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Exhibit 10.3
INDENTURE
dated as of February 21, 2008
by and between
AZITHROMYCIN ROYALTY SUB LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company,
as issuer of the Notes described herein,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as initial trustee of the Notes described
herein
Table
of Contents
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GRANTING
CLAUSE
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1
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2
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ARTICLE
I
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GENERAL
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Section
1.1
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Rules
of Construction and Defined Terms
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3
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Section
1.2
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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3
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Section
1.3
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Acts
of Noteholders.
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4
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
NOTES
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Section
2.1
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Amount
of Notes; Terms; Form; Execution and Delivery.
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5
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Section
2.2
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Restrictive
Legends
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8
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Section
2.3
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Registrar
and Paying Agent.
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12
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Section
2.4
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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13
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Section
2.5
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Method
of Payment.
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14
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Section
2.6
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Minimum
Denominations
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16
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Section
2.7
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Transfer
and Exchange; Cancellation
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16
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Section
2.8
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
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17
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Section
2.9
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Payments
of Transfer Taxes
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17
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Section
2.10
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Book-Entry
Provisions.
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18
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Section
2.11
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Special
Transfer Provisions.
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19
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Section
2.12
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Temporary
Definitive Notes
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24
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Section
2.13
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Statements
to Noteholders.
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24
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Section
2.14
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CUSIP,
CINS, ISIN and Private Placement Numbers
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25
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Section
2.15
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Refinancing
Notes.
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26
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Section
2.16
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Class
B Notes.
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27
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Section
2.17
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Limitation
on Number of Holders of Notes
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29
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ARTICLE
III
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ACCOUNTS;
PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS
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Section
3.1
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Establishment
of Accounts.
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29
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Section
3.2
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Investments
of Cash
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32
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Section
3.3
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Closing
Date Deposits; Withdrawals and Transfers.
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32
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Section
3.4
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Capital
Contributions
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33
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Section
3.5
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Calculation
Date Calculations.
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33
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Section
3.6
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Payment
Date First Step Transfers
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35
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Section
3.7
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Payment
Date Second Step Withdrawals.
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35
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Section
3.8
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Interest
Reserve Account and Capital Account; Shortfalls
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37
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Section
3.9
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Parent
Shortfall
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37
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Section
3.10
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Redemptions.
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37
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Section
3.11
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Procedure
for Redemptions.
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38
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ARTICLE
IV
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DEFAULT
AND REMEDIES
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Section
4.1
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Events
of Default
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40
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Section
4.2
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Acceleration,
Rescission and Annulment.
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41
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Section
4.3
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Other
Remedies
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42
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Section
4.4
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Limitation
on Suits
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43
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Section
4.5
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Waiver
of Existing Defaults.
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44
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Section
4.6
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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44
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Section
4.7
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Remedies
Cumulative
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44
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Section
4.8
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Rights
of Noteholders to Receive Payment
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45
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Section
4.9
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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45
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Section
4.10
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Undertaking
for Costs
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45
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Section
4.11
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Control
by Noteholders
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45
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Section
4.12
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Senior
Trustee
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45
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Section
4.13
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Application
of Proceeds
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46
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Section
4.14
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Waivers
of Rights Inhibiting Enforcement
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46
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Section
4.15
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Security
Interest Absolute
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46
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ARTICLE
V
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
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Section
5.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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47
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Section
5.2
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Covenants
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50
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Section
5.3
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Reports
and Other Deliverables by the Issuer.
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55
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ARTICLE
VI
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THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
6.1
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Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties
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56
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Section
6.2
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Copies
of Documents and Other Notices.
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56
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Section
6.3
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Representations
and Warranties
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Section
6.4
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Reliance;
Agents; Advice of Counsel
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Section
6.5
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Not
Acting in Individual Capacity
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60
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Section
6.6
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Compensation
of Trustee
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60
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Section
6.7
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Notice
of Defaults
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60
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Section
6.8
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May
Hold Notes
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60
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Section
6.9
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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60
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Section
6.10
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Reports
by the Trustee
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61
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Section
6.11
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Calculation
Agent
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Section
6.12
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Pledge
and Security Agreement and Other Transaction
Documents
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61
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Section
6.13
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Custody
of the Collateral
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61
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Section
6.14
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Preservation
and Disclosure of Noteholder Lists
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Section
6.15
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Audit
Rights
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62
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Section
6.16
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Compliance
with Applicable Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering
Regulations
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62
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Section
6.17
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Jurisdiction
of Trustee
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ARTICLE
VII
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SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEES
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Section
7.1
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Resignation
and Removal of Trustee
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63
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Section
7.2
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Appointment
of Successor.
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63
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ARTICLE
VIII
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INDEMNITY
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Section
8.1
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Indemnity
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Section
8.2
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Noteholders’
Indemnity
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Section
8.3
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Survival
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65
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ARTICLE
IX
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MODIFICATION
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Section
9.1
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Modification
with Consent of Noteholders
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Section
9.2
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Modification
Without Consent of Noteholders
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66
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Section
9.3
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Subordination;
Priority of Payments
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67
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Section
9.4
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Execution
of Amendments by Trustee
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67
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Section
9.5
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Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
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67
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ARTICLE
X
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SUBORDINATION
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Section
10.1
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Subordination
of the Notes.
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67
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ARTICLE
XI
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DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE
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Section
11.1
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Discharge
of Indenture.
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ARTICLE
XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
12.1
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Right
of Trustee to Perform
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Section
12.2
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Waiver
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Section
12.3
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Severability
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70
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Section
12.4
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Restrictions
on Exercise of Certain Rights
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70
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Section
12.5
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Notices
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70
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Section
12.6
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Assignments
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Section
12.7
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Application
to Court
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Section
12.8
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GOVERNING
LAW
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72
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Section
12.9
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Jurisdiction.
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Section
12.10
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Counterparts
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Section
12.11
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Table
of Contents and Headings
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Section
12.12
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Trust
Indenture Act
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Section
12.13
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Confidential
Information
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74
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Section
12.14
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Limited
Recourse
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75
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Section
12.15
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Tax
Characterization; No Gross Up; Withholding
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75
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Annex
A
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Rules
of Construction and Defined Terms
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Original Class A Notes
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Resale Confidentiality Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Agents
for Service of Process
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Exhibit
D
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Coverage
of Distribution Report
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Exhibit
E
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UCC
Financing Statements
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Certificate of Euroclear or Clearstream for Permanent
Regulation S Global Note
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Exhibit
G
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Form
of Certification of Beneficial Owner of Temporary Regulation S
Global Note
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Exhibit
H
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Form
of Certification of Euroclear or Clearstream for
Payments
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Exhibit
I
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Form
of Certificate of Proposed Transferor
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Exhibit
J
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Form
of Certificate of Certain Proposed Institutional Accredited
Investor Transferees
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INDENTURE
This
INDENTURE, dated as of February 21, 2008, is by and between
AZITHROMYCIN ROYALTY SUB LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as issuer of the Notes described herein, and U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
initial trustee of the Notes described herein.
GRANTING
CLAUSE
THIS
INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that, in consideration of the premises
and the acceptance by the Trustee of the trusts hereby created
and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the
Noteholders, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, in order to
secure (i) the prompt payment of the principal of, Premium (if
any) and interest on, and all other amounts due with respect
to, the Notes from time to time Outstanding hereunder, (ii)
the payment of any fees, expenses or other amounts that the
Issuer is obligated to pay under or in respect of the Notes,
this Indenture or any other Transaction Document to which the
Issuer is a party, (iii) the payment and performance of all
the obligations of the Issuer in respect of any amendment,
modification, extension, renewal or refinancing of the Notes
and (iv) the performance and observance by the Issuer of all
the agreements, covenants and provisions expressed or implied
herein and in the Notes for the benefit of the Noteholders
(collectively, the “
Secured Obligations ”)
and for the uses and purposes and subject to the terms and
provisions hereof, the Issuer does hereby grant, bargain, sell,
assign, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge and confirm unto the
Trustee, its successors and assigns, for the security and benefit
of the Noteholders from time to time of the Notes, a first priority
security interest in all right, title and interest of the Issuer
in, to and under the following described property, rights and
privileges (each property, including all other property hereafter
specifically subjected to the lien of this Indenture or any
indenture supplemental hereto, being the “
Collateral ”
and, collectively, including all other property hereafter
specifically subjected to the lien of this Indenture or any
indenture supplemental hereto, are included within and defined as
the “
Indenture Estate ”),
to wit:
(1)
Royalty
Payments actually made by Inspire under the Inspire License
Agreement (but not the rights thereunder to receive such
payments) and the Replacement Royalty Payments, if
any;
(2)
the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Residual License Agreement,
the Servicing Agreement and all other Transaction Documents,
Principal Documents and other agreements to which the Issuer
is a party, including those relating to the rights of the
Issuer in respect of the sale, transfer, conveyance,
assignment, contribution, grant and servicing of the Purchased
Assets;
(3)
(A)
all Accounts established under this Indenture at any time, (B)
all amounts from time to time credited to such Accounts, (C)
all cash, financial assets and other investment property,
instruments, documents, chattel paper, general intangibles,
accounts and other property from time to time credited to such
Accounts or representing investments and reinvestments of
amounts credited to such Accounts and (D) all interest,
principal payments, dividends and other distributions payable
on or with respect to, and all proceeds of, (i) all property
so credited or representing such investments and reinvestments
and (ii) such Accounts;
(4)
all
of the Issuer’s rents, issues, profits, revenues and
other income of the property subjected or required to be
subjected to the lien of this Indenture;
(5)
all
other property and assets of the Issuer with respect to which
a security interest can be created under Article 9 of the UCC,
including all goods, deposit accounts, investment property,
financial assets, letter-of-credit rights, supporting
obligations, commercial tort claims, accounts, contract
rights, general intangibles and all other cash (except (i) to
the extent permitted to be distributed by the Issuer to the
Parent pursuant to Section 3.7(c) and (ii) proceeds from any
Notes issued in accordance with and pursuant to this Indenture
in excess of amounts applicable to any Redemption of the
Notes);
(6)
all
rights of the Issuer (contractual and otherwise) constituting,
arising under, connected with or in any way related to any or
all of the foregoing property;
(7)
all
books, records, files, correspondence, computer programs,
tapes, disks and related data (owned by the Issuer) that at
any time evidence or contain information relating to any of
the foregoing property or are otherwise necessary or helpful
in the collection thereof or realization
thereupon;
(9)
all
proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing
property;
BUT
SUBJECT TO all of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture.
HABENDUM
CLAUSE
TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the aforesaid property unto
the Trustee, its successors and assigns, in trust for the
benefit and security of the Noteholders from time to time of
each class of the Notes, without any priority of any one class
of Notes over any other class of Notes by reason of difference
in time of issuance or otherwise, except as expressly provided
herein, and for the uses and purposes and subject to the terms
and provisions set forth in this Indenture.
PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions
or anything to the contrary herein, so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Issuer
shall have the right, to the exclusion of the Trustee and the
Noteholders, to exercise in the Issuer’s name all rights
and powers of the Issuer under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, the Residual License Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement and any other agreement to which the Issuer is or
may be a party or third party beneficiary (including Principal
Documents), except as otherwise set forth in any such
agreement, and SUBJECT TO all of the terms and conditions of
this Indenture.
It
is hereby further agreed that any and all property described
or referred to in the Granting Clause that is hereafter
acquired by the Issuer shall ipso facto, and without any other
conveyance, assignment or act on the part of the Issuer or the
Trustee, become and be subject to the Security Interest herein
granted as fully and completely as though specifically
described herein, but nothing contained in this paragraph
shall be deemed to modify or change the obligations of the
Issuer contained in the foregoing paragraphs.
The
Issuer does hereby ratify and confirm this Indenture and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and,
subject to the other terms of this Indenture, does hereby
agree that it will not take or omit to take any action, the
taking or omission of which might result in an alteration or
impairment of the assignment hereunder or of any of the rights
created by any thereof.
It
is expressly agreed that anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer shall remain liable under
the Transaction Documents and any other contracts and
agreements included in the Collateral to the extent set forth
therein and shall remain obligated to perform all of the
duties and obligations of the Issuer thereunder to the same
extent as if this Indenture had not been executed in
accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions
thereof, the exercise by the Trustee of any of its rights
hereunder shall not release the Issuer from any of its duties
or obligations under any such Transaction Documents or other
contracts or agreements included in the Collateral, and, prior
to the foreclosure of the lien of this Indenture under Section
4.3, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall have no obligation
or liability under any thereof by reason of or arising out of
this Indenture or the assignment hereunder, nor shall the
Trustee or the Noteholders be required or obligated in any
manner to perform or fulfill any obligations or duties of the
Issuer under or pursuant to any Transaction Document or any
other contract or agreement included in the Collateral or,
except as herein expressly provided, to make any payment, make
any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment
received by it, present or file any claim or take any action
to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder
or the payment of any amounts that may have been assigned to
it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times;
provided ,
however ,
that, in exercising any right of the Issuer under any Transaction
Document or any other contract or agreement included in the
Collateral, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall be bound by, and
shall comply with, the provisions thereof applicable to the Issuer
in respect of the exercise of such right and the confidentiality
provisions set forth therein.
IT
IS HEREBY COVENANTED AND AGREED by and between the parties
hereto as follows:
ARTICLE
I
GENERAL
Section
1.1
Rules of Construction and Defined Terms .
The
rules of construction set forth in
Annex A shall
apply to this Indenture and are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Indenture as if set forth fully in this Indenture.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Indenture
shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in
Annex A ,
which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Indenture as if
set forth fully in this Indenture. Not all terms defined in
Annex A are
used in this Indenture.
Section
1.2
Compliance Certificates and Opinions .
Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating
that, in the opinion of the signer thereof in his or her capacity
as such, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with,
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied
with, except that, in the case of any such application or request
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically
required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other
than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 5.3) or any
indenture supplemental hereto shall include:
(a)
a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions in this Indenture relating thereto;
(b)
a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(c)
a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual in his
or her capacity as such, he or she has made such examination
or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d)
a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
Section
1.3
Acts of Noteholders .
(a)
Any
direction, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture in respect of the Notes of any class to be given or
taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Noteholders in person or by an agent or proxy duly
appointed in writing, and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee or
to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “
Act ”
of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose under this Indenture
and conclusive in favor of the Trustee or the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this Section 1.3(a).
(b)
The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the certificate of any
notary public or other officer of any jurisdiction authorized
to take acknowledgments of deeds or administer oaths that the
Person executing such instrument acknowledged to him or her
the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such
execution sworn to before any such notary or such other
officer and, where such execution is by an officer of a
corporation or association, trustee of a trust or member of a
partnership, on behalf of such corporation, association, trust
or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other reasonable manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(c)
In
determining whether the Noteholders have given any direction,
consent, request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver or
other Act (a “
Direction ”)
under this Indenture, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Parent or any
Affiliate of any such Person shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding for purposes of any such determination. In
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such Direction, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if any such Person owns 100% of
the Notes of any class Outstanding, such Notes shall not be so
disregarded as aforesaid, and (ii) if any amount of Notes of such
class so owned by any such Person have been pledged in good faith,
such Notes shall not be disregarded as aforesaid if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is
not the Issuer, the Parent or an Affiliate of any such
Person.
(d)
The
Issuer may, at its option, by delivery of Officer’s
Certificate(s) to the Trustee, set a record date other than
the Record Date to determine the Noteholders in respect of the
Notes of any class entitled to give any Direction in respect
of such Notes. Such record date shall be the record date
specified in such Officer’s Certificate, which shall be
a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation
of Noteholders in connection therewith. If such a record date
is fixed, such Direction may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Noteholders of the applicable class
at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed
to be Noteholders for the purposes of determining whether
Noteholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes
of such class have authorized, agreed or consented to such
Direction, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes of such
class shall be computed as of such record date;
provided ,
that no such Direction by the Noteholders on such record date shall
be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture not later than one year after the
record date.
(e)
Any
Direction or other action by the Noteholder of any Note shall
bind the Noteholder of every Note issued upon the transfer
thereof, in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or
not notation of such action is made upon such Note, and any
Direction or other action by the Beneficial Holder of any
Beneficial Interest in any Note shall bind any transferee of
such Beneficial Interest.
ARTICLE
II
THE NOTES
Section
2.1
Amount of Notes; Terms; Form; Execution and Delivery
.
(a)
The
Outstanding Principal Balance of any class of Notes that may
be authenticated and delivered from time to time under this
Indenture shall not exceed, with respect to the Original Class
A Notes, the initial Outstanding Principal Balance for the
Original Class A Notes set forth in the definition thereof or,
with respect to any Class B Notes or any class of Refinancing
Notes, the Outstanding Principal Balance authorized in the
Manager Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto
establishing such Class B Notes or Refinancing Notes;
provided ,
that (i) any Refinancing Notes shall be issued in accordance with
Section 2.15 and (ii) any Class B Notes shall be issued in
accordance with Section 2.16.
(b)
There
shall be issued, authenticated and delivered on the Closing
Date and on the date of issuance of any Class B Notes or any
Refinancing Notes to each of the Noteholders Notes in the
principal amounts and maturities and bearing the interest
rates, in each case in registered form and, in the case of the
Original Class A Notes, substantially in the form set forth
in
Exhibit A or,
in the case of any Class B Notes or any Refinancing Notes,
substantially in the form set forth in the indenture supplemental
hereto pursuant to which such Class B Notes or Refinancing Notes
are issued, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements typewritten,
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon, as may, consistently
herewith, be prescribed by the Trustee. The Trustee shall
authenticate Notes and make Notes available for delivery only upon
the written order of the Issuer signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Issuer. Such order shall specify the aggregate principal amount
of Notes to be authenticated, the date of issue, whether they are
to be issued as Global Notes or Definitive Notes and delivery
instructions.
Definitive
Notes of each class shall be typewritten, printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of
these methods, as determined by the Trustee. Any Notes offered
and sold to Institutional Accredited Investors that are not
QIBs that are not offered and sold in offshore transactions in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form
of Definitive Notes.
Any
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be
issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global
Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth
in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture or in any
indenture supplemental hereto (each, a “
144A Global Note ”),
registered in the name of the nominee of DTC, deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of each 144A Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the books and records
of the Registrar, as hereinafter provided.
Any
Notes offered and sold to Institutional Accredited Investors
in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be
issued initially in the form of one or more temporary global
Notes in registered form substantially in the form set forth
in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture or in any
indenture supplemental hereto (each, a “
Temporary Regulation S Global Note ”),
registered in the name of the nominee of DTC, deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. At any time
following the applicable Regulation S Global Note Exchange Date,
upon receipt by the Trustee and the Issuer of a certificate
substantially in the form of
Exhibit F ,
executed by Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, together
with copies of certificates from Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, certifying that it has received certification of
non-U.S. beneficial ownership of a Temporary Regulation S Global
Note (or portion thereof) with respect to any Notes to be
exchanged, one or more permanent Global Notes for such Notes in
registered form substantially in the form set forth in the
applicable Exhibit to this Indenture or in any indenture
supplemental hereto (each, a “
Permanent Regulation S Global Note ”
and, together with each Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the
“
Regulation S Global Notes ”)
duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided shall be deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for DTC, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note of such class in an amount equal
to the principal amount of such Temporary Regulation S Global Note
exchanged. Until the Regulation S Global Note Exchange Date with
respect to any Temporary Regulation S Global Note, Beneficial
Interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note may be held
only through Agent Members acting for and on behalf of Euroclear
and Clearstream.
Notes,
if so provided herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto,
shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in this
Section 2.1(b) (collectively with any definitive, fully
registered Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(b), the
“
Definitive Notes ”).
(c)
Interest
shall accrue on any class of Fixed Rate Notes from the date of
issuance of such Fixed Rate Notes and shall be computed for
each Interest Accrual Period on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months on the Outstanding
Principal Balance of such Notes. Interest shall accrue on any
class of Floating Rate Notes from the date of issuance of such
Floating Rate Notes and shall be computed for each Interest
Accrual Period on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual
number of days elapsed in such Interest Accrual Period on the
Outstanding Principal Balance of such Notes. If any interest
payment is not made when due on a Payment Date, the unpaid
portion of such interest payment will accrue interest at the
rate then applicable to the Notes, compounded quarterly, until
paid in full.
(d)
On
the date of any Refinancing, the Issuer shall issue and
deliver, as provided in Section 2.15, an aggregate principal
amount of Refinancing Notes having the maturities and bearing
the interest rates and such other terms authorized by one or
more Manager Resolutions or in any indenture supplemental
hereto providing for the issuance of such Refinancing Notes or
specified in the form of such Refinancing Notes, in each case
in accordance with Section 2.15.
(e)
On
the date of any Class B Issuance, the Issuer shall issue and
deliver, as provided in Section 2.16, an aggregate principal
amount of Class B Notes having the maturities and bearing the
interest rates and such other terms authorized by one or more
Manager Resolutions or in any indenture supplemental hereto
providing for the issuance of such Class B Notes or specified
in the form of such Class B Notes, in each case in accordance
with Section 2.16.
(f)
The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the manual
or facsimile signature of any individual who at the time such
Note was executed was authorized to execute such Note by the
Manager.
