AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME
TO TIME PARTY HERETO
8.500% SENIOR SECURED GUARANTEED
NOTES DUE 2010
U.S. Bank National
Association
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Trust
Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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12.03
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(c)
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12.03
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(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.06; 7.07
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(c)
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7.06; 12.02
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(d)
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7.06
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(a)
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4.03;12.02; 12.05
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(b)
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N.A
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(c)(1)
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12.04
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(c)(2)
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12.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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12.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05; 12.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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(a) (last
sentence)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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2.12
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(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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(a)
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12.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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12.01
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N.A. means not
applicable.
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This Cross
Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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Page
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION
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BY REFERENCE
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Definitions
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1
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Other
Definitions
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19
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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19
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Rules of
Construction
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20
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Retroactive
Effect of Indenture with respect to Certain Transactions
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20
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ARTICLE II
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THE NOTES
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Form and
Dating
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20
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Execution and
Authentication
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21
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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22
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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22
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Holder
Lists
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22
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Transfer and
Exchange
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23
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Replacement
Notes
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37
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Outstanding
Notes
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Treasury
Notes
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37
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Temporary
Notes
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38
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Cancellation
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38
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Defaulted
Interest
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38
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Withholding
Taxes
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Notices to
Trustee
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39
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Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed
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39
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Notice of
Redemption
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39
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption
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40
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Deposit of
Redemption
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41
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Notes Redeemed
in Part
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41
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Optional
Redemption
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41
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Offer to
Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS
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Payment of
Notes
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44
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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44
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Reports
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45
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Compliance
Certificate
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45
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Taxes
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46
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Stay, Extension
and Usury Laws
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46
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Restricted
Payments
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46
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[Reserved]
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Incurrence of
Indebtedness
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Asset
Sales
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Liens
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51
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Maintenance of
the Company as a Holding Company
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Corporate
Existence
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[Reserved]
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[Reserved]
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52
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Future
Guarantors
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ARTICLE V
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SUCCESSORS
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Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
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52
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE VI
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration
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Other
Remedies
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Control by
Majority
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Limitation on
Suits
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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57
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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57
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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57
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Priorities
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Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE VII
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TRUSTEE
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Duties of
Trustee
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Rights of
Trustee
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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Trustee's
Disclaimer
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Notice of
Defaults
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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62
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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Replacement of
Trustee
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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64
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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65
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Patriot
Act
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65
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Payment of
Additional Interest
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ARTICLE VIII
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COLLATERAL
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Security
Documents
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65
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Agents
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66
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Authorization
of Actions to Be Taken
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66
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Release of
Collateral
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67
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Filing,
Recording and Opinions
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68
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Powers
Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
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68
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Release upon
Termination of the Company’s Obligations
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68
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ARTICLE IX
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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Without Consent
of Holders of Notes
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69
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With Consent of
Holders of Notes
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69
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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71
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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71
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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71
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, etc
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ARTICLE X
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GUARANTEES
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Guarantee
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72
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Limitation on
Guarantor Liability
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73
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Execution and
Delivery of Guarantee
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73
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Guarantors May
Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
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74
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Releases
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ARTICLE XI
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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75
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Application of
Trust Money
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ARTICLE XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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76
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Notices
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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78
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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78
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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78
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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79
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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Governing
Law
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Successors
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79
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Severability
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79
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Counterpart
Originals
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Table of
Contents, Headings, etc
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80
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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ARTICLE XIII
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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80
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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80
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Covenant
Defeasance
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81
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Conditions to
Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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Deposited Money
and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous
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Provisions
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83
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Repayment to
the Company
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83
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Reinstatement
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84
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EXHIBITS
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FORM OF
NOTE
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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FORM OF
NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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FORM OF
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE FOR RELEASE OF COLLATERAL
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FORM OF OPINION
OF COUNSEL FOR RELEASE OF COLLATERAL
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-iv-
INDENTURE dated as
of June 6, 2008 among Residential Capital, LLC, a Delaware
corporation, each of the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, as Trustee.
The Company and
the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the
8.500% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2010 (the “
Notes ”):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01
Definitions .
“ 144A
Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and
the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of,
and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its
nominee.
“
Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from such
Person.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning given to such
term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than
the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as
the Initial Notes.
