Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
STANDARD AERO HOLDINGS,
INC.,
As Issuer
$200,000,000
8 1 / 4 % SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014
INDENTURE
Dated as of
August 20, 2004
Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association,
As Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01
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Definitions. |
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Section 1.02
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Other Definitions. |
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Section 1.03
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act. |
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Section 1.04
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Rules of Construction. |
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| ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01
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Form, Dating and Terms. |
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Section 2.02
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Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03
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Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.04
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust |
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Section 2.05
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Holder Lists |
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Section 2.06
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Transfer and Exchange. |
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Section 2.07
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Form of Certificate to be Delivered upon
Termination of Restricted Period |
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Section 2.08
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Form of Certificate to be Delivered in
Connection with |
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Transfers to Institutional Accredited
Investors. |
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Section 2.09
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Form of Certificate to be Delivered in
Connection with |
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Transfers Pursuant to Regulation
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Section 2.10
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes |
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Section 2.11
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Outstanding Notes |
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Section 2.12
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Temporary Notes |
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Section 2.13
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Cancellation |
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Section 2.14
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Payment of Interest; Defaulted
Interest |
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Section 2.15
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Computation of Interest |
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Section 2.16
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CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN
Numbers |
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Section 2.17
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Issuance of Additional
Notes. |
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| ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND
PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.01
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Notices to Trustee. |
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Section 3.02
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Selection of Notes to be Redeemed or
Purchased. |
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Section 3.03
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Notice of Redemption. |
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Section 3.04
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Effect of Notice of
Redemption. |
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Section 3.05
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Deposit of Redemption or Purchase
Price. |
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Section 3.06
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Notes Redeemed or Purchased in
Part. |
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Section 3.07
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Optional Redemption. |
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Section 3.08
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Mandatory Redemption. |
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Section 3.09
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Offer to Purchase by Application of
Excess Proceeds. |
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Section 3.10
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Mandatory Special
Redemption. |
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| ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01
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Payment of Notes. |
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Section 4.02
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Maintenance of Office or
Agency. |
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Section 4.03
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Reports. |
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Section 4.04
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Compliance Certificate. |
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Section 4.05
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Taxes. |
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Section 4.06
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Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws. |
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Section 4.07
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Restricted Payments. |
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Section 4.08
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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Section 4.09
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance
of Preferred Stock. |
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Section 4.10
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Asset Sales. |
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Section 4.11
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Transactions with
Affiliates. |
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Section 4.12
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Liens. |
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Section 4.13
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Business Activities. |
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Section 4.14
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Corporate Existence. |
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Section 4.15
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Offer to Repurchase upon Change of
Control. |
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Section 4.16
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Limitation on Layering. |
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Section 4.17
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Payments for Consent. |
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Section 4.18
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Additional Subsidiary
Guarantees. |
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Section 4.19
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Designation of Restricted and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries. |
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Section 4.20
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Activities of the Company Prior to the
Closing of the Transactions. |
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| ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS |
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Section 5.01
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets. |
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Section 5.02
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Successor Corporation
Substituted. |
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| ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01
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Events of Default. |
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Section 6.02
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Acceleration. |
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Section 6.03
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Other Remedies. |
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Section 6.04
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Waiver of Past Defaults. |
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Section 6.05
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Control by Majority. |
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Section 6.06
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Limitation on Suits. |
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Section 6.07
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Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive
Payment. |
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Section 6.08
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Collection Suit by Trustee. |
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Section 6.09
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Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. |
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Section 6.10
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Priorities. |
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Section 6.11
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Undertaking for Costs. |
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| ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01
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Duties Of Trustee. |
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Section 7.02
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Rights Of Trustee. |
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Section 7.03
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Individual Rights of
Trustee. |
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Section 7.04
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Trustee's Disclaimers. |
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Section 7.05
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Notice of Defaults. |
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Section 7.06
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Reports by Trustee to Holders of the
Notes. |
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Section 7.07
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Compensation and Indemnity. |
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Section 7.08
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Replacement of Trustee. |
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Section 7.09
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Successor Trustee by Merger,
etc. |
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Section 7.10
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Eligibility;
Disqualification. |
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Section 7.11
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Preferential Collection of Claims
against Company. |
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| ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND
COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.01
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance. |
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Section 8.02
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Legal Defeasance and
Discharge. |
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Section 8.03
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Covenant Defeasance. |
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Section 8.04
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance. |
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Section 8.05
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Deposited Money and Government
Securities to be held in Trust; |
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Other Miscellaneous
Provisions. |
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Section 8.06
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Repayment to Company. |
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Section 8.07
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Reinstatement. |
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| ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER |
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Section 9.01
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Without Consent of Holders of
Notes. |
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Section 9.02
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With Consent of Holders of
Notes. |
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Section 9.03
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Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act. |
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Section 9.04
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Revocation and Effect of
Consents. |
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Section 9.05
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Notation on or Exchange of
Notes. |
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Section 9.06
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Trustee to Sign Amendments,
etc. |
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| ARTICLE 10. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES |
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Section 10.01
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Agreement to Guarantee. |
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Section 10.02
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Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary
Guarantees. |
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Section 10.03
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Guarantors May Consolidate, etc. on
Certain Terms. |
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Section 10.04
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Releases. |
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Section 10.05
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Withholding Taxes |
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| ARTICLE 11. SUBORDINATION |
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Section 11.01
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Agreement to Subordinate. |
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Section 11.02
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Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy. |
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Section 11.03
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Default on Designated Senior
Debt. |
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Section 11.04
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Acceleration of Securities. |
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Section 11.05
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When Distribution Must Be Paid
Over. |
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Section 11.06
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Notice by Company |
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Section 11.07
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Subrogation. |
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Section 11.08
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Relative Rights. |
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Section 11.09
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
Company. |
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Section 11.10
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Distribution or Notice to
Representative. |
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Section 11.11
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Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent. |
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Section 11.12
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Authorization to Effect
Subordination. |
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Section 11.13
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Amendments. |
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| ARTICLE 12. SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE |
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Section 12.01
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Satisfaction and Discharge. |
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Section 12.02
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Application of Trust Money. |
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| ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01
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Trust Indenture Act
Controls. |
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Section 13.02
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Notices. |
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Section 13.03
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Communications By Holders of Notes with
Other Holders of Notes. |
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Section 13.04
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. |
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Section 13.05
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Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion. |
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Section 13.06
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Rules by Trustee and Agents. |
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Section 13.07
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No Personal Liability of Directors,
Officers, Employees and Stockholders. |
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Section 13.08
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Governing Law. |
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Section 13.09
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements. |
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Section 13.10
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Successors. |
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Section 13.11
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Severability. |
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Section 13.12
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Counterpart Originals. |
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Section 13.13
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Table of Contents, Headings,
etc. |
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EXHIBITS:
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF THE SERIES A NOTE |
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF THE SERIES B NOTE |
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF NOTATION ON SENIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTE RELATING TO SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE |
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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Cross-Reference Table
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Indenture |
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310 (a)(1)
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7.10 |
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N.A. |
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N.A. |
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7.10 |
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(b)
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7.10 |
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(c)
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N.A. |
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311 (a)
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7.11 |
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7.11 |
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N.A. |
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312 (a)
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2.05 |
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13.03 |
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(c)
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13.03 |
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313 (a)
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7.06 |
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N.A. |
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(b)(2)
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7.06; 7.07 |
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7.06 |
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4.03; 13.02; 13.05 |
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N.A. |
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13.04 |
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13.04 |
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N.A. |
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(d)
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N.A. |
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13.05 |
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N.A. |
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315 (a)
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7.01 |
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7.01 |
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(e)
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6.11 |
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sentence)
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2.11 |
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05 |
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04 |
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(a)(2)
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N.A. |
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(b)
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6.07 |
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(c)
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2.14 |
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317 (a)(1)
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6.08 |
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* This Cross-Reference Table is
not part of the Indenture. |
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a)(2)
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6.09 |
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(b)
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2.04 |
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318 (a)
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13.01 |
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(b)
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N.A. |
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(c)
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13.01 |
N.A. means not
applicable.
