “ Non-U.S. Person ” means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.

     “ Note Guarantee ” means a Guarantee by FelCor and the Subsidiary Guarantors for payment of the Notes by such Person, including, without limitation, the Subsidiary Guarantees. The Note Guarantees will be unsecured senior obligations of each such Person and will be unconditional regardless of the enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture.

     “ Note Register ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

     “ Notes ” means any of the securities, as defined in the first paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “ Notes ” shall include the Notes initially issued on the Closing Date, any other Notes issued after the Closing Date under this Indenture and any Exchange Notes. For purposes of this Indenture, all Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

     “ Offer to Purchase ” means an offer to purchase Notes by FelCor LP, from the Holders commenced by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:

     (i) the covenant pursuant to which the offer is being made and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;

     (ii) the purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 15 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (“ Payment Date ”);

     (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest pursuant to its terms;

     (iv) that, unless FelCor LP defaults in the payment of the purchase price, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Payment Date;

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

     (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Payment Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased; and

     (vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.

On the Payment Date, FelCor LP shall

     (a) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase;

-12-


 

     (b) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and

     (c) shall promptly thereafter deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate specifying the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by FelCor LP.

     The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Note surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. FelCor LP shall publicly announce the results of an Offer to Purchase as soon as practicable after the Payment Date. FelCor LP shall comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable, in the event that FelCor LP is required to repurchase Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.

     “ Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or Person holding a similar position at the general partner or manager of such Person.

     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by one Officer listed in clause (i) of the definition thereof and one Officer listed in clause (ii) of the definition thereof. Each Officers’ Certificate (other than certificates provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).

     “ Offshore Global Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Offshore Notes Exchange Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Offshore Physical Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to FelCor or FelCor LP. Each such Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).

     “ Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be FelCor LP, a Subsidiary of FelCor LP, any Guarantor or an Affiliate of any of them. The term “ Paying Agent ” includes any additional Paying Agent.

     “ Permanent Offshore Global Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Permitted Investment ” means:

     (i) an Investment in FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or a Person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary or be merged or consolidated with or into or transfer or convey all or substantially all its assets to, FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such person’s primary business is related, ancillary, incidental or complementary to the businesses of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such Investment;

     (ii) Temporary Cash Investments;

     (iii) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses in accordance with GAAP; and

     (iv) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments.

-13-


 

     “ 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 provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Pledge Agreement ” means a pledge agreement between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F to this Indenture.

     “ Pledged Collateral ” means the units of limited partner interest of FelCor LP held by the Pledgor, representing a greater than 94% common limited partnership interest in FelCor LP.

     “ Pledgor ” means FelCor Holdings Trust, a Massachusetts business trust.

     “ Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) that have a preference on liquidation or with respect to distributions over any other class of Capital Stock, including preferred partnership interests, whether general or limited, or such Person’s preferred or preference stock, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all series and classes of such preferred or preference stock.

     “ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02.

     “ QIB ” means a “ qualified institutional buyer ” as defined in Rule 144A.

     “ Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which such Note is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

     “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 31, 2006, among FelCor LP, FelCor, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and certain permitted assigns specified therein.

     “ Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement as defined and described in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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

     “ Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of FelCor LP or FelCor other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that FelCor LP shall not be a Restricted Subsidiary of FelCor.

-14-


 

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

     “ Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien upon the property of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness secured by a Stock Pledge to the extent such Indebtedness does not exceed 50% of Adjusted Total Assets.

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

     “ Senior Indebtedness ” means the following obligations of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred:

     (i) all Indebtedness and all other monetary obligations (including expenses, fees and other monetary obligations) of FelCor LP and FelCor under the Line of Credit;

     (ii) all Indebtedness and all other monetary obligations of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Notes), including principal and interest on such Indebtedness, unless such Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and

     (iii) Subsidiary Debt.

     Senior Indebtedness will also include interest accruing subsequent to events of bankruptcy of FelCor LP and FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries at the rate provided for the document governing such Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the debtor in a bankruptcy case under bankruptcy law.