“
Affiliates ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with
respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, Collateral Agent,
co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
“
Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any
transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global
Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
“ Asset
Sale ” means any sale, securitization financing, exchange
or other disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
Collateral or Supporting Assets to any Person (collectively, for
purposes of this definition, a “transfer”),
provided that if any such transaction constitutes part of a
series of related transactions, all of the transactions in such
series shall
constitute a
single transfer. For purposes of this definition, the term
“Asset Sale” shall not include:
(a) transfers of
cash or cash equivalents representing payments received in the
ordinary course of business from any obligor under such
Collateral;
(b) the write-off
or forgiveness of investments in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) the creation
of any Lien permitted under this Indenture; and
(d) any transfer
of assets of Model Home or its Subsidiaries (other than any
Collateral or Supporting Assets with respect to which the Company
has relied on clause (3) of the second paragraph of
Section 4.10) other than to the Company or a Subsidiary (other
than a Financing SPV).
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“
Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any
particular “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
“person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such “person” has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the
passage of time. The terms “ Beneficially Owns ”
and “ Beneficially Owned ” have a corresponding
meaning.
“ Board
of Directors ” means:
(1) with respect
to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such
board;
(2) with respect
to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of
the partnership;
(3) with respect
to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or
any controlling committee of managing members thereof;
and
(4) with respect
to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving
a similar function.
“
Broker-Dealer ” has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are
authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the
State of Minnesota.
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“ Capital
Lease ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary, any lease
of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any real or
personal property by such Subsidiary that, in conformity with GAAP,
is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such
Subsidiary.
(1) in the case of
a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock;
(3) in the case of
a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
(4) any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the
foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock,
whether or not such debt securities include any right of
participation with Capital Stock.
“
Collateral ” means all of the existing and
after-acquired collateral described in the Security Documents;
provided that for purposes of Sections 4.10 and 4.12
the “Collateral” shall include only Primary
Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement).
“
Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in its
capacity as Second Priority Collateral Agent under the Security
Documents.
“
Collateral Control Agent ” has the meaning set forth
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“
Company ” means Residential Capital, LLC and any and
all successors thereto.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” for any period means the net
income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded from such net income
(to the extent otherwise included therein), without
duplication:
(a) the
net income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, except
to the extent that cash in an amount equal to any such income has
actually been received by the Company or, subject to clause
(c) below, any Subsidiary during such period;
(b) except
to the extent includible in the consolidated net income of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), the net income (or
loss) of any Person that accrued prior to the date that
(i) such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or
consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) the
assets of such Person are acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary;
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(c) the
net income of any Subsidiary during such period to the extent that
the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
such Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable
to that Subsidiary during such period, except that the
Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Subsidiary for
such period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net
Income;
(d) in
the case of a successor to the Company by consolidation, merger or
transfer of its assets, any income (or loss) of the successor prior
to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets; and
(e) without
duplication of amounts otherwise deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income, the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions
for such period.
“
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” means a
principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
hereof is located at U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston
Avenue, EP-MN-WS3C, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, or such other address
as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of
any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company).
“
corporation ” means a corporation, limited liability
company, statutory trust, limited partnership or similar limited
liability entity.
“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
“ Dealer
Managers ” means Banc of America Securities LLC,
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc.
“
Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“
Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered
in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable
or issued in whole or in part in global form, DTC, and any and all
successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having
become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this
Indenture.
“
Disqualified Equity Interests ” means any class of
Equity Interests of the Company or such Subsidiary that, by its
terms, or by the terms of any related agreement or of any security
into which it is convertible, puttable or exchangeable, is, or upon
the happening of any event or the passage of time would be,
required to be redeemed by the Company or such
Subsidiary,
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whether or not
at the option of the holder thereof, or matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, in
whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is 91 days
after the final maturity date of the Notes.
“ Equity
Interests ” of any Person means (1) any and all
shares or other equity interests (including common stock, preferred
stock, limited liability company interests and partnership
interests) in such Person and (2) all rights to purchase,
warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable),
participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) such shares or other interests in such
Person.
“ Event
of Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an event of Event
of Default.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Exchange Securities ” has the meaning given such term
by the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Excluded Subsidiary ” means (i) GMAC Bank,
(ii) a Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary that is
effectively restricted from guaranteeing the Notes by law or
regulation, (iv) any Financing SPV or (v) any Subsidiary
that is effectively restricted from guaranteeing the Notes by its
charter, so long as such Subsidiary referred to in this clause
(v) is required to make dividends of all cash legally
available therefor that is not required to pay current obligations
of such Subsidiary; provided , that (x) no Subsidiary
under (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) above shall be deemed an
Excluded Subsidiary if it guarantees any Indebtedness of the
Company or any unsecured Indebtedness of any Guarantor for borrowed
money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments and (y) no Subsidiary the Equity Interests
of which are directly owned by the Company shall be an Excluded
Subsidiary.
“
Existing Notes ” means any series of the
Company’s existing senior and senior subordinated notes which
were the subject of the exchange offers contemplated by the
Offering Memorandum.