(g)
Each
Note bearing the manual or facsimile signature of any
individual who at the time such Note was executed was
authorized to execute such Note by the Manager shall bind the
Issuer, notwithstanding that any such individual has ceased to
hold such authority thereafter but prior to the authentication
and delivery of such Notes or any payment
thereon.
(h)
At
any time and from time to time after the execution of any
Notes, the Issuer may deliver such Notes to the Trustee for
authentication and, subject to the provisions of Section
2.1(i), the Trustee shall authenticate such Notes by manual or
facsimile signature upon receipt by it of a written order of
the Issuer. The Notes shall be authenticated on behalf of the
Trustee by any Responsible Officer of the
Trustee.
(i)
No
Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless it shall have
been executed on behalf of the Issuer as provided in Section
2.1(f) and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee as
provided in Section 2.1(h). Such signatures shall be
conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly executed and
authenticated under this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
Section
2.2
Restrictive Legends .
Each Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or upon
registration of transfer or substitution thereof) shall bear the
following legend on the face thereof (the “
Private Placement Legend ”):
THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION, NOR IS SUCH REGISTRATION CONTEMPLATED. NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION THEREUNDER AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAW REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES OR
ACCEPTS THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR
ACCEPTANCE (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) AND IS PURCHASING THIS NOTE IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DEFINED
IN SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”), HAS SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MATTERS TO BE CAPABLE OF EVALUATING THE
MERITS AND RISKS OF THE PURCHASE OF THIS NOTE AND IS ABLE AND
PREPARED TO BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF INVESTING IN AND HOLDING
THIS NOTE, (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT
IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THIS NOTE AFTER THE RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE
OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A
SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO
A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER 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 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
THAT IS PURCHASING THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, AS THE
CASE MAY BE, FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR 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 (D) TO
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), IN
EACH CASE UNLESS CONSENTED TO BY THE ISSUER IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION AND SUCH OFFER, SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OCCURS
FOLLOWING (X) THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER
PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS
NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY
APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE”) AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON
TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED,
THAT THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(C) OR
(D) OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY
TO EACH OF THEM TO THE EFFECT THAT THE RELEVANT FOREGOING
CONDITIONS ARE MET. THE TERMS “OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND
“U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER CONTAINS A PROVISION
REQUIRING THE REGISTRAR APPOINTED THEREUNDER TO REFUSE TO
REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Each
Note shall also bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
BY
ITS PURCHASE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, EACH PURCHASER WILL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED (A) THAT EITHER
(I) NO PLAN ASSETS HAVE BEEN USED TO PURCHASE THIS NOTE OR
(II) TO THE EXTENT THAT PLAN ASSETS ARE USED TO PURCHASE THIS
NOTE ONE OR MORE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS
APPLIES SUCH THAT THE USE OF PLAN ASSETS TO PURCHASE AND HOLD
THIS NOTE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION, AND (B) THAT EITHER (X) NO ASSETS OF A
GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR FOREIGN PLAN HAVE BEEN USED TO
PURCHASE SUCH NOTES OR (Y) TO THE EXTENT SUCH ASSETS ARE USED,
NEITHER THE PURCHASE NOR HOLDING OF THE NOTES WILL CONSTITUTE
OR RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE. “PLAN ASSETS” HAS THE MEANING GIVEN
TO IT BY SECTION 3(42) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) AND
REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER, AND, IN ADDITION, EACH
PERSON WHO ACQUIRES OR ACCEPTS THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN
BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR ACCEPTANCE AGREES THAT IT SHALL CAUSE
ANY PROPOSED TRANSFEREE TO EXECUTE A RESALE CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT IN THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B TO SUCH INDENTURE
AND DELIVER SUCH RESALE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT TO THE
REGISTRAR (AS DEFINED IN SUCH INDENTURE) AND FURTHER AGREES TO
OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
SUCH INDENTURE, INCLUDING SECTION 2.11 THEREOF, AND FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION
2.5 OF SUCH INDENTURE.
Each
Note shall also bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS NOTE
(OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN) MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR
TRANSFERRED IF, IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUCH EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER,
THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN 95 NOTEHOLDERS (IN THE CASE OF NOTES
THAT ARE DEFINITIVE NOTES) OR BENEFICIAL HOLDERS (IN THE CASE
OF NOTES THAT ARE GLOBAL NOTES) OF NOTES, AND ANY SUCH
PURPORTED EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER SHALL BE VOID AB
INITIO.
Each
Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
UNLESS
THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT
IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.11 OF
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.
Each
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall also bear the
following legend on the face thereof:
THIS
NOTE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER AND IS
SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE THEREOF
AND ON THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST THEREON AS SPECIFIED IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.
Section
2.3
Registrar and Paying Agent .
(a)
With
respect to each class of Notes, there shall at all times be
maintained an office or agency in the location set forth in
Section 12.5 where the Notes of such class may be presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
(including any additional registrar, each, a “
Registrar ”)
and for payment thereof (including any additional paying agent,
each, a “
Paying Agent ”)
and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of
such Notes may be served. The Trustee shall be the initial Paying
Agent and Registrar, and the Issuer shall not be permitted to act
as a Paying Agent or a Registrar. The Issuer shall cause each
Registrar to keep a register of such class of Notes for which it is
acting as Registrar and of their transfer and exchange (the
“
Register ”).
Written notice of the location of each such other office or agency
and of any change of location thereof shall be given by the Trustee
to the Issuer and the Noteholders of such class of Notes. In the
event that no such office or agency shall be maintained or no such
notice of location or of change of location shall be given,
presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at
the Corporate Trust Office.
(b)
Each
Authorized Agent in the location set forth in Section 12.5
shall be a bank, trust company or corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the U.S., any state or
territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, with a
combined capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000 (or
having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $5,000,000
and the obligations of which, whether now in existence or
hereafter incurred, are fully and unconditionally Guaranteed
by a bank, trust company or corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the U.S., any state or territory
thereof or of the District of Columbia and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000) and shall be
authorized under the laws of the U.S., any state or territory
thereof or the District of Columbia to exercise corporate
trust powers, subject to supervision by federal or state
authorities (such requirements, the “
Eligibility Requirements ”).
Each Registrar other than the Trustee shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least five Business Days prior to each Payment Date, and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a copy of the
Register maintained by such Registrar.
(c)
Any
Person into which any Authorized Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to
which any Authorized Agent shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of any Authorized Agent (including the administration
of the fiduciary relationship contemplated by this Indenture),
shall be the successor of such Authorized Agent hereunder, if
such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this
Section 2.3, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such
Authorized Agent or such successor Person.
(d)
Any
Authorized Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and the Issuer. The
Issuer may, and at the request of the Trustee shall, at any
time terminate the agency of any Authorized Agent by giving
written notice of termination to such Authorized Agent and to
the Trustee. Upon the resignation or termination of an
Authorized Agent or if at any time any such Authorized Agent
shall cease to be eligible under this Section 2.3 (when, in
either case, no other Authorized Agent performing the
functions of such Authorized Agent shall have been appointed
by the Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint one or more
qualified successor Authorized Agents, reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee, to perform the functions of the Authorized
Agent that has resigned or whose agency has been terminated or
who shall have ceased to be eligible under this Section 2.3.
The Issuer shall give written notice of any such appointment
made by it to the Trustee, and in each case the Trustee shall
mail notice of such appointment to all Noteholders of the
related class of Notes as their names and addresses appear on
the Register for such class of Notes.
(e)
The
Issuer agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, from time to time
to each Authorized Agent reasonable compensation for its
services and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses to be
agreed to pursuant to separate agreements with each such
Authorized Agent.
Section
2.4
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The Trustee shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee
to agree in writing that all moneys deposited with any Paying Agent
for the purpose of any payment on the Notes shall be deposited and
held in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders entitled to such
payment, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.4. Moneys so
deposited and held in trust shall constitute a separate trust fund
for the benefit of the Noteholders with respect to which such money
was deposited.
The
Trustee may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, and, upon such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Section
2.5
Method of Payment .
(a)
On
each Payment Date, the Trustee shall, or shall instruct a
Paying Agent to, pay, to the extent of the Available
Collections Amount for such Payment Date and any funds
withdrawn from the Interest Reserve Account or the Capital
Account by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8, to the
Noteholders all interest, principal and Premium, if any, on
each class of Notes in the amounts determined by the
Calculation Agent pursuant to Section 3.5;
provided ,
that payment on a Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be made
to the Noteholder thereof only in conformity with Section 2.5(c)
and payment on any Note may be deferred as provided in Section
2.5(d). Each payment on any Payment Date other than the final
payment with respect to any class of Notes shall be made by the
Trustee or Paying Agent to the Noteholders as of the Record Date
for such Payment Date. The final payment with respect to any class
of Notes, however, shall be made only upon presentation and
surrender of such Note by the Noteholder or its agent at an office
or agency of the Trustee or Paying Agent in New York
City.
(b)
At
such time, if any, as the Notes of any class are issued in the
form of Definitive Notes, payments on a Payment Date shall be
made by check mailed to each Noteholder of a Definitive Note
on the applicable Record Date at its address appearing on the
Register maintained with respect to such class of Notes.
Alternatively, upon application in writing to the Trustee, not
later than the applicable Record Date, by a Noteholder,
subject to Section 2.5(d), any such payments shall be made by
wire transfer to an account designated by such Noteholder at a
financial institution in New York City;
provided ,
that the final payment for any class of Notes shall be made only
upon presentation and surrender of the Definitive Notes of such
class by the Noteholder or its agent at an office or agency of the
Trustee or Paying Agent in New York City. Payments
in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including
principal, Premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by
DTC at a financial institution in New York City.
(c)
The
beneficial owner of a Temporary Regulation S Global Note may
arrange to receive payments through Euroclear or Clearstream
on such Temporary Regulation S Global Note only after delivery
by such beneficial owner to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, of a written certification substantially in the
form of
Exhibit G and
upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to
the Paying Agent of a certification or certifications substantially
in the form of
Exhibit H .
No interest shall be paid to any beneficial owner and no interest
shall be paid to Euroclear or Clearstream on such beneficial
owner’s interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note
unless Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, has provided
such a certification to the Paying Agent with respect to such
interest.