     “ Shelf Registration Statement ” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that, together with its Subsidiaries:

     (i) for the most recent fiscal year of FelCor LP and FelCor, accounted for more than 10% of the consolidated revenues of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, or

     (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 10% of the consolidated assets of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the most recently available consolidated financial statements thereof for such fiscal year.

     “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s and its successors.

     “ Specified Date ” means any Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date, Excess Proceeds Payment Date or any date on which the Notes first become due and payable after an Event of Default.

     “ Stated Maturity ” means:

     (i) with respect to any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such debt security is due and payable; and

     (ii) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which such installment is due and payable.

     “ Stock Pledge ” means a security interest in the equity interests of subsidiaries of FelCor and/or FelCor LP.

-15-


 

     “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person and the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, if such statements were prepared as of such date.

     “ Subsidiary Debt ” means all unsecured Indebtedness of which a Restricted Subsidiary is the primary obligor.

     “ Subsidiary Guarantee ” means a Guarantee by each Subsidiary Guarantor for payment of the Notes by such Subsidiary Guarantor. The Subsidiary Guarantee will be an unsecured senior obligation of each Subsidiary Guarantor and will be unconditional regardless of the enforceability of the Notes and this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (i) the sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor, if, as a result of such sale or disposition, such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary of FelCor LP; provided such sale or other disposition is in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, (ii) the consolidation or merger of any such Subsidiary Guarantor with any person other than FelCor LP or a Subsidiary of FelCor LP, if, as a result of such consolidation or merger, such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary of FelCor LP; provided such consolidation or merger is in compliance with this Indenture, (iii) a defeasance under Section 8.02 or 8.03 of this Indenture or (iv) the unconditional and complete release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of all Guaranteed Indebtedness.

     “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each of:

     (i) FelCor/CSS Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

     (ii) FelCor Hotel Asset Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (iii) FelCor Pennsylvania Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (iv) FelCor Lodging Holding Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (v) FHAC Texas Holdings, L.P., a Texas limited partnership;

     (vi) FelCor Canada Co., a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company;

     (vii) FelCor Omaha Hotel Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (viii) FelCor TRS Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

     (ix) Myrtle Beach Hotels, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (x) FelCor TRS Borrower 1, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

     (xi) FelCor TRS Guarantor, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

     (xii) Center City Hotel Associates, a Pennsylvania limited partnership;

     (xiii) FelCor Lodging Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company;

     (xiv) FelCor TRS Borrower 3, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

     (xv) FelCor TRS Borrower 4, L.L.C, a Delaware limited liability company; and

-16-


 

     (xvi) each other Restricted Subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in compliance with Section 4.07.

     “ Temporary Cash Investment ” means any of the following:

     (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof;

     (ii) time deposits accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50 million and has outstanding debt which is rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor;

     (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above;

     (iv) commercial paper, maturing not more than 90 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of FelCor LP or FelCor) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of “P-1” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P; and

     (v) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or Moody’s.

     “ Temporary Offshore Global Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ TIA ” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbb), as in effect on the date this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 9.06.

     “ Total Assets ” means the sum of:

     (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets; and

     (ii) all other assets of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in conformity with GAAP (but excluding intangibles and accounts receivables).

     “ Total Unencumbered Assets ” as of any date means the sum of:

     (i) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not securing any portion of Secured Indebtedness; and

     (ii) all other assets (but excluding intangibles and accounts receivable) of FelCor LP, FelCor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries not securing any portion of Secured Indebtedness determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

-17-


 

     “ Transaction Date ” means, with the respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such Indebtedness is to be Incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the date such Restricted Payment is to be made.

     “ Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

     “ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets ” means, as of any date, the cost (being the original cost to FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of FelCor LP, FelCor and their Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization of such real estate assets, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

     “ United States Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.