“ Fair
Value ” means, with respect to any Collateral or
Supporting Assets at any time, the fair market value of such
Collateral or Supporting Assets at such time (taking into account,
among other things, current market conditions and whether such
Collateral or Supporting Assets are subject to senior claims or
set-off rights).
“
Financing Assets ” means whole loan mortgages,
residual interests, securities (including Equity Interests or
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are Financing SPVs but excluding
Equity Interests of other Subsidiaries) and other financial assets
or any related assets, rights or property or the proceeds
therefrom.
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“
Financing SPV ” means a special purpose vehicle formed
for financing purposes by the Company or any Subsidiary in
accordance with past practice of the Company (or any reasonable
extension or modification of such past practice including for
purposes of financing other types of financial assets) that does
not guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
other than Indebtedness of another Financing SPV and substantially
all of the assets of which consist of Financing Assets.
“ First
Priority Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
in its capacity as collateral agent for the holder of Permitted
First Lien Indebtedness.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means (x) a Subsidiary that is not
organized within one of the 50 states of the United States of
America or any jurisdiction that hereafter becomes a state and
(y) any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary referred to in clause
(x) above.
“
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time and as applied
by the Company in the preparation of its financial
statements.
“ Global
Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on
all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“ Global
Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the
Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note
Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance
with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or
2.06(f) hereof.
“GMAC” means GMAC LLC, a Delaware Limited
Liability company.
“ GMAC
Bank ” means GMAC Bank IB, an industrial bank corporation
chartered by the State of Utah.
“ GMAC
Parties ” means GMAC (and its successors) and its
Affiliates (other than the Company and the Company’s
Subsidiaries and IB Finance).
“
Government Securities ” means direct obligations of,
or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the
payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and
credit.
“
Guarantee ” means the full and unconditional guarantee
of the payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, on the
Notes as set forth in this Indenture.
“
guarantee ” means a guarantee other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner
including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by
virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well,
to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
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take or pay or
to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); and when
used as a verb, “guarantee” and conjugations thereof
shall have correlative meanings.
“
Guarantor ” means (i) each of the Subsidiaries of
the Company that is a party to this Indenture, and (ii) any
other Subsidiary that executes a supplemental indenture in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
“
Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the registration books kept for that purpose in
accordance with Section 2.03.
“ IB
Finance ” means IB Finance Holding Company, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments; (ii) all obligations of such
Person as lessee under Capital Leases that have been or should be
recorded as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP and all obligations of such Person as lessee
under any so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention
lease; (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all
indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property of such Person,
whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such
Person; (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, with
respect to the face amount of all letters of credit and
banker’s acceptances issued for the account of such Person;
(vi) all Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person;
(vii) all Suretyship Liabilities of such Person in respect of
obligations of others of the type described in clauses
(i) through (vi) above; and (viii) all indebtedness of
any partnership of which such Person is a general partner, to the
extent of such liability; provided, that Indebtedness shall not
include (x) obligations arising from agreements of the Company
or a Subsidiary providing for indemnification, contribution,
earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in
each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition
or disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests of a
Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this Indenture and not
required to be reflected as a liability on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company; or (y) obligations arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business; provided , however ,
that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of
incurrence
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a
beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“ Initial
Notes ” means $1,666,608,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ” means the intercreditor
agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and between the Company,
the Guarantors, the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto,
the
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Collateral
Agent, the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent and the Collateral Control Agent party thereto and
the other parties thereo, as the same may be amended, amended and
restated or otherwise supplemented in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof.
“
Investments ” of any Person means:
(a) all
direct or indirect investments by such Person in any other Person
in the form of loans, advances or capital contributions (excluding
accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers,
commission, travel and similar advances to officers, directors and
employees) or other credit extensions constituting Indebtedness of
such other Person, and any guarantee of Indebtedness of any other
Person;
(b) all
purchases (or other acquisitions for consideration) by such Person
of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities of any other
Person (other than any such purchase that constitutes a Restricted
Payment of the type described in clause (b) of the definition
thereof); and
(c) all other
items that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP (including, if
required by GAAP, purchases of assets outside the ordinary course
of business).
Except as
otherwise expressly specified in this definition, the amount of any
Investment (other than an Investment made in cash) shall be the
fair market value thereof on the date such Investment is
made.
“ Issue
Date ” means June 6, 2008.
“ Junior
Secured Notes ” means the junior secured guaranteed notes
issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of the Issue Date by and
among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association as Trustee.
“ Junior
Secured Notes Indenture ” means the indenture, dated the
Issue Date, governing the Junior Secured Notes.