(d)
Not
later than five Business Days prior to each Payment Date or
any other date on which a Distribution Report is to be
distributed to Noteholders and Beneficial Holders pursuant to
Section 2.13(a), the Registrar shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to (i) prepare a list (the “
Approved Holder List ”)
of each Noteholder and Beneficial Holder as of the related Record
Date that has executed and delivered to the Registrar a
Confidentiality Agreement, (ii) obtain from DTC a list (the
“
DTC List ”)
of the Agent Members holding Beneficial Interests in the Notes as
of such Record Date, (iii) obtain from each such Agent Member as of
such Record Date the corresponding Beneficial Holders of the
Beneficial Interests held by each such Agent Member set forth on
the DTC List as of such Record Date and prepare a list thereof and
of the Beneficial Interests owned by each such Beneficial Holder
(the “
Actual Beneficial Holder List ”),
(iv) prepare a list (the “
Escrow List ”),
if necessary, that identifies any differences between (x) the
Noteholders and Beneficial Holders listed on the Approved Holder
List and (y)(A) the Noteholders of Definitive Notes set forth in
the Register and (B) the Beneficial Holders listed on the Actual
Beneficial Holder List (or those Beneficial Holders that the
Registrar actually knows have not executed and delivered to the
Registrar Confidentiality Agreements), in each case as of such
Record Date, and (v) provide the Approved Holder List, the DTC
List, the Actual Beneficial Holder List and any Escrow List to the
Issuer, the Servicer and the Trustee. Each Noteholder, Agent Member
and Beneficial Holder hereby agrees, acknowledges and consents that
(I) with respect to a Noteholder of any Notes (other than DTC or
its nominee) that as of such Record Date has not executed and
delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality Agreement and,
therefore, is listed on the Escrow List, the Trustee promptly (but
in no event less than three Business Days prior to the applicable
Payment Date) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify
such Noteholder of such failure and, on the applicable Payment
Date, cause any payment of principal, Premium, if any, or interest
on such Notes to be paid directly to the Escrow Account and (II)
with respect to a Beneficial Holder of any Beneficial Interest in a
Note that as of such Record Date has not executed and delivered to
the Registrar a Confidentiality Agreement and, therefore, is listed
on the Escrow List, the Trustee promptly (but in no event less than
three Business Days prior to the applicable Payment Date) shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Beneficial Interest of
such Beneficial Holder to be transferred into the name of the
Trustee (including the Trustee acting as an Agent Member with
respect to such Beneficial Interests) and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause any payment of principal, Premium, if
any, or interest on such Notes or Beneficial Interests received on
such Payment Date to be deposited into the Escrow Account upon
receipt thereof;
provided ,
that the Record Date for purposes of receiving such payments only
and with respect only to such Beneficial Holder shall be changed to
the Business Day immediately prior to the related Payment Date.
Upon receipt by the Trustee and the Issuer of written notice from
the Registrar that the applicable Noteholder or Beneficial Holder
has executed and delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality
Agreement, the Trustee will distribute such amounts, without
interest, from the Escrow Account to the Trustee for distribution
to each such Noteholder or Beneficial Holder, but prior to the
receipt thereof the Trustee shall be authorized to treat such
purported Noteholder or Beneficial Holder as not being a Noteholder
or Beneficial Holder, as the case may be, for purposes of this
Indenture.
(e)
Subject
to the application of Section 3.7(b) in respect of the next
Payment Date, to the extent that the full amount of any
interest due on the Class A Notes is not paid in full on any
Payment Date and funds are deposited into the Collection
Account following such Payment Date but prior to the third
Business Day prior to the immediately succeeding Calculation
Date, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Indenture, the Trustee shall use such funds to pay to the
Noteholders of record the overdue interest together with
Additional Interest on such overdue interest on or before the
third Business Day after such funds are deposited;
provided ,
that all Expenses with respect to such preceding Payment Date
contemplated by Section 3.7(a)(i) shall have been paid. With each
such payment the Trustee shall furnish a brief statement to
Noteholders eligible to receive Distribution Reports in accordance
with this Indenture indicating the aggregate amount of funds
received and the balance of overdue interest (and interest thereon)
to which the payment is being applied. Subject to Section 2.5(d),
any such payment shall be made to the Noteholders of record as of
the third Business Day preceding the date of each such payment. Any
funds that are deposited on or after the third Business Day prior
to the immediately succeeding Calculation Date shall be held in the
Collection Account and applied in accordance with this Indenture on
the next succeeding Payment Date.
Section
2.6
Minimum Denominations .
Each class of Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of
$1,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
Section
2.7
Transfer and Exchange; Cancellation .
The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without
coupons. A Noteholder or a Beneficial Holder may transfer a Note or
a Beneficial Interest therein only by written application to the
Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise
complying with the terms of this Indenture, including the
requirement for the execution and delivery of a Confidentiality
Agreement by such proposed transferee to the Registrar relating to
such transfer as set forth in Section 2.11(j). No such transfer
shall be effected until, and such proposed transferee shall succeed
to the rights of a Noteholder or a Beneficial Holder only upon,
final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar
and confirmation by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.11(j) that
such Noteholder or such Beneficial Holder has executed and
delivered an appropriate Confidentiality Agreement to the
Registrar.
Prior
to the due presentment for registration of transfer of a Note
and satisfaction of the requirements specified in the last
sentence of the preceding paragraph, the Issuer and the
Trustee may deem and treat the applicable registered
Noteholder as the absolute owner and holder of such Note for
the purpose of receiving payment of all amounts payable with
respect to such Note and for all other purposes and shall not
be affected by any notice to the contrary. The Registrar (if
different from the Trustee) shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing and the Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of
each request for a registration of transfer of a Note by
furnishing the Issuer a copy of such request.
Furthermore,
any Noteholder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such
Global Note, agree that, subject to Section 2.10(b) and
Section 2.11, transfers of Beneficial Interests in such Global
Note may be effected only through a book-entry system
maintained by the Noteholder of such Global Note (or its
agent) and that ownership of a Beneficial Interest in such
Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry
system. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a
request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized
denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or
make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such
transactions are met (including, in the case of a transfer,
that such Notes are duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
Registrar duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or by an
attorney who is authorized in writing to act on behalf of the
Noteholder). To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. Except as
set forth in Section 2.8 and Section 2.9, no service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or
redemption of the Notes.
The
Registrar shall not be required to exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes as above provided during the 15-day
period preceding the Final Legal Maturity Date of any such
Notes or during a 15-day period preceding the first mailing of
any notice of Redemption or Refinancing of Notes to be
redeemed or refinanced. The Registrar shall not be required to
exchange or register the transfer of any Notes that have been
selected, called or are being called for Redemption or
Refinancing except, in the case of any Notes where written
notice has been given that such Notes are to be redeemed in
part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
The
Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and
destroy in accordance with its customary practices in effect
from time to time (subject to the record retention
requirements of the Exchange Act) any such Notes, together
with any other Notes surrendered to it for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Issuer may not issue new
Notes (other than Refinancing Notes issued in connection with
any Refinancing) to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section
2.8
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes .
If any Note shall become mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer shall, upon the written request of the Noteholder thereof
and presentation of the Note or satisfactory evidence of
destruction, loss or theft thereof to the Trustee or Registrar and
a confirmation by the Registrar to the Trustee that such Noteholder
(or Beneficial Holder of the Beneficial Interest therein) has
executed and delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality
Agreement, issue, and the Trustee shall authenticate and the
Trustee or Registrar shall deliver in exchange therefor or in
replacement thereof, a new Note, payable to such Noteholder in the
same principal amount, of the same maturity, with the same payment
schedule, bearing the same interest rate and dated the date of its
authentication. If the Note being replaced has become mutilated,
such Note shall be surrendered to the Trustee or the Registrar and
forwarded to the Issuer by the Trustee or such Registrar. If the
Note being replaced has been destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Noteholder thereof shall furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Registrar (a) such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Registrar to save each of them harmless
(an unsecured indemnity from any QIB being satisfactory security or
indemnity) and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Issuer, the Trustee
and the Registrar of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note
and of the ownership thereof (an affidavit from any QIB being
satisfactory evidence). The Noteholders will be required to pay any
Tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection with such
exchange or replacement and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and the Registrar) connected
therewith.
Section
2.9
Payments of Transfer Taxes .
Upon the transfer of any Note or Notes pursuant to Section 2.7, the
Issuer or the Trustee may require from the party requesting such
new Note or Notes payment of a sum to reimburse the Issuer or the
Trustee for, or to provide funds for the payment of, any transfer
Tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Section
2.10
Book-Entry Provisions .
(a)
Global
Notes shall (i) be registered in the name of DTC or a nominee
of DTC, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for DTC
and (iii) bear the Private Placement Legend. In accordance
with the requirements of DTC, the Issuer will cause the
Trustee to authenticate an additional Global Note or
additional Global Notes in the appropriate principal amount
such that no Global Note may exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $500,000,000 at any time.
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 the Trustee as its
custodian, or under such Global Note, and DTC may be treated by the
Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as
the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes
whatsoever.
Whenever
notice or other communication to the Noteholders of any class
of Global Notes is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes shall have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.10(b), the Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Noteholders of
such class of Global Notes to DTC and/or the Agent Members,
and shall make available additional copies as requested by
such Agent Members, subject to the limitations on distribution
contained in Section 2.13.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the
Trustee or any agent of the Issuer 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
governing the exercise of the rights of a Noteholder under any
Global Note. Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be
liable for any delay by DTC in identifying the Agent Members
in respect of the Global Notes, and the Issuer and the Trustee
may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, instructions from DTC for all purposes (including
with respect to the registration and delivery, and the
respective principal amounts, of any Global Notes to be
issued).
(b)
Transfers
of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global
Note in whole, but not in part, to DTC, its successors or
their respective nominees. Interests of Agent Members in a
Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules
and procedures of DTC and the provisions of Section 2.11.
Except as set forth in Section 2.11(a), Definitive Notes shall
be issued to the individual Agent Members or Beneficial
Holders or their nominees in exchange for their Beneficial
Interests in a Global Note with respect to any class of Notes
only if (i) the Issuer advises the Trustee in writing that DTC
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as depositary with respect to such class of
Notes and the Trustee or the Issuer is unable to appoint a
qualified successor within 90 days of such notice, (ii) the
Issuer, at its option, elects to terminate the book-entry
system through DTC or (iii) during the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to such class of Notes, Noteholders of
a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of such class
of Notes advise the Issuer, the Trustee and DTC through the
Agent Members in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through DTC (or a successor thereto) is no longer in
the best interests of the Noteholders of such class. Upon the
occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding
sentence, the Trustee shall notify all affected Noteholders of
such class, through DTC, of the occurrence of such event and
of the availability of Definitive Notes of such class;
provided ,
however ,
that in no event shall the Temporary Regulation S Global Note be
exchanged for Definitive Notes prior to the later of (x) the
Regulation S Global Note Exchange Date and (y) the date of receipt
by the Issuer of any certificates determined by it to be required
pursuant to Rule 903 or 904 under the Securities Act. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the Global Notes of such class held by
DTC, accompanied by registration instructions from DTC for
registration of Definitive Notes, the Issuer shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Definitive Notes of such
class to the Agent Members and Beneficial Holders of such class or
their nominees in accordance with the instructions of
DTC.