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*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the
Indenture. |
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This INDENTURE dated as of
August 20, 2004 between Standard Aero Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee . Following the
issue date and concurrently with the release of the escrowed funds,
the following entities will become a party to this Indenture by
executing a supplemental indenture: Dunlop Standard Aerospace
(U.S.) Inc., a Delaware corporation; Dunlop Standard Aerospace
(US), Inc., a Delaware corporation; Dunlop Standard Aerospace
(US) Legal, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Standard Aero Inc.,
a Delaware corporation; Dunlop Aerospace Parts Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Standard Aero (San Antonio) Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Standard Aero (Alliance) Inc., a Delaware corporation;
Standard Aero Canada, Inc., a Delaware corporation; 3091781 Nova
Scotia Company, an entity incorporated under the laws of Canada;
3091782 Nova Scotia Company, an entity incorporated under the laws
of Canada; 3091783 Nova Scotia Company, an entity, incorporated
under the laws of Canada; 6269044 Canada Inc., an entity
incorporated under the laws of Canada, Standard Aero Limited, an
entity incorporated under the laws of Canada; Not FM Canada Inc.,
an entity incorporated under the laws of Canada; Dunlop Standard
Aerospace (Nederland) BV, an entity incorporated under the laws of
the Netherlands; and Standard Aero (Nederland) BV, an entity
incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (collectively, the
“ Guarantors ”).
The Company and the Trustee agree as
follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the 8 1 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series A, due 2014 (the " Initial Notes ”) and
the 8 1 /
4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series B, due 2014 (the “ Exchange Notes ”
and, together with the Initial Notes, the “ Notes
”):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01
Definitions.
" Acquired Debt ” means,
with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any
other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with
or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or
in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
“Acquisition”
means the Company’s acquisition, in accordance with the
purchase agreement, dated as of July 5, 2004, among Standard
Aero Holdings, Inc., Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group Limited
(“Dunlop”), Meggitt Acquisition Limited and others, of
the engine repair and overhaul businesses of Dunlop, consisting of
all of the issued and outstanding common stock or other equity
interests of Dunlop Standard Aerospace (U.S.) Inc., Standard Aero
Inc., Dunlop Aerospace Parts Inc., Standard Aero (San Antonio)
Inc., Standard Aero (Alliance) Inc., Dunlop Standard Aerospace
(Nederland) BV, Standard Aero BV, Standard Aero Limited, Standard
Aero de Mexico S.A. de CV, Standard Aero (Asia) Pte Limited and
Standard Aero (Australia) Pty Limited.
" Acquisition Agreement
” means collectively, the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
July 5, 2004, among Meggitt Acquisition Limited, Meggitt plc,
Standard Aero Holdings, Inc. and the managers and investors parties
thereto; the ERO Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2004,
among Standard Aero Holdings, Inc., Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group
Limited, Dunlop Aerospace Limited, Dunlop Standard Aerospace
Overseas Limited, Dunlop Standard Aerospace Overseas Investments
Limited and Meggitt Acquisition Limited; and the Separation
Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2004, among Meggitt Acquisition
Limited, Meggitt plc and Standard Aero Holdings, Inc.
" Additional Interest ”
means any additional interest payable pursuant to Section 2(d) of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
" Additional Notes ”
means any notes (other than the Initial Notes), if any, issued
under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01, 2.02,
2.17 and 4.09 hereof.
" Affiliate ” of any
specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control”, as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that with
respect to Section 4.11 only, beneficial ownership of 10% or
more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control.
For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with” have correlative
meanings.
" Agent ” means any
Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
" Applicable Premium ”
means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date,
the greater of:
(1) 1% of the then outstanding
principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such
redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at
September 1, 2009, such redemption price being set forth in
Section 3.07 plus (ii) all required interest payments due
on the Note through September 1, 2009 (excluding accrued but
unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount
rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50
basis points; over
(b) the then outstanding principal
amount of the Note.
" Asset Sale ” means
(i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
property, assets or rights (including by way of sale and
leaseback); provided that the sale, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by the covenant contained in Section 4.15 and/or the
covenant contained in Section 5.01 and not by the covenant
contained in Section 4.10; and (ii) the issuance or sale
of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
in
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any of the Company’s
Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the
following items shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale: (i) any
single transaction or series of related transactions that involves
assets having an aggregate fair market value of less than $2.0
million; (ii) a transfer of assets between or among the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) an issuance of
Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to
another Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) the sale or lease of
products, services, equipment, inventory or other assets in the
ordinary course of business or other disposition of damaged,
worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;
(v) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(vi) the license of patents, trademarks, copyrights and
know-how to third Persons in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) the creation of Liens; (viii) disposition of an
account receivable in connection with the collection or compromise
thereof; (ix) for purposes of Section 4.10 only, a Restricted
Payment that does not violate, or Permitted Investment (other than
a Permitted Investment to the extent such transaction results in
the receipt of cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries) that is permitted by, Section 4.07
hereof; and (x) dispositions of engine pool assets in the
ordinary course of business.
" Bankruptcy Law ” means
Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.
“Beneficial
Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except
that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of all securities that such
“person” has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a
subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” have correlative meanings.
“Board of
Directors” means (i) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) with respect
to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of
the partnership, and (iii) with respect to any other Person,
the board or committee of such Person serving a similar
function.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of the resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of a Person to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
" Business Day ” means
each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized, or
required by law to close.
" Capital Lease Obligation
” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that
would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet
in accordance with GAAP.
" Capital Stock ” means
(i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
(however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of
a partnership or
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limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited)
and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
" Cash Equivalents ”
means (i) United States dollars or, in the case of any Foreign
Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in
the ordinary course of business, (ii) securities issued or directly
and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or
any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (
provided that the full faith and credit of the United States
is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not
more than one year from the date of acquisition,
(iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits
with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months
and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to
the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having
capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson
Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better,
(iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(iii) above, (v) commercial paper having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in each
case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition and
(vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses
(i)-(v) above.
" Change of Control ”
means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) prior to the
occurrence of the first public offering of common stock of the
Company or Holdings, the Permitted Holders cease to be the
Beneficial Owners, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the
Voting Stock of the Company or Holdings, measured by voting power
rather than number of shares, whether as a result of the issuance
of securities of the Company or Holdings, any merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or
Holdings, or any direct or indirect transfer of securities by the
Permitted Holders or otherwise, (ii) the direct or indirect
sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of Holdings or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole to any “person” or “group”
(as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision) other than a Permitted Holder, (iii) the adoption
of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Holdings or
the Company, (iv) after the first public offering of common
stock of the Company or Holdings, the consummation of any
transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” (as those terms are used in
Section 13(d)(3) and Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act
or any successor provision), other than the Permitted Holders,
becomes the “Beneficial Owner”, directly or indirectly,
of more than 35% of the Voting Stock of the Company or Holdings
after such first public offering, measured by voting power rather
than number of shares, or (v) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or
Holdings are not Continuing Directors.
" Consolidated Cash Flow
” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period,
the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, plus
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the
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extent such taxes were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii)
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether
or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of
debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or
bankers’ acceptance financings), fees or interest paid to
purchasers or lenders providing financing in connection with a
factoring agreement or other similar agreement and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations to the extent such expense was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income, plus (iii) depreciation, amortization
(including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization
of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and
other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the
extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash
expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent such expenses were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(iv) unrealized non-cash losses resulting from foreign
currency balance sheet adjustments required by GAAP to the extent
such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income, plus (v) any non-recurring fees, charges or other
expenses (including bonus and retention payments and severance
expenses, restructuring costs and acquisition integration costs and
fees) made or incurred in connection with the Acquisition within
one year of the Issue Date; plus (vi) all other unusual or
non-recurring items of loss or expense, net after-tax; minus
(vii) all other unusual or non-recurring gains or revenue, net
after-tax; minus (viii) non-cash items increasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of
revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a
consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Net Income
” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period,
the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined
in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) the Net
Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included
only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid
in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the specified
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person or, if such Net
Income is a loss, only to the extent such loss has been funded with
cash from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the Net
Income (if positive) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted
Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination
permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not
been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable
to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, (iii) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be
excluded and (iv) any impairment loss of such Person or its
Restricted Subsidiaries relating to goodwill or other
non-amortizing intangible asset will be excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
the purpose of Section 4.07 only, there shall be excluded from
Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or
other
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disposition of Restricted
Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments made by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of
loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the
Company and any Restricted Subsidiary, or any distribution or
dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but in each case only to
the extent such income otherwise increases the amount of Restricted
Payments permitted under clause (C)(III) and (C)(V) of
Section 4.07(a).