“ Legal
Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of
payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to
remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding
day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
“ Letter
of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for
use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange
Offer.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional
sale or other title retention
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agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell
or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to
give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“ Model
Home ” means GMAC Model Home Finance, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Residential Funding Capital, LLC, and its successors and assigns
(including its successor or assign formed as a result of a
transaction in which GMAC Model Home Finance, LLC becomes a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company that is a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Residential Funding Capital, LLC).
“ Net
Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale of
Collateral, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash or cash
equivalents, net of:
(a) brokerage
commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees, discounts
and expenses of legal counsel, accountants and investment banks,
consultants and placement agents) of such Asset Sale;
(b) provisions
for taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale (after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements);
(c) amounts
required to be paid to any Person (other than the Company or any
Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to
the Asset Sale or having a Lien thereon (excluding the Senior
Secured Credit Facility, the Notes and the Junior Secured
Notes);
(d) payments
of unassumed liabilities (not constituting Indebtedness) relating
to the assets sold at the time of, or within 30 days after the
date of, such Asset Sale; and
(e) appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the
case may be, as a reserve required in accordance with GAAP against
any adjustment in the sale price of such asset or assets or
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the
Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset
Sale, including pensions and other post-employment benefit
liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and
liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Trustee.
“
Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S.
Person.
“
Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble
to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall
be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture,
and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the
Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional
Notes.
“
obligations ” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages,
guarantees and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any debt, in each case, whether now or hereafter
existing, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time
decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred,
whether or not arising on or after the commencement of a case under
Title 11, U.S.
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Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors (including
post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as
a claim in any such case.
“
Offering Memorandum ” means the confidential offering
memorandum and consent solicitation statement dated May 5,
2008, as amended and supplemented by Supplement No. 1 dated
May 14, 2008 and Supplement No. 2 dated May 29,
2008.
“
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary,
any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such
Person.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one
of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting
officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 12.05 hereof.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements
of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the
Trustee.
“ Pari
Passu Third Lien Indebtedness ” means Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness of the type described in clause
(v) of the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari
passu with the Junior Secured Notes.
“
Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, a
Person who has an account with the Depositary.
“
Permitted Consideration ” means, with respect to an
Asset Sale, cash, cash equivalents and/or assets that, concurrently
with such Asset Sale, become Collateral or Supporting Assets for
Collateral.
“
Permitted First Lien Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness
under the Senior Secured Credit Facility permitted by
Section 4.09(b)(1).
“
Permitted Funding Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course through financing, securitization
and hedging activities, including customary lines of credit,
repurchase transactions or warehouse financings involving
residential mortgage loans, home equity loans or second lien loans
(including any reasonable extension or evolution of such activities
including for purposes of financing other types of financial
assets) and other Indebtedness on terms at least as favorable to
the Company or the applicable Subsidiary than would be available on
an arms-length basis.
“
Permitted Liens ” means:
(a) Liens
existing at the Issue Date;
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(b) Liens
that secure Obligations incurred pursuant to
Section 4.09(b)(1); provided that such Liens are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(c) any
Lien for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or
levies not then due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are
being contested in good faith either with the third party to whom
such taxes are owed or the third party obligated to pay such taxes
and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent
required by GAAP and such proceedings have the effect of preventing
the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any
such Lien);
(d) any
warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlord’s or
other similar Liens arising by law for sums not then due and
payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good
faith either with the third party to whom such sums are owed or the
third party obligated to pay such sums and with respect to which
adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by
GAAP and such proceedings have the effect of preventing the
forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any such
Lien);
(e) survey
exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning
or other similar restrictions as to the use of real properties or
Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or
to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in
connection with Indebtedness and which do not individually or in
the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company
and its Subsidiaries or materially impair the operation of the
business of such Person;
(f) pledges
or deposits (i) in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of statutory
obligations or the requirements of any official body, or
(ii) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, surety or
performance bonds, leases, purchase, construction, sales or
servicing contracts and other similar obligations incurred in the
normal course of business consistent with industry practice or
(iii) to obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters
of credit, guarantees, bonds or other sureties or assurances given
in connection with the activities described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above, in each case not incurred or made in connection
with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or
the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or services
or imposed by ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, in connection with a “plan” (as defined in
ERISA) or (iv) arising in connection with any attachment
unless such Liens shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed
pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof or the
expiration of any such stay;