None
of the Issuer, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Trustee
shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions
and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, such registration instructions. Upon the issuance
of Definitive Notes of such class, the Trustee shall recognize
the Persons in whose name the Definitive Notes are registered
in the Register as Noteholders hereunder. Neither the Issuer
nor the Trustee shall be liable if the Trustee or the Issuer
is unable to locate a qualified successor to DTC.
Definitive
Notes of any class will be freely transferable and
exchangeable for Definitive Notes of the same class at the
office of the Trustee or the office of the Registrar upon
compliance with the requirements set forth herein. In the case
of a transfer of only part of a holding of Definitive Notes, a
new Definitive Note shall be issued to the transferee in
respect of the part transferred and a new Definitive Note in
respect of the balance of the holding not transferred shall be
issued to the transferor and may be obtained at the office of
the applicable Registrar.
(c)
Any
Beneficial Interest in one of the Global Notes as to any class
that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form
of an interest in another Global Note will, upon transfer,
cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an
interest in such other Global Note and, accordingly, will
thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any,
and other procedures applicable to Beneficial Interests in
such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an
interest.
(d)
Any
Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a
Global Note pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend applicable to a Global Note.
Section
2.11
Special Transfer Provisions .
(a)
The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a 144A Global Note, a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note to any
Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a QIB (excluding
Non-U.S. Persons) prior to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date:
(i)
The
Registrar shall register the transfer of any Definitive Note
if the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A)
a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit J (such
certificate also to be delivered to the Issuer), (B) an Opinion of
Counsel acceptable to the Issuer that such transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and (C) a Confidentiality
Agreement duly executed by such transferee.
(ii)
If
the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
Beneficial Interest in a 144A Global Note or a Permanent
Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (A)
the documents required by Section 2.11(a)(i), including the
Confidentiality Agreement, and (B) instructions given in
accordance with DTC’s and the Registrar’s
procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
144A Global Note or the Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as
the case may be, in an amount equal to the principal amount of
the Beneficial Interest in the Global Note to be transferred,
and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Notes of like
tenor and amount.
(b)
The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a 144A Global Note, a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note to a
QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons) prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date:
(i)
If
the Note to be transferred consists of (A) Definitive Notes,
the Registrar shall reflect the transfer on its books and
records if such transfer is being made by a proposed
transferor who has delivered such Note and checked the box
provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise
advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that the sale
has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A
to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for
on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the
Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that (w) 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 are QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A, (x)
it is or such QIBs are aware that the sale to it or them is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledge that it
has or they have received such information regarding the
Issuer as it has or they have requested pursuant to Rule 144A
or has or have determined not to request such information, (y)
it is or such QIBs are aware that the transferor is relying
upon the foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and (z) it
has and all such QIBs have duly executed and delivered to the
Registrar a Confidentiality Agreement or (B) a Beneficial
Interest in a 144A Global Note, the transfer of such
Beneficial Interest may be effected only through the
book-entry system maintained by DTC and to the extent provided
in the agreement with DTC, and, in each case, each transferee
has delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality Agreement
duly executed by such transferee.
(ii)
If
the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be
transferred is a Definitive Note, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the documents referred to in Section 2.11(b)(i),
including the Confidentiality Agreement, and instructions
given in accordance with DTC’s and the Registrar’s
procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount at
maturity of the 144A Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount at maturity of the Definitive Note to be
transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Note
so transferred (upon written direction from the Registrar if
different from the Trustee).
(iii)
If
the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be
transferred is represented by a Beneficial Interest in a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the documents referred to in Section 2.11(b)(i),
including the Confidentiality Agreement, and instructions
given in accordance with DTC’s and the Registrar’s
procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
Permanent Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the Beneficial Interest in the Permanent
Regulation S Global Note to be transferred, and the Registrar
shall reflect on its books and records an increase in the
principal amount of the 144A Global Note in an amount equal to
such transferred amount.
(c)
With
respect to any proposed transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a
Temporary Regulation S Global Note to an Institutional
Accredited Investor prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the transfer of such Beneficial Interest (A) if the
proposed transferee is a Non-U.S. Person, the proposed
transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate
substantially in the form of
Exhibit I (such
certificate also to be delivered to the Issuer) and the proposed
transferee has duly executed and delivered to the Registrar a
Confidentiality Agreement (in which case the transferee will
receive a corresponding Beneficial Interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note) or (B) if the proposed transferee is a
QIB and the proposed transferor has checked the box provided for on
the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and
the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance
with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the
certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has
otherwise advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that (w)
it is purchasing the Note (or the Beneficial Interest therein) for
its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account are
QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A, (x) it is or such QIBs are
aware that the sale to it or them is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledge that it has or they have received such
information regarding the Issuer as it has or they have requested
pursuant to Rule 144A or has or have determined not to request such
information, (y) it is or such QIBs are aware that the transferor
is relying upon the foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and (z) it has
and all such QIBs have duly executed and delivered to the Registrar
a Confidentiality Agreement (in which case the Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the 144A Global Note of the relevant class, in
an amount equal to the principal amount of the Temporary Regulation
S Global Note (or the Beneficial Interest therein) of such class to
be transferred, and the Trustee shall decrease the amount of the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note of such class (upon written
direction from the Registrar if different from the
Trustee)).
(d)
Except
as set forth in Section 2.11(c), prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date, the following provisions shall
apply with respect to any transfer of a Note (or a Beneficial
Interest therein) to a Non-U.S. Person:
(i)
Except
as set forth in Section 2.11(c), prior to the applicable
Regulation S Global Note Exchange Date, the Registrar shall
not register or reflect on its books and records any proposed
transfer of a Note (or a Beneficial Interest therein) to a
Non-U.S. Person.
(ii)
The
Registrar shall register or reflect on its books and records,
as the case may be, any proposed transfer of a Note (or a
Beneficial Interest therein) to any Non-U.S. Person that is an
Institutional Accredited Investor if the Note to be
transferred is a Definitive Note or a Beneficial Interest in a
144A Global Note, upon receipt of a certificate substantially
in the form of
Exhibit I from
the proposed transferor and a Confidentiality Agreement duly
executed and delivered to the Registrar by such Non-U.S. Person
that is an Institutional Accredited Investor.
(iii)
(A)
If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
Beneficial Interest in a 144A Global Note, upon receipt by the
Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by Section
2.11(d)(ii) and (y) instructions in accordance with
DTC’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and
a decrease in the principal amount of the 144A Global Note in
an amount equal to the principal amount of the Beneficial
Interest in such 144A Global Note to be transferred, and (B)
if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by
the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with
DTC’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and
an increase in the principal amount of the Permanent
Regulation S Global Note of the relevant class in an amount
equal to the principal amount of the Beneficial Interest in
such 144A Global Note or any Definitive Notes issued in
exchange for such Beneficial Interest in such 144A Global Note
to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive
Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the amount of the
144A Global Note (upon written direction from the Registrar if
different from the Trustee).
(e)
With
respect to any proposed transfer of any Note (or a Beneficial
Interest therein) after the Resale Restriction Termination
Date, the Registrar shall reflect the transfer of such Note or
Beneficial Interest on its books and records (along with any
appropriate increase or decrease in the principal amount at
maturity of any Global Note upon receipt by the Registrar of
instructions given in accordance with DTC’s and the
Registrar’s procedures) if the proposed transferee has
duly executed and delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality
Agreement.
(f)
Upon
the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the
Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only
Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend.
(g)
By
its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend, each Noteholder of such Note acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this
Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that
it will transfer such Note (or the Beneficial Interest
therein) only as provided in this Indenture and in accordance
with the Private Placement Legend. The Registrar shall not
register or reflect on its books and records a transfer of any
Note (or any Beneficial Interest therein) unless such transfer
complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set
forth in this Indenture and in accordance with the Private
Placement Legend. In connection with any transfer of Notes (or
Beneficial Interests therein), each Noteholder (or Beneficial
Holder) agrees by its acceptance of the Notes (or Beneficial
Interests therein) to furnish the Trustee the certifications
and legal opinions described herein to confirm that such
transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of
the Securities Act;
provided ,
that the Trustee shall not be required to determine (but may rely
on a determination made by the Issuer with respect to) the
sufficiency of any such legal opinions.
(h)
The
Notes shall be issued pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act. The Issuer agrees that
it will not at any time (i) apply to list, list or list upon
notice of issuance, (ii) consent to or authorize an
application for the listing or the listing of, or (iii) enable
or authorize the trading of, the Notes on an established
securities market, including (w) a national securities
exchange registered under the Exchange Act or exempted from
registration because of the limited volume of transactions,
(x) a foreign securities exchange that, under the law of the
jurisdiction where it is organized, satisfies regulatory
requirements that are analogous to the regulatory requirements
under the Exchange Act applicable to exchanges described in
Section 2.11(h)(w), (y) a regional or local exchange or (z) an
over-the-counter market, as the term “established
securities market” and the terms in this Section 2.11(h)
are defined for purposes of Section 7704 of the
Code.
(i)
The
Trustee shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.10 or
this Section 2.11. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect
and make copies of all such letters, notices, Confidentiality
Agreements or other written communications at any reasonable
time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the
Trustee.
(j)
Each
Noteholder, Agent Member and Beneficial Holder agrees, by
acceptance of any Note or any Beneficial Interest therein,
that it will not take any action to transfer any Note (or any
Beneficial Interest therein) to a proposed transferee without
causing such proposed transferee to execute and deliver to the
Registrar an appropriate Confidentiality Agreement relating to
such transfer as set forth in this Section 2.11. After the
Closing Date with respect to the Original Class A Notes (or
the date of issuance with respect to any Class B Notes or any
Refinancing Notes), forms of Confidentiality Agreements will
be available to Noteholders, Agent Members and Beneficial
Holders and proposed transferees of the Notes (or the
Beneficial Interests therein) from the Registrar, initially at
the Corporate Trust Office. Each such Confidentiality
Agreement shall be delivered to the Registrar promptly upon
execution by the parties thereto and the Registrar shall
record the receipt of such Confidentiality Agreement. The
Registrar shall promptly, but in any event no later than two
Business Days after receipt of any such executed
Confidentiality Agreement, furnish a copy of such executed
Confidentiality Agreement to the Trustee, the Issuer and the
Servicer and shall maintain a list of proposed transferees
(including Noteholders and Beneficial Holders) who have
furnished such executed Confidentiality Agreements, whether or
not such proposed transferees purchase any Notes (or any
Beneficial Interests therein), and make such list available
for inspection at the request of the Trustee, the Issuer or
the Servicer.
(k)
Notwithstanding
any other provision contained in this Indenture to the
contrary, any Noteholder or Beneficial Holder may assign a
security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of the
Notes (or any interest therein) held by it to a trustee (or
other similar representative) under any indenture, loan
agreement or similar agreement to which such Noteholder or
Beneficial Holder is party in support of any obligations of
such Noteholder or Beneficial Holder to a holder or holders of
securities or other obligations issued by such Noteholder or
Beneficial Holder; provided, that no such assignment or pledge
shall release the assigning or pledging Noteholder or
Beneficial Holder from its obligations hereunder.