" Continuing Directors ”
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, who
(i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date
or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of the relevant Board at the time of
such nomination or election.
" Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee ” will be at the principal address of the Trustee
specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to
which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
" Credit Agreement ”
means that certain Credit Agreement, to be dated as of the closing
date of the Acquisition, among the Company, the lenders party
thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., as
joint lead arrangers, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, as administrative
agent, and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and Credit Suisse First
Boston, as co-syndication agent, providing for up to
$375.0 million of borrowings, including any related notes,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, increased, refunded, replaced (whether
upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by
means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) from
time to time.
" Default ” means any
event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice
or both would be, an Event of Default.
" Definitive Note ”
means a certificated Note.
" Depositary ” means,
with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in
global form, DTC as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, until
a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to
the applicable provision of this Indenture, and, thereafter,
“Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.
" Designated Noncash
Consideration ” means the fair market value of noncash
consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated
as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the
amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a
subsequent sale, redemption or payment of, on or with respect to
such Designated Noncash Consideration..
" Designated Senior Debt
” means (i) any Indebtedness outstanding under the
Credit Agreement and (ii) any other Senior Debt permitted
under this Indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million
or more and that has been designated by the Company as
“Designated Senior Debt”.
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" Disqualified Stock ”
means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person
that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at
the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is
redeemable at the option of the Holder of the Capital Stock, in
whole or in part, or is convertible or exchangeable for
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock which
is exchangeable or convertible solely at the option of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary) on or prior to the date that is
91 days after the earlier of the date on which the Notes
mature or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding;
provided , however , that any Capital Stock that
would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of
the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to
repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control or an Asset Sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not
repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock (and all securities
into which it is convertible or exchangeable) pursuant to such
provisions prior to compliance by the Company with
Section 4.10 and Section 4.15 hereof and such repurchase
or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
" DTC ” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors and assigns, or such other depository institution
hereinafter appointed by the Company.
" Equity Interests ”
means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to
acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
" Equity Offering ”
means any public or private sale of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) made for cash on a primary basis by the Company
after the Issue Date, other than (i) public offerings
registered on Form S-4 or S-8 or (ii) any issuance to any
Subsidiary.
" Escrow Agreement ”
means that certain Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of
August 20, 2004 among the Company, as pledgor, the Trustee, as
trustee and securities intermediary and escrow agent, and the
Initial Purchasers.
" Escrow Fund ” has the
meaning set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
" Exchange Act ” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
" Exchange Notes ” means
(i) the 8 1 /
4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series B, due 2014, registered under the Securities Act,
issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with an Exchange
Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and
(ii) additional notes, if any, issued pursuant to a
registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities
Act.
" Exchange Offer ” means
the exchange and issuance by the Company, pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement, of a principal amount of Exchange
Notes (which will be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount
of Initial Notes or Additional Notes, as the case may be, tendered
by Holders thereof in connection with such exchange and
issuance.
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" Exchange Offer Registration
Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
" Existing Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
and the Notes) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts
are repaid.
" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period
consisting of such Person’s most recently ended four fiscal
quarters for which internal financial statements are available (the
“ four quarter reference period ”), the ratio of
the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the
Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs,
assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any
Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or
issues, repurchases or redeems Preferred Stock subsequent to the
commencement of the applicable period for which the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on
which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio is made (the " Calculation Date ”)
, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption,
Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or
such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Preferred Stock, and the
use of proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period. In
addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio, (i) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions,
subsequent to the commencement of the applicable four-quarter
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be
given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first
day of such period, including any Consolidated Cash Flow and any
pro forma expense and cost reductions that have occurred or
are reasonably expected to occur, in the reasonable judgment of the
chief financial officer of the specified Person (regardless of
whether those expense and cost reductions could then be reflected
in pro forma financial statements in accordance with
Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any
other regulation or policy of the SEC related thereto),
(ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations
or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be
excluded, (iii) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations
or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be
excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise
to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the
Calculation Date, (iv) any Person that is a Restricted
Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a
Restricted Subsidiary at all times during the applicable
four-quarter reference period, (v) any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary on such Calculation Date will be deemed not
to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during the
applicable four-quarter reference period and (vi) if any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest
expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the
entire applicable four-quarter reference period (taking into
account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if
such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation
Date in excess of 12 months).
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" Fixed Charges ” means,
with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of (i) the consolidated interest expense
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation,
amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount,
non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred
payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts
and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit
or bankers’ acceptance financings), fees or interest paid to
purchasers or lenders providing financing in connection with a
factoring agreement or other similar agreement, and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations, plus (ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such
period, plus (iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness of
another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such
Guarantee or Lien is called upon), plus (iv) the product of
(A) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
in cash, on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than
dividend payments on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of
which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and
local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a
decimal.
“Foreign Cash
Equivalents” means (i) certificates of deposit or
bankers acceptances of, and bank deposits with, any bank organized
under the laws of any country that is a member of the European
Economic Community, whose short-term commercial paper rating from
Standard & Poor’s is at least A-1 or the equivalent
thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent
thereof, in each case with maturities of not more than six months
from the date of acquisition; (ii) commercial paper maturing
not more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at
the time of acquisition, having the highest rating obtainable from
either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s or (iii) shares
of any money market mutual fund that has its assets invested
continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) above.
" Foreign Subsidiary ”
means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was not formed
under the laws of the United States or any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
" GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession, which were in
effect on the Issue Date.
" Global Notes ” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes
and the Unrestricted Global Notes substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Article 2
hereof.
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" Government Securities
” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by,
the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or
obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged.
" Guarantee ” means a
guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect,
in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
" Guarantors ” means
each Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee of the Notes, including its
successors and assigns; provided that upon the release and
discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, such Person shall cease to be a
Guarantor.
" Guarantor Senior Debt
” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of any
Guarantor outstanding under the Credit Agreement and all Hedging
Obligations with respect thereto;
(2) any other Indebtedness of
any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this
Indenture, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Guarantor at
the rate specified in the documentation with respect thereto
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceeding), unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is
incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or
subordinated in right of payment to any Subsidiary Guarantee;
and
(3) all Obligations with respect
to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1) and (2).
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Guarantor Senior Debt” shall not include:
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any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or
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any intercompany Indebtedness of such Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company; |
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any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors
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the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation
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Capital Stock. |
" Hedging Obligations ”
means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of
such Person incurred in the normal course of business and
consistent with past
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practices and not for
speculative purposes under (i) interest rate swap agreements,
interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements
entered into with one or more financial institutions and designed
to protect the Person or entity entering into the agreement against
fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Indebtedness
incurred and not for purposes of speculation, (ii) foreign
exchange contracts and currency protection agreements entered into
with one or more financial institutions and designed to protect the
Person or entity entering into the agreement against fluctuations
in currency exchange rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred
and not for purposes of speculation, (iii) any commodity
futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in the price
of commodities used by such Person at the time or (iv) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices.
" Holder ” means a
Person in whose name a Note is registered.
" Holdings ” means
Standard Aero Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or its successor.
“IAI” means
Institutional Accredited Investor.