(g) Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary to the extent
such secured Indebtedness is pledged as Collateral;
(h) Liens
to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness secured by Liens
referred to in clause (a) above; provided that such
Liens do not extend to any other property or assets and the
principal amount of the obligations secured by such Liens is not
increased;
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(i) licenses
of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of
business;
(j) Liens
(i) that are contractual rights of set-off (A) relating
to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given
in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (B) relating to
pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar
obligations and other cash management activities incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and / or any of its
Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other
agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (ii) of a
collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of collection,
(Y) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and
margin deposits and attaching to commodity trading accounts or
other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of
business, and (Z) in favor of banking institutions arising as
a matter of law or pursuant to customary account agreements
encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are
within the general parameters customary in the banking
industry;
(k) Deposits
made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to
insurance carriers;
(l) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the
ordinary course of business so long as such leases, subleases,
licenses or sublicenses are subordinate in all respects to the
Liens granted and evidenced by the Security Documents and which do
not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of the Company or any Subsidiaries and do not secure any
Indebtedness;
(m) Liens
arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings
regarding operating leases entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens
on the assets (other than any Primary Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement) or Supporting Assets (as defined in the
Security Agreement) with respect to Primary Collateral) of a
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness and other
obligations of such Subsidiary incurred in compliance with this
Indenture;
(o) Liens
on the Collateral granted under the Security Documents and the
Third Priority Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent
and the Third Priority Collateral Agent to secure the Notes and the
Junior Secured Notes, the Guarantees and any Pari Passu Third Lien
Indebtedness; provided that such Liens are subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(p) Liens
on Financing Assets securing Permitted Funding Indebtedness;
provided that such Liens on Financing Assets shall be deemed
to be a sale of such Financing Assets for all purposes of this
Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 and
Section 8.04 and, in the case of Primary Collateral (including
any required replacement thereof), shall be permitted only to the
extent that such sale and the use of proceeds thereof would comply
with Section 4.10; and
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(q) any
extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals of the
foregoing.
“
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means
Indebtedness that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces or extends
any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, whether
involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of
lenders or creditors, but only to the extent that:
(i) the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is scheduled to mature either
(a) no earlier than the Indebtedness being refunded,
refinanced or extended or (b) at least 91 days after the
maturity date of the Junior Secured Notes,
(ii) the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a weighted average life to
maturity that is equal to or greater than the remaining weighted
average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded,
refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended,
(iii) such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal
amount that is less than or equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, as such) then
outstanding under the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced,
renewed, replaced or extended, (b) the amount of accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess
of preexisting prepayment provisions on such Indebtedness being
refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended and
(c) the amount of reasonable and customary fees, expenses and
costs related to the incurrence of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness,
(iv) such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred by the same Person
(or its successor) that initially incurred the Indebtedness being
refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended or by the
Company or a Guarantor; and
(v) if
the Indebtedness is Additional Notes or is unsecured such
Refinancing Indebtedness is either unsecured or is in the form of
Junior Secured Notes or Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the
Junior Secured Notes.
“
Permitted Tax Distributions ” means, with respect to
any period during which the Company is treated as a disregarded
entity or partnership for U.S. federal, state and/or local income
tax purposes, distributions to the Company’s direct owner(s)
(whether pursuant to a tax sharing agreement or otherwise) to fund
the income tax liabilities of such owner(s) (or, if a direct owner
is a pass-through entity, of an indirect owner) resulting from the
Company being a partnership or disregarded entity for federal,
state and/or local income tax purposes, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the product of (i) the net taxable income of the
Company for such period, calculated in accordance with applicable
law, reduced by any cumulative net taxable loss with respect to all
prior post-closing periods (determined as if all such periods were
one period) to the extent such cumulative net taxable loss is of a
character (ordinary or capital) that would permit such loss to be
deducted against the income of the current period and (ii) the
highest combined marginal federal, state and/or local income tax
rate (taking into account the deductibility of state and local
income taxes for federal income tax purposes and the character of
the taxable income in question (i.e., long term capital gain,
qualified dividend income, etc.))
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applicable to
any such direct or indirect owner of the Company. Permitted Tax
Distributions may be made quarterly based on the Company’s
good faith estimate of its taxable income, with appropriate
adjustments to be made on an annual basis based upon the
determination of the Company’s actual taxable
income.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“
Preferred Units ” means the non-cumulative,
non-participating, perpetual preferred membership interests of the
Company, the designation of which is as set forth in the Amended
and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company.
“ Private
Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“ QIB
” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined in Rule 144A.
“
Qualified Equity Interests ” means Equity Interests of
the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the registration
rights agreement relating to the Notes entered into by the Company
and the Trustee.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“
Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the
Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee.
“
Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the
Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Services of
the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee), including any
vice president, assistant treasurer or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“
Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note
that is a Restricted Note.
“
Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that is a
Restricted Note.