     “ Units ” means the limited partnership units of FelCor LP, that by their terms are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof and that, if so redeemed, at the election of FelCor are redeemable for cash or Common Stock of FelCor.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means

     (i) any Subsidiary of FelCor LP or FelCor that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below; and

     (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

     The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of FelCor LP or FelCor) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Capital Stock of any Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary); provided that:

     (A) any Guarantee by FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated shall be deemed an “ Incurrence ” of such Indebtedness and an “ Investment ” by FelCor LP or FelCor or such Restricted Subsidiary (or all, if applicable) at the time of such designation;

     (B) either (I) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (II) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04; and

     (C) if applicable, the Incurrence of Indebtedness and the Investment referred to in clause (A) of this proviso would be permitted under Sections 4.03 and 4.04.

     The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that

     (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such designation; and

     (ii) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately after such designation would, if Incurred at such time, have been permitted to be Incurred (and shall be deemed to have been Incurred) for all purposes of this Indenture.

-18-


 

     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.

     “ Unsecured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of FelCor LP or FelCor or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries that is not Secured Indebtedness.

     “ U.S. Global Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ U.S. Physical Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

     “ Voting Stock ” means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

     “ Wholly Owned ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary of any Person, the ownership of all of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than any director’s qualifying shares or Investments by individuals mandated by applicable law) by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

     SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

     “ indenture notes ” means the Notes;

     “ indenture note holder ” means a Holder or a Noteholder;

     “ indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;

     “ indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and

     “ obligor ” on the indenture securities means FelCor LP, the Guarantors 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 a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

     SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

     (iii) “ or ” is not exclusive;

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

     (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

     (vi) “ 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;

     (vii) all ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in accordance with the definition of GAAP set forth in Section 1.01; and

-19-


 

     (viii) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE II

NOTES

     SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange agreements to which FelCor LP or the Guarantors are subject or usage. FelCor LP shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     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. To the extent applicable, FelCor LP, 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 (collectively, the “ U.S. Global Notes ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by FelCor LP and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

     Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary global Notes in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Temporary Offshore Global Notes”) deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by FelCor LP and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. At any time following 40 days from the initial issuance of a series of notes (the “Offshore Notes Exchange Date”), upon receipt by the Trustee and FelCor LP of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, one or more permanent global Notes in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Permanent Offshore Global Notes,” and together with the Temporary Offshore Global Notes, the “Offshore Global Notes”) duly executed by FelCor LP and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Temporary Offshore Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Offshore Global Notes transferred.

     Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation D under the Securities Act shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Physical Notes ”). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 in exchange for interests in the Offshore Global Note shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Offshore Physical Notes ”).

     The Offshore Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical Notes ,” The U.S. Global Notes and the Offshore Global Notes are sometimes referred to herein as the “ Global Notes .”

     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.

-20-


 

     SECTION 2.02. Restrictive Legends . Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the U.S. Global Notes, Temporary Offshore Global Notes and each U.S. Physical Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF FELCOR LP SO REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND FELCOR LP 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 IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

     Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO FELCOR LP OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY

-21-


 

TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.

     SECTION 2.03. Execution, Authentication and Denominations . The Notes shall be executed by two Officers of FelCor, as general partner of FelCor LP. The signature of any of these Officers on the Notes may be by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of FelCor or FelCor LP, as the case may be.

     If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

     A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

     The Notes shall be issued in the initial aggregate principal amount of $215,000,000, provided that FelCor LP may issue additional Notes hereunder without limitation as to principal amount in accordance with Section 2.15 hereof.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall upon receipt of a Company Order authenticate for original issue Notes in the aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Order; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of FelCor LP in connection with such authentication of Notes. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated , the principal amount of each Note to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the registered holder of each of the said Notes, delivery instruction for each such Note and in case of an issuance of Notes pursuant to Section 2.15, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Article Four.

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

     The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 in principal amount at maturity and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent . FelCor LP shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon FelCor LP in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served, which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. FelCor LP shall cause the Registrar to keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note Register ”). FelCor LP may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents.

     FelCor LP shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. FelCor LP shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in the address of such Agent. If FelCor LP fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and/or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Registrar, Paying Agent and/or agent for service of notices and demands. FelCor LP may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced

-22-


 

by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by FelCor LP and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. Except with respect to Article 8, FelCor, FelCor LP, any Subsidiary of FelCor or FelCor LP, or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, and/or agent for service of notice and demands.