" Indebtedness ” means,
with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such
Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or
not contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed money,
(ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or, without double counting,
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (iii) in respect
of banker’s acceptances, (iv) representing Capital Lease
Obligations, (v) representing the balance deferred and unpaid
of the purchase price of any property due more than six months
after such property is acquired, or (vi) representing the loss
value of any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent any of the
preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of
the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition,
the term “Indebtedness” includes (a) Disqualified
Stock, (b) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed by the specified Person) and, (c) to the extent not
otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any
Indebtedness of any other Person.
" Indenture ” means this
Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
" Initial Notes ” means
$200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8 1 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.
" Investments ” means,
with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by
such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of
loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or
capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any
other Person, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of
any
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direct or indirect
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect
to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made
an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to
the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Restricted
Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as
provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The
acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will
be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair
market value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such
third Person on the date of any such acquisition in an amount
determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07
hereof.
For purposes of the definition of
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof,
(i) “Investments” shall include the portion
(proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a
Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however,
that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a
permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Company’s
“Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the
Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair
market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of
such redesignation; and (ii) any property transferred to or
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market
value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in
good faith by the Company.
" Issue Date ” means
August 20, 2004.
" Letter of Transmittal
” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the
Company and sent to all Holders of the Initial Notes and Additional
Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange
Offer.
" Lien ” means, with
respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under
applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or
other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any
filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction).
" Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.
" Net Income ” means,
with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of
such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends, excluding,
however, (i) any gain (or loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in
connection with (A) any Asset Sale or (B) the disposition
of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) any
extraordinary gain (or loss), together with any related provision
for taxes on such extraordinary gain (or loss).
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" Net Proceeds ” means
the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset
Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, and sales commissions, recording fees, title transfer
fees, appraiser fees, costs of preparation of assets for sale) and
any relocation expenses incurred as a result of such Asset Sale,
taxes paid or payable as a result of such Asset Sale (in each case,
after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
and any tax sharing arrangements), and amounts required to be
applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Senior Debt,
secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale, and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the
sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP.
" Non-Recourse Debt ”
means Indebtedness: (i) as to which neither the Company nor
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) provides credit support
of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument
that would constitute Indebtedness), (B) is directly or
indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) or (C) is the
lender, (ii) no default with respect to which (including any
rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit
(upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other
Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity and
(iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing
that they will not have any recourse to the stock (other than stock
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary pledged by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) or assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
" Non-U.S. Person ”
means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
" Note Custodian ” means
the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form,
or any successor entity thereto.
" Notes ” has the
meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The
Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context
otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the
Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
" Obligations ” means
any principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy or for reorganization, whether or not a claim for
post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties,
fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement
obligations (including, without limitation, reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit), damages,
guarantees, and other liabilities or amounts payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereto.
" Officer ” means, with
respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, the
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Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary
or any Vice-President of such Person.
" Officer’s Certificate
” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an
Officer of the Company, who is the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 13.05 hereof.
" Opinion of Counsel ”
means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.05
hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
" Other Taxes ” means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Indenture or any
other Transaction Document.
" Permitted Business ”
means the lines of business conducted by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business
incidental or reasonably related thereto or which is a reasonable
extension thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
" Permitted Holders ”
means (i) TC Group L.L.C. (which operates under the trade name
“The Carlyle Group”), a Delaware limited liability
company, and (ii) Carlyle Partners III, L.P. and its Related
Parties or any other investment fund controlled by TC Group L.L.C.
For purposes of this definition, “control” shall have
the meaning given such term in the definition of the term
“Affiliate”.
" Permitted Investment ”
means (i) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) any Investment in Cash
Equivalents or Foreign Cash Equivalents; (iii) any Investment
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment (A) such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (B) such
Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; (iv) any Investment made as a result of the receipt
of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant
to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof; (v) any
Investment solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or made with the
proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale of such Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); (vi) any
Investments received in compromise or resolution of obligations of
litigation, arbitration or other disputes; (vii) Hedging
Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09
hereof; (viii) loans and advances to officers, directors and
employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 extended
during any one fiscal year or $2.0 million outstanding at any
time; (ix) Investments of any Person (other than Indebtedness
of such Person) in existence at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company; provided such Investment was not
made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a
Subsidiary of the Company; (x) Investments in prepaid expenses,
negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and
workers’
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compensation, performance
and other similar deposits; (xi) any Investment consisting of
a guarantee permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;
(xii) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration
received in the form of securities, notes or similar obligations in
connection with dispositions of obsolete or worn out assets
permitted pursuant to this Indenture; (xiii) advances, loans
or extensions of credit to suppliers in the ordinary course of
business by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xiv) Investments in any Person to the extent such Investment
existed on the Issue Date and any Investment that replaces,
refinances or refunds such an Investment, provided, that the new
Investment is in an amount that does not exceed that amount
replaced, refinanced or refunded and is made in the same Person as
the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
(xv) Investments (including debt obligations) received in
connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and
customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other
disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary
course of business; and (xvi) other Investments in any Person
having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each
such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments
made pursuant to this clause (xvi) since the Issue Date that
remain outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million.
" Permitted Junior Securities
” means (i) Equity Interests in the Company or any
direct or indirect parent of the Company issued pursuant to a plan
of reorganization or adjustment; or (ii) unsecured debt securities
that are subordinated to all Senior Debt (and any debt securities
issued in exchange for Senior Debt) to substantially the same
extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are subordinated
to Senior Debt pursuant to Article 11 of this Indenture.
" Permitted Liens ”
means (i) Liens in favor of the Company or any Guarantor;
(ii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger
or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those
of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Liens on property existing at the
time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such
acquisition and do not extend to any other assets of the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) Liens to secure the
performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in
the ordinary course of business; (v) Liens to secure
Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by
clause (iv) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09
hereof covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such
Indebtedness; (vi) Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that
any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP has been made therefor; (vii) Liens on
assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt
of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; (viii) Liens imposed by law,
such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and
mechanics’ Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary
course of business; (ix) survey exceptions, easements or
reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real property that were not incurred in connection with
Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely
affect the value of said
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properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(x) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement
filings by lessors regarding operating leases entered into by such
lessors and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business; (xi) Liens incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not
exceed $2.0 million at any one time outstanding; and
(xxvi) Liens securing the obligations under the Escrow
Agreement.
" Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the
net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew,
replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany
Indebtedness); provided that (i) the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted
value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest
on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums
incurred in connection therewith); (ii) such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity
equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of,
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded; (iii) if the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantee, as the case may be, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or
the Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, on terms at least as
favorable to the Holders of Notes and Subsidiary Guarantee as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(iv) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by
the Restricted Subsidiary that is the obligor on the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded.
" Person ” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company or government or other entity.
" Preferred Stock ”
means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of
dividends upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
" Private Placement Legend
” means the legend set forth in Section 2.01(d) to be
placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except as otherwise
permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
" Purchase Agreement ”
means (i) with respect to the Initial Notes, the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2004, among the Company, the
Guarantors, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and
Credit Suisse First Boston and (ii) with respect to each
issuance of Additional Notes, the purchase agreement or
underwriting agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Persons purchasing such Additional Notes.
" QIB ” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A.
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" Registration Rights
Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers set forth therein, as such agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with
respect to any Additional Notes, one or more substantially similar
registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors
and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights
given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to
register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
" Regulation S ”
means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Related Party” means
(i) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) owned
Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an
individual) of any Permitted Holder; or (ii) any trust,
corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries,
stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an
80% or more controlling interest of which consist of any one or
more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the
immediately preceding clause (i).
" Representative ” means
the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for
any Senior Debt.
" Responsible Officer ”
when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor
group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture 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 knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
" Restricted Notes ”
mean Initial Notes and Additional Notes bearing one of the
restrictive legends described in Section 2.01(d).