“
Restricted Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act for the term
“restricted securities”; provided ,
however , that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and
conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to
whether any Note is a Restricted Note. Restricted Notes are
required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
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“
Restricted Payment ” is defined to mean any of the
following:
(a) any
dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Equity
Interests of the Company or on the Equity Interests in any
Subsidiary of the Company that are held by, or declared and paid
to, any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company other than
(i) dividends,
distributions or payments made solely in Qualified Equity Interests
of the Company); and
(ii) dividends
or distributions payable to the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company or to other holders of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary
(other than the GMAC Parties) on a pro rata
basis;
(b) any
payment made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase,
redeem, acquire or retire any Equity Interests in the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (including any issuance of Indebtedness in
exchange for such Equity Interests or the conversion or exchange of
such Equity Interests into or for Indebtedness) other than any such
Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Subsidiary and other
than the redemption of Equity Interests of IB Finance for up to the
fair market value thereof at the time of redemption (it being
understood that any excess over such fair market value which is
paid shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment and shall be
permitted to be paid to the extent otherwise in compliance with
Section 4.07);
(c) any
payment made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
payments out of the proceeds of, or in exchange for, Notes, Junior
Secured Notes or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) to redeem,
repurchase, defease (including an in substance or legal defeasance)
or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including pursuant to
mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled maturity,
scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment,
(x) Existing Notes, unsecured Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness of the Existing Notes or subordinated Indebtedness of
the Company or any Guarantor or (y) Junior Secured Notes,
except, in each case, payments of principal required in order to
satisfy a scheduled maturity date on the date such payment is due;
and
(d) any
Investment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any GMAC
Party.
“
Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution
compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“
Retained Proceeds ” means Net Cash Proceeds in an
aggregate amount of $450 million in the aggregate following
the Issue Date which the Company elects to treat as Retained
Proceeds.
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act.
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Rule 405 ” means Rule 405 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“ SEC
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to
its rating agency business.
“
Security Agreement ” means the Second Priority Pledge
and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of the Issue
Date, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, the other
subsidiaries of the Company party thereto and the Collateral
Agent.
“
Security Documents ” means the Security Agreement, any
mortgages, the Intercreditor Agreement and all of the security
agreements, pledges, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of
trust, trust deeds or other instruments evidencing or creating or
purporting to create any security interests in favor of the
Collateral Agent or Collateral Control Agent for its benefit and
for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the
Notes.
“ Senior
Secured Credit Facility ” means the senior secured credit
facility dated as of June 4, 2008 by and among the Company,
GMAC and the Guarantors as amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise)
or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to
institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to
time.
“ Shelf
Registration Statement ” means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Company (or group of Subsidiaries as to which a specified condition
applies) which meets any of the following conditions:
(1) the
Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate
share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the
Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of the total assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end
of the most recently completed fiscal year; or
(2) the
Subsidiary’s income from continuing operations before income
taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle exceeds 10 percent of such income of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most
recently completed fiscal year.
For purposes of
this definition, a Subsidiary shall mean a Person that is
controlled by the Company directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries. For purposes of making any
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determination
or calculations, this definition shall be interpreted in accordance
with the rules and instructions of Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as in effect on the
Issue Date.
“
Subsidiary ” means any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, association or other entity of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock or other interest having
by its terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors, managers or trustees of such corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other interest
of any other class or classes of such Person shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is
at the time owned by the Company, or owned by one or more
Subsidiaries, or owned by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries
(it being understood that GMAC Bank is not a
Subsidiary).
“
Supporting Assets ”: With respect to any Collateral (a
“ Subject Asset ”) means:
(i) if such
Subject Asset consists of an Equity Interest in any Person, the
assets of such Person;
(ii) if such
Subject Asset consists of a note or other security backed by
financial assets and related property, such assets and property;
and
(iii) with
respect to any Subject Asset, any other asset or claim that
constitutes a primary source of the funds expected to repay the
investment in, and return on, such Subject Asset.
“
Suretyship Liability ” means any agreement,
undertaking or arrangement by which any Subsidiary guarantees,
endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by
direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide
funds for payment, to supply funds to or otherwise to invest in a
debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) any
Indebtedness, obligation or other liability of any other Subsidiary
(other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of
collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other
distributions upon the shares of any other Subsidiary. The amount
of any Subsidiary’s obligation in respect of any Suretyship
Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth therein) be
deemed to be the principal amount of the debt, obligation or other
liability supported thereby.
“ Third
Priority Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
in its capacity as third priority collateral agent under the Third
Priority Security Documents.
“ Third
Priority Security Documents ” means the Third Priority
Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of
the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, the other
Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto and the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, any mortgages, the Intercreditor Agreement and
all of the security agreements, pledges, collateral assignments,
mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds or other instruments
evidencing or creating or purporting to create any security
interests in favor of the Third Priority Collateral Agent or
Collateral Control Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the
trustee under the Junior Secured Notes Indenture and the holders of
the Junior Secured Notes.