     FelCor LP initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notice and demands. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request, the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Note Register.

     SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust . Not later than each due date of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Notes, FelCor LP shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming due; provided that if the Trustee is then serving as Paying Agent, FelCor LP agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to deposit or otherwise transfer such funds to the Trustee by no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable due date. FelCor LP shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by FelCor LP or any other obligor on the Notes), and such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by FelCor LP (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. FelCor LP at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds 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 pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If FelCor, FelCor LP or any Subsidiary of FelCor or FelCor LP or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

     SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange . The Notes are issuable only in registered form. A Holder may transfer a Note only by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Note Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, FelCor LP, the Guarantors, the Trustee, and any agent of FelCor LP shall treat the person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and neither FelCor LP, the Guarantors, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, 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 a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations (including an exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes), the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided that no exchanges of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until a Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and that any Notes that are exchanged for Exchange Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, FelCor LP shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Notes, but FelCor LP 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 other similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.08 or 9.04).

     The Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected

-23-


 

for redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

     SECTION 2.07. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The U.S. Global Note and Offshore Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02.

     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by FelCor LP, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of FelCor LP, the Guarantors, or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent FelCor LP, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of FelCor LP, the Guarantors, or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

     (b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.08. In addition, U.S. Physical Notes and Offshore Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Note or the Offshore Global Note, respectively, if (i) the Depositary notifies FelCor LP that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the U.S. Global Note or the Offshore Global Note, as the case may be, and a successor depositary is not appointed by FelCor LP within 90 days of such notice, (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request therefor from the Depositary or (iii) in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.08.

     (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 the other Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

     (d) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Note or Permanent Offshore Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Note or Permanent Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note or Permanent Offshore Global Note to be transferred, and FelCor LP shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes or Offshore Physical Notes, as the case may be, of like tenor and amount.

     (e) In connection with the transfer of the entire U.S. Global Note or Offshore Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, the U.S. Global Note or Offshore Global Note, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and FelCor LP shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note or Offshore Global Note, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of U.S. Physical Notes or Offshore Physical Notes, as the case may be, of authorized denominations.

     (f) Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the U.S. Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b), (d) or (e) of this Section shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (f) of Section 2.08, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the U.S. Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02.

-24-


 

     (g) Any Offshore Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Temporary Offshore Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b), (d) or (e) of this Section shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (f) of Section 2.08, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Offshore Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02.

     (h) The registered 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 2.08. Special Transfer Provisions . Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

     (a)  Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons):

     (1) The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is two years after the original issuance of the Notes or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto and, if such transfer is with respect to an aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $100,000, an opinion of counsel acceptable to FelCor and FelCor LP that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

     (2) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph (1) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount at maturity of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note to be transferred, and FelCor LP shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (b)  Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Note to a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons):

     (i) If the Note to be transferred consists of (x) U.S. Physical Notes, 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 FelCor LP 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 FelCor LP and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it 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 FelCor LP and the Guarantors 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 or (y) an interest in the U.S. Global Note, the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book entry system maintained by the Depositary.

     (ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of U.S. Physical Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of the documents referred to in clause (i) and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Global

-25-


 

Note in an amount equal to the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Physical Notes, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the U.S. Physical Note so transferred.

     (c)  Transfers of Interests in the Temporary Offshore Global Note . The following provisions shall apply with respect to registration of any proposed transfer of interests in the Temporary Offshore Global Note:

     (i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note (x) if the proposed transferee is a Non-U.S. Person and the proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or (y) if the proposed transferee is a QIB and the proposed transferor has checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised FelCor LP 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 FelCor LP and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it 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 FelCor LP and the Guarantors 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.

     (ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the Registrar of the documents referred to in clause (i)(y) above and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Global Note, in an amount equal to the principal amount at maturity of the Temporary Offshore Global Note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall decrease the amount of the Temporary Offshore Global Note in such an amount.