" Restricted Investment
” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
" Restricted Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
" Rule 144A ” means
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Rule 903 ” means
Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Rule 904 ” means
Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
" SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
" Securities Act ” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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" Senior Debt ” means
(i) all Indebtedness of the Company outstanding under the
Credit Agreement and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto,
(ii) any other Indebtedness of the Company permitted to be
incurred under the terms of this Indenture, including premiums and
accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization relating to the Company at the rate specified in the
documentation with respect thereto whether or not a claim for
post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), unless the
instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly
provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes and (iii) all Obligations with respect to
the items listed in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior
Debt will not include (a) any liability for federal, state,
local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company, (b) any
intercompany Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries, (c) any accounts payable or other liability to
trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business,
(d) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in
violation of this Indenture or (e) Capital Stock.
" Shelf Registration Statement
” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
" Significant Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
" Stated Maturity ”
means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on
any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any
contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such
interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for
the payment thereof.
" Subsidiary ” means,
with respect to any specified Person, (i) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation,
association or other business entity is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof)
and (ii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or similar entity of which (x) more than 50% of the
capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting
interests or general or limited partnership interests, as
applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person
or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership,
general, special or limited partnership or otherwise and
(y) such Person or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls
such entity.
" Subsidiary Guarantee ”
means any Guarantee by a Subsidiary of the Company’s payment
Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture.
" S&P ” means
Standard and Poor’s Rating Services.
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“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this
Indenture is qualified under TIA.
“Total Assets” means, with respect to any
Person, the total assets of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on its
most recent balance sheet.
“
Transaction Documents ” means this Indenture, the
Notes, the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Transactions” means the transactions
contemplated by (i) the Acquisition Agreement, (ii) the
Credit Agreement and (iii) the offering of the Notes.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of the applicable
redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date
of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly
available at least two business days prior to the redemption date
(or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any
publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly
equal to the period from the redemption date to September 1,
2009; provided, however , that if the period from the
redemption date to September 1, 2009 is less than one year,
the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be
used.
“
Trustee ” means the party named as such in the
preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Company (other than the Subsidiaries of the Company on the Issue
Date or any successor to any of them) that is designated by the
Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (and any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) pursuant to a resolution
of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary: (i) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Debt; (ii) is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be
obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company; (iii) is a Person with respect to which neither the
Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (A) to subscribe for additional Equity
Interests or (B) to maintain or preserve such Person’s
financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
specified levels of operating results; and (iv) does not own any
Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on,
any property of, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
(other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated)
and has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided
credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries. Any such designation by the Board of
Directors, of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors
giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
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foregoing conditions and
was permitted by Section 4.07 and Section 4.19 hereof.
If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the
foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall
thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of
this Indenture and any Indebtedness and Preferred Stock of such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness
or Preferred Stock is not permitted to be incurred as of such date
under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company will be in default of
such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any
time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to
be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness or
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if
(i) such Indebtedness and Preferred Stock is permitted under
Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as
if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period, and (ii) no Default or Event of
Default would be in existence following such designation.
“
U.S. Person ” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule
902(k) under the Securities Act.
“
Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote
in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“
Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products obtained by
multiplying (A) the amount of each then remaining installment,
sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of such
Indebtedness, by (B) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
“
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ” is any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
“
Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a
Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors’
qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals under
applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one
or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person
and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other
Definitions.
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“Additional
Restricted Notes”
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2.03 |
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“Affiliate
Transaction”
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4.11 |
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“Agent
Members”
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2.01 |
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“Asset Sale
Offer”
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“Authenticating Agent”
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2.02 |
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“Change of
Control Offer”
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4.15 |
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“Change of
Control Payment”
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4.15 |
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“Change of
Control Payment Date”
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4.15 |
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“Clearstream”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Company”
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preamble |
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“Company
Order”
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2.02 |
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“Covenant
Defeasance”
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8.03 |
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“Defaulted
Interest”
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2.13 |
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“Euroclear”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Event of
Default”
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6.01 |
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“Excess
Proceeds”
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4.10 |
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“Exchange
Global Note”
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2.01 |
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“incur”
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4.09 |
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“Initial
Purchasers”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Institutional Accredited Investor Note”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Legal
Defeasance”
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8.02 |
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“Non-Excluded Taxes”
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10.05 |
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“Notes
Register”
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2.03 |
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“Offer
Amount”
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3.09 |
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“Offer
Period”
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3.09 |
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“Paying
Agent”
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2.03 |
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“Payment
Blockage Notice”
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11.03 |
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“Payment
Default”
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6.01 |
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“Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Permitted
Debt”
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4.09 |
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“protected
purchaser”
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2.09 |
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“Purchase
Date”
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3.09 |
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“Registrar”
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2.03 |
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“Regulation S Global Note”
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2.01 |
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2.01 |
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“Regulation S Notes”
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2.01 |
(d) |
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“Resale
Restriction Termination Date”
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2.06 |
(a) |
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“Restricted
Payments”
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4.07 |
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“Restricted
Period”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Rule 144A Global Note”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Rule 144A Notes”
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2.01 |
(b) |
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“Securities
Register”
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2.03 |
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“Special
Interest Payment Date”
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2.13 |
(a) |
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“Special
Record Date”
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2.13 |
(a) |
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“Special
Redemption
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3.10 |
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“Special
Redemption Date”
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Redemption Price”
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Company”
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Regulation S Global Note”
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Section 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“
indenture securities ” means the Notes;
“
indenture security Holder ” means a Holder of a
Note;
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;
“
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee;
“
obligor ” on the Notes means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor on the
Notes.
All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules
of Construction.
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(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 in the plural include the singular;
(v) provisions apply to successive
events and transactions; and
(vi) references to sections of or
rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include
substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by
the SEC from time to time.
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ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form,
Dating and Terms.
(a) The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Initial Notes
issued on the date hereof will be in an aggregate principal amount
of $200,000,000. In addition, the Company may issue, from time to
time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture ,
Additional Notes (as provided herein) and Exchange Notes.
Furthermore, Notes may be authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer, exchange or in lieu of, other Notes
pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.02, 2.06, 2.10, 2.12, 3.06 or
9.05, in connection with an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to
Section 3.09 or in connection with a Change of Control Offer
pursuant to Section 4.15.
The
Initial Notes shall be known and designated as “8
1 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series A, due 2014” of the Company. Additional Notes
issued as Restricted Notes shall be known and designated as
“8 1 /
4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series A, due 2014” of the Company. Additional Notes
issued other than as Restricted Notes shall be known and designated
as “8 1 /
4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series B, due 2014” of the Company, and Exchange Notes
shall be known and designated as “8 1 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes,
Series B, due 2014” of the Company.
With
respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in
(a) a Board Resolution and (b) (i) an Officers’
Certificate or (ii) one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, the following information:
(1) the aggregate principal amount of
such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture;
(2) the issue price and the issue
date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which
interest shall accrue; and
(3) whether such Additional Notes
shall be Restricted Notes issued in the form of
Exhibit A hereto and/or shall be issued in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
In
authenticating and delivering Additional Notes, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying
upon, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel and Officers’
Certificate required by Section 13.04, an Opinion of Counsel
as to the due authorization, execution, delivery, validity and
enforceability of such Additional Notes.
The
Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall be
considered collectively as a single class for all purposes of this
Indenture. Holders of the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and
the Exchange Notes will vote and consent together on all matters to
which such Holders are entitled to vote or consent as one class,
and none of the Holders of the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes
or the Exchange Notes shall have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter to which such Holders are entitled to
vote or consent.
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If any
of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action
taken pursuant to Board Resolutions of the Company, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered
to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’
Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the
terms of the Additional Notes.
(b) The
Initial Notes are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to
a Purchase Agreement, dated August 17, 2004, among the
Company, the Guarantors, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and the other
Initial Purchasers named therein (collectively, the “
Initial Purchasers ”). The Initial Notes and any
Additional Notes (if issued as Restricted Notes) (the “
Additional Restricted Notes ”) will be resold
initially only to (A) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and
(B) Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S. Such
Initial Notes and Additional Restricted Notes may thereafter be
transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on
Regulation S and IAIs in accordance with Rule 501 of the
Securities Act, in each case, in accordance with the procedure
described herein. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof
may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant
to one or more purchase agreements in accordance with applicable
law.