Section
2.12
Temporary Definitive Notes .
Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes of any class, the
Issuer may execute and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver
temporary Definitive Notes of such class that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any
denomination, containing substantially the same terms and
provisions as are set forth in the applicable Exhibit or in any
indenture supplemental hereto, except for such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations relating
to their temporary nature as the Manager executing such temporary
Definitive Notes may determine, as evidenced by his or her
execution of such temporary Definitive Notes.
If
temporary Definitive Notes of any class are issued, the Issuer
shall cause such Definitive Notes of such class to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
Definitive Notes of such class, the temporary Definitive Notes
shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of
such temporary Definitive Notes at the Corporate Trust Office,
without charge to the Noteholder thereof. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Definitive Notes of
any class, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor Definitive Notes
of like class, in authorized denominations and in the same
aggregate principal amounts. Until so exchanged, such
temporary Definitive Notes shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive
Notes.
Section
2.13
Statements to Noteholders .
(a)
On
each Payment Date and any other date for distribution of any
payments with respect to any class of Notes then Outstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver a report, covering the information
set forth in
Exhibit D and
prepared by the Servicer, giving effect to such payments (each, a
“
Distribution Report ”),
to (i) each Noteholder and
Beneficial Holder included on the Approved Holder List
(and
not to any Noteholder or Beneficial Holder not included on the
Approved Holder List), (ii) the Issuer, (iii) the Calculation Agent
and (iv) the Parent, and to no other Person. Each Noteholder and
Beneficial Holder shall be entitled to receive the Distribution
Report only if such Noteholder or Beneficial Holder has executed
and delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality
Agreement.
(b)
Each
Distribution Report provided to each Noteholder and Beneficial
Holder by the Trustee for each Payment Date pursuant to
Section 2.13(a), commencing May 15, 2008, shall be accompanied
by (i) a statement prepared by the Servicer setting forth an
analysis of the Collection Account activity for the period
commencing on the day next following the preceding Calculation
Date and ending on the Calculation Date relating to such
Payment Date, which shall set forth, among other things, the
aggregate amount payable to Pfizer and certain other third
parties entitled to royalties in respect of Subject Products
set forth in the report contemplated by Section 4.1(c)(xi) of
the Servicing Agreement, (ii) such information, if any, that
the Parent shall have provided to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement
during
the Interest Accrual Period then ended and
(iii) the information, if any, that the Issuer shall have
provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.3 (or the
Servicer shall have provided to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1 of the Servicing Agreement) during the Interest
Accrual Period then ended.
(c)
After
the end of each calendar year but not later than the latest
date permitted by law, the Trustee shall (or shall instruct
any Paying Agent to) furnish to each Person who at any time
during such calendar year was a Noteholder of any class of
Notes a statement (for example, a Form 1099 or any other means
required by law) prepared by the Trustee containing the sum of
the amounts determined pursuant to the information covered
by
Exhibit D with
respect to the class of Notes for such calendar year or, in the
event such Person was a Noteholder of any class of Notes during
only a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable portion of
such calendar year, and such other items as are readily available
to the Trustee and that a Noteholder shall reasonably request as
necessary for the purpose of such Noteholder’s preparation of
its U.S. federal income or other tax returns. So long as any of the
Notes are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, such report
and such other items will be prepared on the basis of such
information supplied to the Trustee by DTC and the Agent Members
and will be delivered by the Trustee to DTC and by DTC to the
applicable Beneficial Holders in the manner described above. In the
event that any such information has been provided by any Paying
Agent directly to such Person through other tax-related reports or
otherwise, the Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent shall not be
obligated to comply with such request for information.
(d)
At
such time, if any, as the Notes of any class are issued in the
form of Definitive Notes, the Trustee shall prepare and
deliver the information described in Section 2.13(c) to each
Noteholder of a Definitive Note of such class for the relevant
period of registered ownership of such Definitive Note as
appears on the books and records of the Trustee, subject to
confirmation that each such Noteholder has executed and
delivered to the Registrar a Confidentiality
Agreement.
(e)
The
Trustee shall be at liberty to sanction any method of giving
notice to the Noteholders of any class if, in its opinion,
such method is reasonable, having regard to the number and
identity of the Noteholders of such class and/or to market
practice then prevailing, is in the best interests of the
Noteholders of such class, and any such notice shall be deemed
to have been given on such date as the Trustee may
approve;
provided ,
that notice of such method is given to the Noteholders of such
class in such manner as the Trustee shall require.
Section
2.14
CUSIP, CINS, ISIN and Private Placement Numbers
.
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP, CINS, ISIN, private
placement or other identification numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use such CUSIP, CINS, ISIN,
private placement or other identification numbers, as the case may
be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to
Noteholders;
provided ,
that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes
or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes;
provided ,
further ,
that failure to use CUSIP, CINS, ISIN, private placement or other
identification numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange
shall not affect the validity or sufficiency of such
notice.
Section
2.15
Refinancing Notes .
(a)
Subject
to Section 2.15(b), Section 2.15(c) and Section 2.15(d), the
Issuer may issue Refinancing Notes pursuant to this Indenture
for the purpose of refinancing all of the Outstanding
Principal Balance of any class of Notes (including a
refinancing of Refinancing Notes). Each refinancing of any
class of Notes with the proceeds of an offering of Refinancing
Notes (a “
Refinancing ”)
shall be authorized pursuant to one or more Manager Resolutions.
Each Refinancing Note shall be designated generally as a Note for
all purposes under this Indenture, with such further designations
added or incorporated in such title as specified in the related
Manager Resolution or in any indenture supplemental hereto
providing for the issuance of such Notes or specified in the form
of such Notes, as the case may be. The Refinancing Notes shall be
issued on the Payment Date on which the Redemption in whole of the
class of Notes being refinanced is to occur as provided in Section
3.11.
(b)
A
Refinancing of any class of Notes shall be effected as a
Redemption pursuant to Section 3.10, provided that a
Refinancing of the Original Class A Notes shall be effected as
an Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 3.10(b). On the
date of any Refinancing, the Issuer shall issue and sell an
aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Notes (when added to
the Available Collections Amount and any funds in the Interest
Reserve Account, the Redemption Account or the Capital Account
used or to be used in connection with such Refinancing) not
less than the amount sufficient to pay in full the applicable
Redemption Price of the Notes being refinanced in whole
thereby plus the Refinancing Expenses relating thereto. The
proceeds of each sale of Refinancing Notes shall be used to
the extent necessary to make the deposit required by Section
3.11 and to pay such Refinancing Expenses. Subject to Section
3.11(b), once a notice of a Redemption in respect of any
Refinancing is published in accordance with Section 3.11(a),
each class of Notes to which such notice applies shall become
due and payable on the Refinancing Date stated in such notice
at their Redemption Price.
(c)
Each
Refinancing Note shall contain such terms as may be
established in or pursuant to the related Manager Resolution
(subject to Section 2.1) or in any indenture supplemental
hereto providing for the issuance of such Notes or specified
in the form of such Notes to the extent permitted below. Prior
to the issuance of any Refinancing Notes, any or all of the
following, as applicable, with respect to the related issue of
Refinancing Notes shall have been determined by the Issuer and
set forth in such Manager Resolution and in any indenture
supplemental hereto providing for the issuance of such Notes
or specified in the form of such Notes, as the case may
be:
(i)
the
class of Notes to be refinanced by such Refinancing
Notes;
(ii)
the
aggregate principal amount of each class of Refinancing Notes
that may be issued in respect of such
Refinancing;
(iii)
the
proposed date of such Refinancing;
(iv)
the
Final Legal Maturity Date of each class of such Refinancing
Notes;
(v)
the
rate at which such Refinancing Notes shall bear interest or
the method by which such rate shall be
determined;
(vi)
the
denomination or denominations in which any class of such
Refinancing Notes shall be issuable;
(vii)
whether
any such Refinancing Notes are to be issuable initially in
temporary or permanent global form and, if so, whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
Refinancing Note may exchange such interests for Refinancing
Notes of such class and of like tenor of any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 2.7, and the circumstances under which and the place
or places where any such exchanges may be made and the
identity of any initial depositary therefor; and
(viii)
any
other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or
limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the
class of Refinancing Notes (which terms shall comply with
Applicable Law and not violate any restrictions of this
Indenture).
(d)
If
any of the terms of any issue of Refinancing Notes are
established by action taken pursuant to one or more Manager
Resolutions, such Manager Resolutions shall be delivered to
the Trustee setting forth the terms of such Refinancing
Notes.
Section
2.16
Class B Notes .
(a)
Subject
to Section 2.16(b), Section 2.16(c) and Section 2.16(d), the
Issuer may issue Class B Notes pursuant to this Indenture (a
“
Class B Issuance ”)
for any purpose, including, at the option of the Issuer, for the
purpose of funding a redemption of the Class A Notes, in whole or
in part. Each Class B Issuance shall be authorized pursuant to one
or more Manager Resolutions. Each Class B Note shall be designated
generally as a Note for all purposes under this Indenture. Each
Class B Note shall have such further designations added or
incorporated in such title as specified in the related Manager
Resolution or in any indenture supplemental hereto providing for
the issuance of such Notes or specified in the form of such Notes,
as the case may be. There are no limitations on the use of proceeds
from the issuance of such Class B Notes. If the proceeds of the
Class B Notes are being used to redeem the Class A Notes, in whole
or in part, the Class B Notes shall be issued on the Payment Date
on which the Optional Redemption of the Class A Notes being
refinanced is to occur as provided in Section 3.11.
(b)
If
the proceeds of the Class B Notes are being used to redeem any
Class A Notes, such redemption shall be effected as an
Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 3.10. On the date of
any such Optional Redemption, the Issuer shall issue and sell
an aggregate principal amount of Class B Notes in an amount
not less than the amount sufficient to pay in full the
applicable Redemption Price of the Notes being redeemed
thereby plus the Transaction Expenses relating thereto. The
proceeds of each sale of Class B Notes shall be used to make
the deposit required by Section 3.11, to the extent
applicable, to pay such Transaction Expenses and/or for such
other purposes, if any, as shall be specified in the Manager
Resolution authorizing the issuance of such Class B Notes.
Subject to Section 3.11(b), once a notice of Redemption in
respect of any Class B Issuance is published in accordance
with Section 3.11(a), each class of Notes to which such notice
applies shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date
stated in such notice at their Redemption Price.