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“ TIA
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
“
Treasury Yield ” means, with respect to any Notes
being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the
yields reported as of the second Business Day prior to the
Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News
screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial
Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at
that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the
display designated as “Page 500” on the Moneyline
Telerate service (or such other display as may replace Page 500 on
the Moneyline Telerate service), in any case for actively traded
U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining
term of the Notes as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such
yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of
that time are not ascertainable (including by way of
interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields
reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so
reported at that time, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15
(519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded
U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the
remaining term of the Note as of such Redemption Date. Such implied
yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S.
Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance
with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating
linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury
security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining
term of the Note and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury
security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining
term of the Note.
“
Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association until a
successor replaces it in accordance with Section 7.08 and
Section 7.09 and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
“
Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note
that is an Unrestricted Note.
“
Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that is
an Unrestricted Note.
“
Unrestricted Notes ” means one or more Notes that do
not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend
including, without limitation, the Exchange Securities, any Notes
sold in connection with an effective Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, any Notes from which
the Private Placement Legend has been removed in accordance with
Sections 2.07(g) and, with respect to Unrestricted Global
Notes, Notes in which a Holder acquires an interest pursuant to
Section 2.07(j).
“ U.S.
Person ” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k)
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Voting
Stock ” of any specified Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote
in the election of the Board of Directors of such
Person.
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act .
Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
The following TIA
terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“
indenture securities ” means the Notes;
“
indenture security Holder ” means a Holder of a
Note;
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture;
“
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee; and
“
obligor ” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the
Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor
upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.
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All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04
Rules of Construction .
Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive;
(4) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(5)
“will” shall be interpreted to express a
command;
(6) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(7) references to
sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to
include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time.
Section 1.05 Retroactive Effect of
Indenture with respect to Certain Transactions .
Solely with
respect to any transaction described in Item 1.01 or clauses
(a) through (d) of Item 8.01 of the Company’s
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
June 3, 2008 and consummated prior to the Issue Date, this
Indenture shall be deemed to have been in effect prior to the Issue
Date or the consummation of any such transaction (except that any
documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.11 of this Indenture may be delivered within
15 days following the Issue Date). For the avoidance of doubt
the Trustee shall not have any obligations under this Indenture
prior to the date of this Indenture.
Section 2.01 Form and Dating
.
(a) General . The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each
Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in initial denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples
thereof.
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The terms and
provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of
this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes . Notes offered and sold in reliance
on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or
more permanent Restricted Global Notes. Notes in global form will
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including
the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes
initially issued to or transferred to affiliates (as defined in
Rule 144) of the Company shall only be issued in definitive
form and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the
outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall
provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note
to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be
made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof. Unless and until
exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with an
effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, affiliates of the Company may only hold an
interest in Notes in the form of Definitive Notes and are
prohibited from taking a beneficial interest in one or more Global
Notes.
Section 2.02 Execution and
Authentication .
At least one
Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer
whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the
time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be
valid.
A Note will not be
valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.
The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will,
upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by at least
two Officers (an “ Authentication Order ”),
authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued
under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The
Authentication Order shall set forth the number of separate Notes
certificates, the principal amount of each of the Notes to be
authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated,
the registered holder of each of the Notes and instructions as to
where such Notes shall be delivered. The aggregate principal amount
of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate
principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company
pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided
in Section 2.07 hereof.
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The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to
authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying
Agent .
The Company will
maintain an office or agency where Notes shall be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar
”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will
keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes
any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes
any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company
initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC
”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global
Notes.
The Company
initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying
Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust .
The Company will
require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or
interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default
by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default
continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon
payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the
Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy
or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee
will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists
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The Trustee will
preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most
recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all
Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If
the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the
Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment
date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
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require of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
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(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global
Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to
a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be
exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company
delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is
unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is
no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and,
in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the
Depositary; or
(2) there has
occurred and is continuing a Default with respect to the Notes and
any Holder so requests.
Upon the
occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or
(2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in
Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the
Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the
Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable
to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities
Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also
will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global
Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may
be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of
a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private
Placement Legend; provided , however , that prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a
U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other
than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any
Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall
be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the
transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) All
Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not
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subject to
Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial
interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(i) a written
order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions
from the Depositary given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account
to be credited with such increase; or
(i) a written
order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged;
and
(ii) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information
regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be
registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(1) above.