Initial
Notes and Additional Restricted Notes offered and sold to QIBs in
the United States of America in reliance on Rule 144A (the
“ Rule 144A Notes ”) shall be issued in the
form of a permanent global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A , which is hereby incorporated by reference
and made a part of this Indenture, including appropriate legends as
set forth in Section 2.01(d) (the “ Rule 144A Global
Note ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for
DTC, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as hereinafter provided. The Rule 144A Global Note may be
represented by more than one certificate, if so required by
DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be
represented by a single certificate. The aggregate principal amount
of the Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter
provided.
Initial
Notes and any Additional Restricted Notes offered and sold outside
the United States of America (the “ Regulation S
Notes ”) in reliance on Regulation S shall initially
be issued in the form of a temporary global Note (the “
Temporary Regulation S Global Note ”), without
interest coupons. Beneficial interests in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial
interests in a corresponding permanent global Note, without
interest coupons, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A including appropriate legends as set forth in
Section 2.01(d) (the “ Permanent Regulation S
Global Note ” and, together with the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note, each a “ Regulation S
Global Note ”) within a reasonable period after the
expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined below) upon
delivery of the certification contemplated by Section 2.07.
Each Regulation S Global Note will be deposited upon issuance
with, or on behalf of, the Trustee as custodian for DTC in the
manner described in this Article 2 for credit to the
respective accounts of the purchasers (or to such other accounts as
they may direct), including, but not limited to, accounts at
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“ Euroclear ”) or
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“
Clearstream ”). Prior to the 40th day after the later
of the commencement of the offering of the Initial Notes and the
Issue Date (such period through and including such 40th day, the
“ Restricted Period ”), interests in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note may only be transferred to
non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S, unless
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exchanged for interests in
a Global Note in accordance with the transfer and certification
requirements described herein.
Investors
may hold their interests in the Regulation S Global Note
through organizations other than Euroclear or Clearstream that are
participants in DTC’s system or directly through Euroclear or
Clearstream, if they are participants in such systems, or
indirectly through organizations which are participants in such
systems. If such interests are held through Euroclear or
Clearstream, Euroclear and Clearstream will hold such interests in
the applicable Regulation S Global Note on behalf of their
participants through customers’ Notes accounts in their
respective names on the books of their respective depositaries.
Such depositaries, in turn, will hold such interests in the
applicable Regulation S Global Note in customers’ Notes
accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of DTC.
The
Regulation S Global Note may be represented by more than one
certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules regarding the
maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its nominee,
as hereinafter provided.
Initial
Notes and Additional Restricted Notes resold to IAIs (the “
Institutional Accredited Investor Notes ”) in the
United States of America shall be issued in the form of a permanent
global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A
including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.01(d)
(the “ Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note
”) deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. The Institutional Accredited Investor Global
Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so
required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal
amount to be represented by a single certificate. The aggregate
principal amount of the Institutional Accredited Investor Global
Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments
made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its
nominee, as hereinafter provided.
Exchange
Notes exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A Notes, the
Regulation S Notes and the Institutional Accredited Investor
Notes will be issued in the form of a permanent global Note,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B , which is
hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture,
deposited with the Trustee as hereinafter provided, including the
appropriate legend set forth in Section 2.01(d) (the “
Exchange Global Note ”). The Exchange Global Note will
be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, the Trustee as
custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Exchange Global Note
may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by
DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be
represented by a single certificate.
The
Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note, the
Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note and the Exchange
Global Note are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the "
Global Notes .”
The
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in The City of New York, or
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at such other office or
agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 2.03; provided, however, that, at
the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid
by (i) check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled
thereto as such addresses shall appear on the note register (the
“Notes Register” ) or (ii) wire transfer to
an account located in the United States maintained by the payee,
subject to the last sentence of this paragraph. Payments in respect
of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal,
premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by DTC.
Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes
(including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a
Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes
represented by Definitive Notes will be made by wire transfer to a
U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the
United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such
effect designating such account no later than 15 days
immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such
other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage, in addition to those set forth on
Exhibit A and Exhibit B and in Section
2.01(d). The Company shall approve any notation, endorsement or
legend on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit
A and Exhibit B are part of the terms of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to be bound by such terms.
(c)
Denominations . The Notes shall be issuable only in fully
registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
(d)
Restrictive Legends . Unless and until (i) an Initial
Note or an Additional Note issued as a Restricted Note is sold
under an effective registration statement or (ii) an Initial
Note or an Additional Note issued as a Restricted Note is exchanged
for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective registration
statement, in each case pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement or a similar agreement, (1) the Rule 144A
Global Note and the Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note
shall bear the following legend (the “ Private Placement
Legend ”) on the face thereof:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR
ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF
AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED
SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY,
PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE”) THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE
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ON WHICH
THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS
SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO
THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS
BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR
(7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN
EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF
$250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR
TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D),
(E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
BY ITS
ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (I) NO PORTION OF
THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD THIS SECURITY
CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF PLANS, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO
SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”),
OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE
“PLAN ASSETS” OF SUCH PLANS, ACCOUNTS OR ARRANGEMENTS,
OR (II) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF
ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY
APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
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(2) the Regulation S Global Note
shall bear the following legend (the “ Regulation S
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 IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT
PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS
SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION S”), (2) BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF
ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE
(THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS 40
DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST
DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE
OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY
(A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND
SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A
VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE
TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED AFTER 40 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEGINNING ON AND INCLUDING THE
LATER OF (A) THE DAY ON WHICH THE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED TO PERSONS
OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S)
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AND
(B) THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE ORIGINAL OFFERING. 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.
BY ITS
ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (I) NO PORTION OF
THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD THIS SECURITY
CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF PLANS, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO
SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”),
OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE
“PLAN ASSETS” OF SUCH PLANS, ACCOUNTS OR ARRANGEMENTS,
OR (II) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF
ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY
APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
(3) Each Global Note, whether or not
an Initial Note, shall bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT
IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC 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 THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF.
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(e)
Book-Entry Provisions . (i) This Section 2.01(e)
shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for DTC.
(ii) Each Global Note initially shall
(x) be registered in the name of DTC or the nominee of DTC,
(y) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for DTC and
(z) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.01(d).
(iii) Members of, or participants in,
DTC (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their
behalf by DTC or by the Trustee as the custodian of DTC or under
such Global Note, and DTC may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its
Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of DTC
governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial
interest in any Global Note.
(iv) In connection with any transfer
of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant
to Section 2.01(f) to beneficial owners who are required to
hold Definitive Notes, the Note Custodian shall reflect on its
books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount
of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of
the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, one or more Definitive Notes of like
tenor and amount.
(v) In connection with the transfer
of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
Section 2.01(f), such Global Note shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange
for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations.
(vi) 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.
(vii) 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 (a) the Holder of
such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a
beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a
beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be
reflected in a book entry.
(f)
Definitive Notes . (i) Except as provided below, owners
of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to
receive Definitive Notes. If required to do so
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pursuant to any applicable
law or regulation, beneficial owners may obtain Definitive Notes in
exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note upon
written request in accordance with DTC’s and the
Registrar’s procedures. In addition, Definitive Notes shall
be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global Note if (A) DTC notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
for such Global Note or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is required
to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and in each case
a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days of such notice or, (B) the Company in its sole
discretion executes and delivers to the Trustee and Registrar an
Officers’ Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be
so exchangeable or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Registrar has received a request from DTC. In
the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
clause (A), (B) or (C) of the preceding sentence, the
Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable
supply of Definitive Notes.
(ii) Any Definitive Note delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to
Section 2.01(e)(iv) or (v) shall, except as otherwise
provided by Section 2.06(c), bear the applicable legend
regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Definitive Note
set forth in Section 2.01(d).
(iii) In connection with the exchange
of a portion of a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a
Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, to the transferring Holder a new Definitive
Note representing the principal amount not so transferred.
Section 2.02
Execution and Authentication . One Officer shall sign the Notes
for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If the Officer
whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the
time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid
nevertheless.