(c)
Each
Class B Note shall contain such terms as may be established in
or pursuant to the related Manager Resolution (subject to
Section 2.1) or in any indenture supplemental hereto providing
for the issuance of such Notes or specified in the form of
such Notes to the extent permitted herein, and shall be
subordinate to the Class A Notes to the extent provided in
this Indenture. Prior to the issuance of the Class B Notes,
any or all of the following, as applicable, with respect to
the related Class B Issuance shall have been determined by the
Issuer and set forth in such Manager Resolution and in any
indenture supplemental hereto or specified in the form of such
Class B Notes, as the case may be, with respect to the Class B
Notes to be issued:
(i)
the
aggregate principal amount of any such Class B Notes that may
be issued;
(ii)
the
proposed date of such Class B Issuance;
(iii)
the
Final Legal Maturity Date of any such Class B
Notes;
(iv)
whether
any such Class B Notes are to have the benefit of any reserve
account and, if so, the amount and terms thereof;
(v)
the
rate at which such Class B Notes shall bear interest or the
method by which such rate shall be determined;
(vi)
the
denomination or denominations in which such Class B Notes
shall be issuable;
(vii)
whether
any such Class B Notes are to be issuable initially in
temporary or permanent global form and, if so, whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
Class B Note may exchange such interests for Class B Notes of
like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination and the
circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 2.7, and the
circumstances under which and the place or places where any
such exchanges may be made and the identity of any initial
depositary therefor; and
(viii)
any
other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or
limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to Class
B Notes (which terms shall comply with Applicable Law and not
violate any restrictions of this Indenture).
(d)
If
any of the terms of any issue of Class B Notes are established
by action taken pursuant to one or more Manager Resolutions,
such Manager Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee
setting forth the terms of such Class B Notes.
Section
2.17
Limitation on Number of Holders of Notes .
The Issuer shall not issue, and the Registrar shall not issue, and
exchange or register the transfer of, any Note, if, immediately
after such issuance, exchange or transfer, there would be more than
95 Noteholders (for purposes of Notes that are Definitive Notes)
and Beneficial Holders (for purposes of Notes that are Global
Notes), taken together in the aggregate, and any purported exchange
or transfer in violation of this Section 2.17 shall be void ab
initio and result in the purported Noteholder or Beneficial Holder
not being treated as a Noteholder or Beneficial Holder, as the case
may be, for purposes of this Indenture.
ARTICLE
III
ACCOUNTS;
PRIORITY
OF PAYMENTS
Section
3.1
Establishment of Accounts .
(a)
Pursuant
to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer will cause
the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuer, to establish and
maintain with the Operating Bank on its books and records in
the name of the Issuer, subject to the Liens established under
this Indenture, (i) a collection account (the “
Collection Account ”),
(ii) if applicable, a redemption account (the “
Redemption Account ”),
(iii) a capital contribution account (the “
Capital Account ”),
(iv) if applicable, an escrow account (the “
Escrow Account ”),
(v) an interest reserve account (the “
Interest Reserve Account ”)
and (vi) any additional accounts the establishment of which is set
forth in a Manager Resolution delivered by the Issuer to the
Servicer and the Trustee, in each case at such time as is set forth
in this Section 3.1 or in such Manager Resolution.
(b)
Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of this Indenture, the Issuer has
granted to the Trustee a security interest in the Collection
Account, the Redemption Account, the Capital Account, the
Escrow Account and the Interest Reserve Account (collectively,
the “
Controlled Accounts ”)
and all payments deposited in the Controlled Accounts.
(c)
The
Operating Bank acknowledges that (i) the Issuer has granted a
security interest in all of the Issuer’s right, title
and interest in and to any funds from time to time on deposit
in, and all funds credited to, the Controlled Accounts, (ii)
prior to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, the
Trustee shall have sole dominion and control over the
Controlled Accounts (including, among other things, the sole
power to direct withdrawals or transfers from the Controlled
Accounts and to direct the investment and reinvestment of
funds in the Accounts, subject to Section 3.2) and (iii) the
Operating Bank shall transfer funds from the Controlled
Accounts in accordance with the Trustee’s instructions
until the satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations.
(d)
The
Trustee shall make withdrawals and transfers from the Accounts
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture based on the
Relevant Information and as calculated by it pursuant to this
Indenture. Each of the Issuer and the Trustee acknowledges and
agrees that each of the Controlled Accounts is a
“deposit account” within the meaning of Section
9-102 of the UCC, that the Operating Bank is acting as a
“bank” within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the
UCC and that the Trustee has “control”, for
purposes of Section 9-314 of the UCC, of the Controlled
Accounts that are maintained with the Operating Bank. The
Operating Bank agrees that the State of New York shall be
deemed to be the “bank’s jurisdiction”
within the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC.
(e)
The
Issuer agrees that, if any Controlled Account is established
or maintained with any Operating Bank other than the Trustee,
the Issuer shall cause (or direct the Servicer to cause) such
Operating Bank to enter into an agreement with the Trustee,
the Issuer and the Servicer pursuant to which such Operating
Bank agrees to comply with any and all instructions of the
Trustee directing the disposition, investment and reinvestment
of funds in all Controlled Accounts maintained with such
Operating Bank without the further consent of the Issuer or
the Servicer, and the Issuer shall take such other actions as
are reasonably required by the Trustee to establish its
“control”, for purposes of Section 9-314 of the
UCC, over any such Accounts.
(f)
If,
at any time, any Controlled Account ceases to be an Eligible
Account, the Issuer will cause the Servicer or an agent
thereof, within ten Business Days, to establish a new
Controlled Account meeting the conditions set forth in this
Section 3.1 in respect of such Controlled Account and transfer
any cash or investments in the existing Controlled Account to
such new Controlled Account, and, from the date such new
Controlled Account is established, it shall have the same
designation as the existing Controlled Account. If the
Operating Bank should change at any time, then the Issuer will
cause the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuer, to
thereupon promptly establish replacement Controlled Accounts
as necessary at the successor Operating Bank and transfer the
balance of funds in each Controlled Account then maintained at
the former Operating Bank pursuant to the terms of the
Servicing Agreement to such successor Operating
Bank.
(g)
The
Issuer will cause the Servicer to establish and maintain the
Collection Account at the Operating Bank not later than the
Closing Date, and the Collection Account shall bear a
designation clearly indicating that the funds or other assets
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trustee.
Except as expressly provided herein, all Collections shall be
deposited in the Collection Account and transferred therefrom
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. No funds shall
be deposited in the Collection Account that do not constitute
Collections except as expressly provided in this Indenture
without the prior written consent of the Trustee.
(h)
Upon
receipt of written notice of a Redemption of any class of
Notes, the Issuer will cause the Servicer to establish and
maintain a Redemption Account at the Operating Bank that shall
bear a description clearly indicating that the funds or other
assets deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Trustee, who shall hold such amounts for the benefit of the
Noteholders of Notes that are the subject of such Redemption.
All amounts received for the purpose of any such Redemption
shall be deposited in such Redemption Account and shall be
held in such Account until such amounts are applied to pay the
Redemption Price of such Notes (together with related
Expenses) and such Notes are cancelled by the
Trustee.
(i)
The
Issuer will cause the Servicer to establish and maintain the
Capital Account at the Operating Bank not later than the
Closing Date, and the Capital Account shall bear a designation
clearly indicating that the funds or other assets deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trustee into which the
Parent shall deposit any capital contributions made to the
Issuer. All such capital contributions shall be held in such
Account and transferred (i) to the Collection Account only to
the extent permitted by Section 3.7, (ii) to the Redemption
Account only to the extent specifically provided for in any
written notice of an Optional Redemption delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10(b) and (iii) to the Parent
only to the extent permitted by Section 3.8.
(j)
Upon
notice by the Trustee to the Servicer that any Noteholder,
Agent Member or Beneficial Holder has not delivered a
Confidentiality Agreement to the Registrar, the Issuer will
cause the Servicer to establish and maintain an Escrow Account
at the Operating Bank in the name of the Trustee that shall
bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds or other
assets deposited therein are held for the benefit of any such
Noteholder, Agent Member or Beneficial Holder. All amounts
withheld from such Noteholder, Agent Member or Beneficial
Holder pursuant to Section 2.5(d) shall be deposited in such
Escrow Account and shall be held in such Escrow Account until
such amounts are distributed as provided in Section
2.5(d).
(k)
The
Issuer will cause the Servicer to establish and maintain the
Interest Reserve Account at the Operating Bank not later than
the Closing Date, and the Interest Reserve Account shall bear
a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trustee. Amounts shall
be deposited into the Interest Reserve Account only pursuant
to Section 3.3(a)(iii). All such amounts shall be held in such
Interest Reserve Account and transferred to the Collection
Account only pursuant to Section 3.8.
(l)
The
Operating Bank, in its capacity as securities intermediary
(the “
Securities Intermediary ”),
hereby confirms that it has established in the name of the Issuer a
securities account identified with account number 121030005 (such
account, the “
Securities Account ”).
The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees and confirms that (i) the
Securities Intermediary is a bank or broker that in the ordinary
course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and
is acting in that capacity in maintaining the Securities Account,
(ii) the Issuer will be entitled to exercise the rights that
comprise each Financial Asset credited to the Securities Account
and (iii) its books and records will contain appropriate entries to
reflect the status of the Issuer as the Person having a security
entitlement against the securities intermediary with respect to
each Financial Asset credited to the Securities Account by the
Securities Intermediary.
(m)
The
Securities Intermediary acknowledges that (i) the Issuer has
granted a security interest in all of the Issuer’s
right, title and interest in and to any Financial Assets from
time to time credited to the Securities Account and (ii) prior
to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, it will comply
with any entitlement orders originated by the Trustee
(including entitlement orders directing the Securities
Intermediary to transfer or redeem any Financial Assets) with
respect to the Securities Account without further consent from
the Issuer.
(n)
The
Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that any property
credited to the Securities Account (whether “investment
property”, “financial asset” or
“security” (each as defined in the UCC) or cash,
and the proceeds thereof) shall be treated as “financial
assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the
UCC.
Section
3.2
Investments of Cash .
The Issuer or the Servicer, on its behalf, shall direct the Trustee
in writing to invest and reinvest the funds on deposit in the
Accounts in Eligible Investments, to the extent such Eligible
Investments are available to the relevant Operating Bank;
provided ,
however ,
that, so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall direct each Operating Bank to invest
such amount in Eligible Investments described in clause (d) of the
definition thereof from the time of receipt thereof until such time
as such amounts are required to be distributed pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture. In the absence of written direction
delivered to the Trustee from the Issuer or the Servicer, the
Trustee shall direct each Operating Bank to invest any funds in
Eligible Investments described in clause (d) of the definition
thereof. The Trustee shall direct each Operating Bank to make such
investments and reinvestments in accordance with the terms of the
following provisions:
(a)
the
Eligible Investments shall have maturities and other terms
such that sufficient funds shall be available to make required
payments pursuant to this Indenture on the Business Day
immediately preceding the next occurring Payment Date after
such investment is made;
(b)
if
any funds to be invested are received in the Accounts after
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, such funds
shall, if possible, be invested in overnight Eligible
Investments;
(c)
all
interest and earnings on Eligible Investments held in the
Accounts shall be invested in Eligible Investments on an
overnight basis and credited to the appropriate Account until
the next Payment Date; and
(d)
the
Issuer acknowledges that regulations of the U.S. Comptroller
of the Currency grant the Issuer the right to receive
confirmations of security transactions as they occur. The
Issuer specifically waives receipt of such confirmations to
the extent permitted by Applicable Law and acknowledges that
the Operating Bank will instead furnish periodic cash
transaction statements that will detail all investment
transactions as set forth in this Indenture.