     (d)  Transfers of Interests in the Permanent Offshore Global Note or Unlegended Offshore Physical Notes . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of interests in the Permanent Offshore Global Note or unlegended Offshore Physical Notes. The Registrar shall register the transfer of any such Note without requiring any additional certification.

     (e)  Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons at Any Time . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of a Note to a Non-U.S. Person:

     (i) Prior to 40 days from the initial issuance of a series of Notes, the Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Note to a Non-U.S. Person upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto from the proposed transferor. On and after 40 days from the initial issuance of a series of Notes, the Registrar shall register any proposed transfer to any Non-U.S. Person if the Note to be transferred is a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Note, upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D from the proposed transferor.

     (ii) (a) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount at maturity of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note to be transferred, and (b) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount at maturity of the Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Physical Notes or the U.S. Global Note, as the case may be, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the U.S. Physical Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the amount of the U.S. Global Note.

-26-


 

     (f)  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 either (i) the circumstances contemplated by the second sentence of the fourth paragraph of Section 2.01 or paragraph (a)(1)(x) or (e)(ii) of this Section 2.08 exist or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to FelCor and FelCor LP 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.

     (g)  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 will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. 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 FelCor LP 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 FelCor LP with respect to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

     The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08. FelCor LP 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.

     SECTION 2.09. Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, FelCor LP shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided that the requirements of this Section 2.09 are met. If required by the Trustee or FelCor LP, an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and FelCor LP to protect FelCor LP, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Agent from any cost, expense or loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. FelCor LP may charge such Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee in replacing a Note. In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, FelCor LP in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

     Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of FelCor LP and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

     If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and FelCor LP receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

     If the Paying Agent (other than FelCor, FelCor LP or an Affiliate of FelCor or FelCor LP) holds on the maturity date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

     A Note does not cease to be outstanding because FelCor or FelCor LP or one of their Affiliates holds such Note; provided that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by FelCor, FelCor LP, the Guarantors or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of FelCor LP or the Guarantors or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether

-27-


 

the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. 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 FelCor LP or the Guarantors or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of FelCor LP or the Guarantors or of such other obligor.

     SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, FelCor LP may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officers executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, FelCor LP will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of FelCor LP designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes FelCor LP shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

     SECTION 2.12. Cancellation . FelCor LP at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which FelCor LP may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which FelCor LP has not issued and sold. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation in accordance with its normal procedure.

     SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers . FelCor LP in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP,” “CINS” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use CUSIP, CINS or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

     SECTION 2.14. Defaulted Interest . If FelCor LP or the Guarantors default in a payment of interest on the Notes, FelCor LP or the Guarantors shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. A special record date, as used in this Section 2.14 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by FelCor LP for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, FelCor LP shall mail to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

     SECTION 2.15. Issuance of Additional Notes . FelCor LP may, subject to compliance with Article Four of this Indenture, issue additional Notes under this Indenture. The Notes issued on the Closing Date and any additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

     SECTION 3.01. Optional Redemption . (a) Except as provided in Section 3.01(b), FelCor LP may not redeem any of the Notes prior to December 1, 2007. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of FelCor LP, in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time, on and after December 1, 2007, upon not less than 15 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing December 1 of the years indicated below, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date:

-28-


 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Redemption Price

2007

 

 

101.000

%

2008 and thereafter

 

 

100.000

%

     (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time, or from time to time, on or prior to December 1, 2009, FelCor LP may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) equal to the sum of (i) 100% plus (ii) the then Applicable Interest Rate (as defined in Exhibit A) on the Notes, together with accrued unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after such redemption; and (ii) FelCor LP makes such redemption no later than 90 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering.

     SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee . If FelCor LP elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed in an Officers’ Certificate at least 30 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

     SECTION 3.03. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements, as certified to it by FelCor LP, of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate; provided that n


 
SITE SEARCH

AGREEMENTS / CONTRACTS

Document Title:

Entire Document: (optional)

Governing Law:(optional)


Try our advanced search >>
 

CLAUSES

Search Contract Clauses >>

Browse Contract Clause Library>>

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