A Note
shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee
manually authenticates the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a
Note shall be conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and
validly authenticated and issued under this Indenture. A Note shall
be dated the date of its authentication.
At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery: (1) Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue
Date in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000,
(2) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes
for original issue in an unlimited principal amount and (3)
Exchange Notes for issue only in an Exchange Offer pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement or upon resale under an effective
Shelf Registration Statement, and only in exchange for Initial
Notes or Additional Notes of an equal principal amount, in each
case upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer of
the Company (the “ Company Order ”). Such
Company Order shall specify whether the Notes will be in the form
of Definitive Notes or Global Notes, the amount of the Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is
to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes,
Additional Notes or Exchange Notes.
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The
Trustee may appoint an agent (the “ Authenticating
Agent ”) reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Notes. Any such instrument shall be evidenced by
an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer, a copy of which
shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of
such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication
by the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same
rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of
notices and demands.
In case
the Company or any Guarantor, pursuant to Article 5 or
Section 10.03, as applicable, shall be consolidated or merged
with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from
such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the
Company or any Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person
which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture
supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article 5, or
Section 10.03, as applicable, any of the Notes authenticated
or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the
request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Notes
executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in
phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in
substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange
and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order
of the successor Person, shall authenticate and make available for
delivery Notes as specified in such order for the purpose of such
exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered
in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this
Section 2.02 in exchange or substitution for or upon
registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at
the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall
provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time outstanding for
Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.
Section 2.03
Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”) and
an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the
“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the
“ Notes Register ”). The Company may have one or
more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The
term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying
agent and the term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which
shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address
of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled
to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.
The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries organized in
the United States may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer
agent.
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The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent for the Notes. The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying
Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to
the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall
become effective until (i) acceptance of any appointment by a
successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by
the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the
case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification
to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying
Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with
clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at
any time upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee.
Section 2.04 Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust . By no later than 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time on the date on which any principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately
available funds to pay such principal, premium or interest when
due. The Company 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 Holders or the Trustee all money held by
such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed
to it by the Company or other obligors on the Notes), shall notify
the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company or any
Guarantor in making any such payment and shall during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Notes) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Notes, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith deliver
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Notes together with a full accounting
thereof. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all
money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds or
assets disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this
Section 2.04, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization
or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee
shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder
Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the
extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Company, on its own
behalf and on behalf of each of the Guarantors, shall furnish or
cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least
five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of
the names and addresses of Holders and the Company shall otherwise
comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06
Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an
Institutional Accredited Investor Note prior to the date which is
two years after the later of the date of its original issue and the
last date on
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which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any
predecessor thereto) (the “ Resale Restriction Termination
Date ”):
(i) a registration of transfer of a
Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or
a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the
representation of the transferee in the form as set forth on the
reverse of the Note that it is purchasing 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 “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such
information regarding the Company as the undersigned 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) a registration of transfer of a
Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or
a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt
by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the
form set forth in Section 2.08 from the proposed transferee
and, if requested by the Company, the delivery of an opinion of
counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it;
and
(iii) a registration of transfer of a
Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or
a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made
upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.09 from the
proposed transferee and, if requested by the Company, the delivery
of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information
satisfactory to it.
(b) The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
transfer of a Regulation S Note prior to the expiration of the
Restricted Period:
(i) a transfer of a Regulation S
Note or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon
the representation of the transferee, in the form of assignment on
the reverse of the certificate, 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
“qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of
Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received
such information regarding the Company as the undersigned 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) a transfer of a
Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI
shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a
certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.08 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by
the Company or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel,
certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of
them; and
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(iii) a transfer of a
Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to a
Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its
agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.09 hereof from the proposed transferee and, if
requested by the Company, receipt by the Trustee or its agent of an
opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information
satisfactory to the Company.
After
the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the
Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with
applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in
Section 2.08, Section 2.09 or any additional
certification.
(c)
Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or
replacement of Notes not bearing a Private Placement Legend, the
Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear a Private Placement
Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing
a Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes
that bear a Private Placement Legend unless (i) Initial Notes are
being exchanged for Exchange Notes in an Exchange Offer in which
case the Exchange Notes shall not bear a Private Placement Legend,
(ii) an Initial Note is being transferred pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement or other effective registration
statement or (iii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion
of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee
to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions
on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act. Any Additional Notes sold in a
registered offering shall not be required to bear the Private
Placement Legend.
(d) The
Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.01 or
this Section 2.06. The Company shall have the right to inspect
and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable
prior written notice to the Registrar.
(e)
Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes
.
(i) To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Company shall, subject to the other
terms and conditions of this Article 2, execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the
Registrar’s request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made
to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require the Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax assessments or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes,
assessments or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange
or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.06, 2.10, 2.12,
3.06, 4.10, 4.15 or 9.05).
(iii) The Company (and the Registrar)
shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of
any Note (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 Business Days
before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem
Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing or (2) 15 Business Days before an interest payment
date and ending on such interest payment date or (B) called
for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part.
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(iv) Prior to the due presentation
for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in
whose name a Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
(subject to paragraph 2 of the forms of Notes attached hereto as
Exhibits A and B) interest on such Note and for all other purposes
whatsoever, including without limitation the transfer or exchange
of such Note, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) Any Definitive Note delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to
Section 2.01(f) shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.06(c), bear the applicable legend regarding transfer
restrictions applicable to the Definitive Note set forth in
Section 2.01(d).
(vi) All Notes issued upon any
transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall
evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
(f)
No Obligation of the Trustee . (i) The Trustee shall
have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a
Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC or its nominee
or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any
ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to
any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other
than DTC) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or
purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or
other Note or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All
notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be
given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders
(which shall be DTC or its nominee in the case of a Global Note).
The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be
exercised only through DTC subject to the applicable rules and
procedures of DTC. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by DTC with respect
to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
DTC participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do
so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to
form with the express requirements hereof.
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Section 2.07 Form
of Certificate to be Delivered upon Termination of Restricted
Period
[Date]
Standard Aero Holdings,
Inc.
c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
213 Court Street, Suite 703
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Fax: 860-704-6219)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This
letter relates to Notes represented by a temporary global note (the
“ Temporary Regulation S Global Note ”).
Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture dated as of
August 20, 2004, as supplemented, relating to the Notes (the
“Indenture”), we hereby certify that the persons who
are the beneficial owners of $[___] principal amount of Notes
represented by the Temporary Regulation S Global Note are
persons outside the United States to whom beneficial interests in
such Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of
Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to issue a Permanent
Regulation S Global Note representing the undersigned’s
interest in the principal amount of Notes represented by the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note, all in the manner provided
by the Indenture.
You and
the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to
any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms
used in this letter have the meanings set forth in
Regulation S.
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Section 2.08 Form
of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to
Institutional Accredited Investors.
[Date]
Standard Aero Holdings,
Inc.
c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
213 Court Street, Suite 703
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Fax: 860-704-6219)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This
certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[___] principal
amount of the 8 1 /
4 % Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2014 (the “ Notes ”) of Standard Aero
Holdings, Inc. (the “ Company ”).
Upon
transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new
beneficial owner as follows:
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The
undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We
are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”)) purchasing for our own account or for the account
of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least
$250,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the
Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with,
any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our investment in the
Notes and we invest in or purchase Notes similar to the Notes in
the normal course of our business. We and any accounts for which we
are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its
investment.
2. We
understand that the Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and
on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes
to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date
that is two years after the later of the date of original issue and
the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company
was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the
“ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”) only
(a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration
statement which has been declared effective under the Securities
Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably
believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule
144A of the Securities Act (a “ QIB ”) that
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purchasing for its own
account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given
that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
(d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United
States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities
Act, (e) to an institutional “accredited investor”
within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing for its own
account or for the account of such an institutional
“accredited investor,” in each case in a minimum
principal amount of Notes of $250,000 for investment purposes and
not with a view to or for offer or sale in connection with any
distribution in violation of the Securities Act or
(f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of
the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition
of our property or the property of such investor account or
accounts be at all times within our or their control and in
compliance with any applicable state Securities laws. The foregoing
restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of
the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above
prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor
shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the
form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall
provide, among other things, that the transferee is an
institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning
of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act) and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment
purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities
Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee
reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer prior
to the Resale Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clauses
(d), (e) or (f) above to require the delivery of an
opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.