Section
3.3
Closing Date Deposits; Withdrawals and Transfers
.
(a)
On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall, subject to the receipt of
written direction from the Issuer upon receipt of the proceeds
from the sale by the Issuer of the Notes, make the following
payments from such proceeds in the amounts so directed by the
Issuer:
(i)
to
such Persons as shall be specified by the Issuer, such
Transaction Expenses as shall be due and payable in connection
with the issuance and sale of the Notes;
(ii)
to
the Parent, in accordance with the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, an amount equal to the Cash Purchase Price;
and
(iii)
to
the Interest Reserve Account, $5,000,000.
(b)
On
the date of issuance of any Class B Notes or any Refinancing
Notes, the Trustee shall, subject to the receipt of written
direction from the Issuer upon receipt of the proceeds of the
sale by the Issuer of such Notes, make such payments and
transfers as shall be specified in this Indenture, the related
Manager Resolution or any indenture supplemental hereto in
respect of such Notes, copies of which Manager Resolution and
indenture supplemental hereto shall be attached to such
written direction.
(c)
The
Trustee shall hold all funds received on or prior to the
Closing Date from the Note Purchasers in trust for the Note
Purchasers pending completion of the closing of the
transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreements.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of the aggregate Purchase Price
from all Note Purchasers, the Trustee shall disburse the
Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 3.3. If the
aggregate Purchase Price shall not have been received by the
Trustee by 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date,
or if the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Note
Purchase Agreements shall not otherwise be capable of being
consummated by 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing
Date, then each Note Purchaser who has paid its respective
portion of the Purchase Price shall have the right to instruct
the Trustee at or after 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the
Closing Date to return such portion of the Purchase Price to
such Note Purchaser prior to the close of business on the
Closing Date or as soon thereafter as reasonably
practicable.
Section
3.4
Capital Contributions .
The Issuer will immediately forward any capital contributions
received by it from the Parent for deposit in the Capital
Account.
Section
3.5
Calculation Date Calculations .
(a)
As
soon as reasonably practicable after each Calculation Date (a
“
Relevant Calculation Date ”),
but in no event later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the
second Business Day prior to the immediately succeeding Payment
Date, the Calculation Agent shall, based on the Servicer
Information received by the Calculation Agent, and based on
information known to it or Relevant Information provided to it,
make the following determinations and calculations (and each of the
Trustee and the Issuer (for itself and on behalf of the Servicer)
agrees to provide any Relevant Information reasonably requested by
the Calculation Agent for the purpose of making such determinations
and calculations):
(i)
the
Available Collections Amount for such Payment
Date;
(ii)
(x)
the amount of Collections received during the period
commencing on the day immediately following the Calculation
Date that immediately preceded such Relevant Calculation Date
and ending on such Relevant Calculation Date and (y) the
amount, if any, to be transferred from the Interest Reserve
Account as of the Relevant Calculation Date to the Collection
Account on such Payment Date in accordance with Section
3.8;
(iii)
the
balance of funds on deposit in each Account other than the
Collection Account on such Relevant Calculation Date and the
amount of interest and earnings (net of losses and investment
expenses), if any, on investments of funds on deposit therein
from the day immediately following the Calculation Date that
immediately preceded such Relevant Calculation Date and ending
on such Relevant Calculation Date;
(iv)
the
balance of funds on deposit in the Collection Account on such
Relevant Calculation Date and the amount of interest and
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses), if any, on
investments of funds on deposit therein from the day
immediately following the Calculation Date that immediately
preceded such Relevant Calculation Date and ending on such
Relevant Calculation Date;
(v)
all
fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) of the Noteholders
under this Indenture not previously reimbursed;
(vi)
all
other Expenses not previously reimbursed, with the amounts
shown on all invoices attached to the Servicer Information
received by the Calculation Agent for the reimbursement or
payment of Expenses or Servicing Fees not previously paid or
reimbursed;
(vii)
the
applicable interest rate on each class of Floating Rate Notes
determined on the Reference Date for the Interest Accrual
Period beginning on such Payment Date and the Interest Amount
(including any Additional Interest) on each class of Floating
Rate Notes and Fixed Rate Notes for such Payment
Date;
(viii)
if
such Payment Date is a Redemption Date on which a Redemption
of Notes is scheduled to occur, the amount necessary to pay
the Redemption Price of the Notes to be repaid on such
Redemption Date and the Redemption Premium, if any, to be paid
as part of such Redemption Price;
(ix)
the
amount of the Parent Shortfall Payment, if any, to be made on
such Payment Date, provided such payment is being made in
accordance with Section 3.9;
(x)
the
difference, if any, between the Interest Amount due to the
Noteholders of Class A Notes pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(iii)
on such Payment Date and the portion of the Available
Collections Amount available to pay such Interest Amount for
such Payment Date (a “
Shortfall ”),
taking into account any Parent Shortfall Payment determined
pursuant to Section 3.5(a)(ix) and the payment of expenses
described in Section 3.5(a)(v) and Section 3.5(a)(vi) payable on
such Payment Date and, with respect to each Shortfall, the amount
to be withdrawn from the Interest Reserve Account and/or the
Capital Account, if any, determined as provided in Section
3.8;
(xi)
the
Outstanding Principal Balance of each class of Notes on such
Payment Date immediately prior to any principal payment on
such date and the amount of any principal payment to be made
in respect of each class of Notes on such Payment Date, taking
into account the other payments to be made on such Payment
Date entitled to priority pursuant to Section
3.7;
(xii)
the
amounts, if any, distributable to the Issuer on such Payment
Date pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(viii); and
(xiii)
any
other information, determinations and calculations reasonably
required in order to give effect to the terms of this
Indenture and the other Transaction Documents.
(b)
Following
the calculations and determinations by the Calculation Agent
described in Section 3.5(a), and not later than 1:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the second Business Day prior to the
immediately succeeding Payment Date, the Calculation Agent
shall provide to each of the Servicer, the Issuer and the
Trustee a calculation report (a “
Calculation Report ”)
listing such determinations and calculations and the amount of the
Available Collections Amount to be applied on such Payment Date to
make each of the payments and transfers contemplated by Section
3.7(a) or Section 3.10(a), and any Parent Shortfall Payment due and
payable on such date, as applicable, setting forth the payments to
be made in respect of the Notes. The calculations set forth in each
Calculation Report shall be conclusive and binding on each of the
Issuer, the Servicer, the Trustee and each Noteholder, absent
manifest error.
Section
3.6
Payment Date First Step Transfers .
On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall transfer from any Account
(other than the Collection Account and the Capital Account) to the
Collection Account the amount of interest and earnings (net of
losses and investment expenses), if any, earned as a result of
investments of funds on deposit therein from the day immediately
following the Calculation Date that immediately preceded the
Relevant Calculation Date and ending on the Relevant Calculation
Date.
Section
3.7
Payment Date Second Step Withdrawals .
(a)
On
each Payment Date, after the applicable transfers provided for
in Section 3.6 have been made and after the making of any
Parent Shortfall Payment pursuant to Section 3.9, the Trustee
shall distribute from the Collection Account the amounts set
forth below in the order of priority set forth below but, in
each case, only to the extent that all amounts then required
to be paid ranking prior thereto have been paid in
full:
(i)
first ,
to the payment of all Expenses due and payable on such Payment
Date, with the amounts shown on all invoices attached to the
Servicer Information received by the Trustee for the reimbursement
or payment of Expenses not previously paid or
reimbursed;
(ii)
second ,
to the payment of the Servicing Fee for such Payment Date and any
unpaid Servicing Fee in respect of prior Payment
Dates;
(iii)
third ,
to the Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders of the Class A
Notes to the ratable payment of the Interest Amount then due and
payable on the Class A Notes, taking into account any amounts paid
pursuant to Section 3.8 on such Payment Date, provided such
Noteholder has executed and delivered a Confidentiality
Agreement;
(iv)
fourth ,
to the Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders of the Class A
Notes, principal payments on the Class A Notes (without premium or
penalty), allocated pro rata in proportion to the Outstanding
Principal Balance of such Class A Notes held by such Noteholders,
until the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class A Notes has
been paid in full, provided such Noteholder has executed and
delivered a Confidentiality Agreement;
(v)
fifth ,
after the Class A Notes have been paid in full, to the Trustee for
distribution to the Noteholders of the Class B Notes, if any, the
Interest Amount on the Class B Notes in accordance with their
terms;
(vi)
sixth ,
after the Class A Notes have been paid in full, to the Trustee for
distribution to the Noteholders of the Class B Notes, if any,
payment of the principal amount of the Class B Notes in accordance
with their terms until the Class B Notes have been paid in
full;
(vii)
seventh ,
after the Notes have been paid in full, to the ratable payment of
all other obligations under this Indenture until all such amounts
are paid in full; and
(viii)
eighth ,
after the Notes have been paid in full, to the Issuer, all
remaining amounts.
(b)
Prior
to the Trustee making any distributions pursuant to Section
3.7(a), the Trustee shall pay to the Parent from the Available
Collections Amount, to be held in trust or escrow for Pfizer
and other third parties entitled to royalties from the Parent
in respect of Subject Products in one or more segregated
accounts of the Parent, within 30 days of the end of each
calendar quarter, the royalties due to such Persons in respect
of Subject Products as set forth in the report to be prepared
by the Servicer and delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1(c)(xi) of the Servicing Agreement, but
in no event shall such royalties exceed, in the aggregate,
3.5% of Net Sales (as defined in the Inspire License
Agreement) for such calendar quarter.
(c)
To
the extent the Issuer receives amounts from the Trustee from
the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(viii), such
amounts may be distributed by the Issuer to the Parent (or as
otherwise directed by the Parent or any Person designated by
the Parent to give such directions) in its sole
discretion.
(d)
To
the extent that any monies are deposited in the Collection
Account to reimburse prior distributions in respect of a
Parent Shortfall, such monies shall be paid to the Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders before making any other
distributions pursuant to Section 3.7(a) to the extent that
such monies otherwise would have been paid to such
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