TRANSFEREE:
BY:
Section 2.09 Form
of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S.
Standard Aero Holdings,
Inc.
c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
213 Court Street, Suite 703
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Fax: 860-704-6219)
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Re: |
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Standard Aero Holdings, Inc. |
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8 1 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the
“Notes”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our proposed sale of $[___] aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with
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Regulation S under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(a) the offer of the Notes was not
made to a person in the United States;
(b) either (i) at the time the
buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United
States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably
believed that the transferee was outside the United States or
(ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated off-shore Notes market and neither we
nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has
been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(c) no directed selling efforts have
been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements
of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S,
as applicable; and
(d) the transaction is not part of a
plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
In
addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the
provisions of Rule 903(b)(2) or Rule 904(b)(1) of
Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale
has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Rule 903(b)(2) or Rule 904(b)(1), as the case may be.
You and
the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to
any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms
used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in
Regulation S.
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Very truly yours, |
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[Name of Transferor] |
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By:
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Authorized
Signature |
Section 2.10
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes If a mutilated Note
is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims
that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the
Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies
the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken within a reasonable time after such Holder has
notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the
Registrar has not registered a transfer prior to receiving such
notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or Trustee
prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as
defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a
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" protected
purchaser ”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable
requirements of the Trustee; provided, however, if after the
delivery of such replacement Note, a protected purchaser of the
Note for which such replacement Note was issued presents for
payment or registration such replaced Note, the Trustee or the
Company shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note from the
Person to whom it was issued and delivered or any Person taking
therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to
recover upon the Note or indemnity provided therefor to the extent
of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Company or the
Trustee in connection therewith. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in
the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss which
any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, and, in the absence
of notice to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee that such
Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall
execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any
such mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon
the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Company may
require that such Holder pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel
and of the Trustee) in connection therewith.
Subject
to the proviso in the initial paragraph of this Section 2.10
every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, any
Guarantor (if applicable) and any other obligor upon the Notes,
whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes.
Section 2.11
Outstanding Notes Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding
in the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the
Note, provided, however, that (i) in determining
whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or an Affiliate of the Company, will be considered as
though not outstanding, and (ii) in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in making a determination whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes are
present at a meeting of Holders of Notes for quorum purposes or
have consented to or voted in favor of any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent,
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waiver, amendment or
modification hereunder, or relying upon any such quorum, consent or
vote, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
shall not be considered outstanding.
If a
Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.10 (other than a
mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected
purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender
of such Note and replacement pursuant to Section 2.10.
If the
Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this
Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient
to pay all principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest payable
on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be
redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is
not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that
date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.12
Temporary Notes In the event that Definitive Notes are to be
issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive
Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall
be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of
Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive
Notes. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary
Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of
the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the
Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor,
one or more Definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount
of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as a Holder of Definitive Notes.
Section 2.13
Cancellation The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the
Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall
forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no
one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of such
Notes in accordance with its internal policies and customary
procedures including delivery of a certificate describing such
Notes disposed (subject to the record retention requirements of the
Exchange Act) or deliver copies of canceled Notes to the Company
pursuant to written direction by one Officer of the Company. If the
Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the
same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to
this Section 2.13. The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a
transfer or exchange.
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At such
time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been
exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased
or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by DTC to the
Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest
in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in
exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed,
repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be
made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the
Note Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global
Note, by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, to reflect such
reduction.
Section 2.14
Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest Interest on
any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such payment at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03.
Any
interest on any Note which is payable, but is not paid when the
same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a
period of 30 days shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the regular record date, and such defaulted interest and
(to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the
rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest
thereon herein collectively called “ Defaulted
Interest ”) shall be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make
payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the
Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of
the proposed payment (the “ Special Interest Payment
Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Company shall fix a record date (the “
Special Record Date ”) for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest
Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee of such Special Record Date, and
in the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor
to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so
given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special
Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes
(or
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their
respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of
any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any Notes exchange on which the Notes may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Note.
Section 2.15
Computation of Interest Interest on the Notes shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Section 2.16 CUSIP,
Common Code and ISIN Numbers The Company in issuing the Notes
may use “CUSIP”, “Common Code” and
“ISIN” numbers and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP”, “Common Code” and
“ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or purchase as
a convenience to Holders; provided, however , that any such
notice may 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 a redemption or purchase and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or purchase shall not
be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP, Common Code
and ISIN numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN
numbers.
Section 2.17
Issuance of Additional Notes.
The
Company will be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under this
Indenture with identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the
Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and
issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any
Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this
Indenture.
With
respect to any Additional Notes, the Company will set forth in a
resolution of the Board of Directors and an Officer’s
Certificate, copies of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the
following information:
(i) the aggregate principal amount of
such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture;
(ii) the issue price, the issue date
and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes; provided ,
however , that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price
that would cause such Additional Notes to have “original
issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
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(iii) whether such Additional Notes
will be Restricted Notes or will be issued in the form of Exchange
Notes.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01
Notices to Trustee.
If the
Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption
provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it will furnish to the
Trustee, at least 45 days before a redemption date (or, in the
case of a redemption pursuant to such Section 3.10, by
11:00 a.m. New York time (or such other time of day acceptable
to the Trustee which will permit it to give the notice referred to
in the last paragraph of Section 3.03) at least one Business
Day prior to the Special Redemption Date) before a redemption date,
an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of
this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption will occur,
(ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption prices.
Section 3.02
Selection of Notes to be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer
to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for
redemption or purchase as follows: (i) if the Notes are listed
on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which
the Notes are listed or (ii) if the Notes are not so listed,
on a pro rata basis. Notes of $1,000 or less may be redeemed
in part.
The
Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note
selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes
selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or
purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, will be redeemed or
purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions
of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or
purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or
purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice
of Redemption.
Except
as provided in Section 3.10 and subject to the provisions of
Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or
cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to
each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered
address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than
60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in
connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 or 12
hereof. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. Notes called
for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption.
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The
notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP
Numbers, if any) and will state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price;
(iii) if any Note is being redeemed
in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be
redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original
Note;
(iv) the name and address of the
Paying Agent;
(v) that Notes called for redemption
must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption
price;
(vi) that, unless the Company
defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date;
(vii) the paragraph of the Notes
and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called
for redemption are being redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made
as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any,
listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the
Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of
redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense;
provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the
Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an
Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the Notes will be redeemed
pursuant to the Special Redemption as set forth in
Section 3.10, the Trustee shall, at the Company’s
request and in the Company’s name and expense, give notice of
such redemption to each Holder in accordance with this
Section 3.03 at least one Business Day prior to the Special
Redemption Date.
Section 3.04 Effect
of Notice of Redemption.
Once
notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
or delivered in accordance with Section 3.10 hereof, Notes
called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may
not be conditional.
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Section 3.05
Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
Prior
to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to
the redemption date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or
with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or
purchase price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed
or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will
promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee
or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts
necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued
interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the
Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on
and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to
accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption
or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an
interest record date but on or prior to the related interest
payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to
the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of
business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or
purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase
because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest will be paid on the unpaid principal, from the
redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to
the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes
Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon
surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the
Company will issue and, upon the Company’s written request,
the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the
Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07
Optional Redemption.
(a) At
any time prior to September 1, 2007, the Company may on any
one or more occasions redeem an aggregate of up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated after giving effect
to the issuance of Additional Notes, if any) issued under this
Indenture at a redemption price of 108.25% of the principal amount,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,
to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings by the Company or from the cash contribution of
equity capital (other than Disqualified Stock) to the Company;
provided that:
(i) at least 65% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any)
issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after
the occurrence of
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