Upon
consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon
receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all
of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes
or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall
adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant
to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted
Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note
if the transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; and
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(B) if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global
Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies
with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above
and:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies
in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Securities or (iii) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(i) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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If any such
transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or
(D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not
yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial
interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for,
or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for
Definitive Notes .
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer
such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of written instructions from the Depositary, including
registration instructions and the following
documentation:
(A) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a)
thereof;
(B) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof; or
(F) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
hereof, and the Company shall execute and the
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Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee
shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names
such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on
transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer,
(ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Securities or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(i) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof;
or
(ii) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the
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Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee
will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such
name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through
instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and
the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver
such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are
so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will
not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for
Beneficial Interests .
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes . If any Holder of a Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted
Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon
receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof;
(C) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903
or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof; or
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(F) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee
will, upon surrender of the Restricted Definitive Note, cancel the
Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of
clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global
Note.
(2)
Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive
Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only
if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder,
in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it
is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating
in the distribution of the Exchange Securities or (iii) a
Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(i) if the Holder
of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder
of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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Upon satisfaction
of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.06(d)(2) and surrender of the Definitive Notes to
the Trustee, the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of
the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt
of a request for such an exchange or transfer and surrender of such
Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Trustee will cancel the
applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted
Global Notes.
If any such
exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial
interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D) or
(3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not
yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this
Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or
exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in a form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by
its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the
following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in
the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(B) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof; and
(C) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the
transferor must deliver
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a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder,
in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it
is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating
in the distribution of the Exchange Securities or (iii) a
Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) any such
transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such
transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(i) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(3)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer
such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
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(f)
Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will
authenticate:
(1) one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons
that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that
(A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not
participating in a distribution of the Exchange Securities and
(C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company; and
(2) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for
exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the
applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not
Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Securities and (C) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with
the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the
Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive
Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend in the appropriate
principal amount.
(g)
Legends . The following legends will appear on the face of
all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture
unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions
of this Indenture.
(1) Private
Placement Legend .
(A) Unless and
until (x) a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in
connection with an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement, (y) with respect to a
Restricted Global Note, all of the beneficial interests in such
Restricted Global Note have been exchanged for beneficial interests
in the Unrestricted Global Note in accordance with
Section 2.06(j) or the Private Placement Legend has been
removed from such Restricted Global Note in accordance with
Section 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(c)(2), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(e)(2), or
(z) the Company determines and there is delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee and a letter of representation of the Company reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the following legend
and the related restrictions on transfer are not required in order
to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act,
each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the following form:
“THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”)
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AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN, THE HOLDER:
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A
“QIB”) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS NOT
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON
AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES THAT IT
WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT
(A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT
WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST
HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(2)(D) OR 2(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND.
IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE
TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE
APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE
MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE.
AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,”
“UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.”
(B)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2),
(d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this
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Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(2)
Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
“THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE
SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06
OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND
(4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.
UNLESS AND
UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (‘
DTC ’), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY
BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(h)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have
been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has
been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any
time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global
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Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note
or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement
will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global
Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made
on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i)
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges
.
(1) To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute
and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s
request.
(2) No
service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in
a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.08,
4.10 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The
Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part.
(4) All
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither
the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02
hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of
selection;
(B) to register
the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part; or
(C) to register
the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the
next succeeding interest payment date.
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(6) Prior to
due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
(7) The
Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
hereof.
(8) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to
effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
(j)
Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Global Note. Upon compliance with the following procedures, all
of the beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note shall be
exchanged for beneficial interests in the Unrestricted Global Note.
In order to effect such exchange, the Issuer shall provide written
notice to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to (i) direct
the Depositary to transfer all of the outstanding beneficial
interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to the
Unrestricted Global Note and provide the Depositary with all such
information as is necessary for the Depositary to appropriately
credit and debit the relevant Holder accounts and (ii) provide
prior written notice to all Holders of such exchange, which notice
must include the date such exchange is to occur, the CUSIP number
of the relevant Restricted Global Note and the CUSIP number of the
Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holders’ beneficial
interests will be exchanged. As a condition to any such exchange
pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive from the Issuer, and rely conclusively without
any liability, upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to the Issuer, in form and in substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transfer of
beneficial interests to the Unrestricted Global Note shall be
effected in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon such exchange
of beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the
Registrar shall endorse Schedule A to the relevant Notes and
reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a
decrease and increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Note(s) and the Unrestricted Global
Note, respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred. Following any such transfer pursuant to this
Section 2.06(k), the relevant Restricted Global Note shall be
cancelled.
(k)
Transfers of Notes Held by Affiliates . Any certificate
(i) evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 405) of an Issuer within one
year after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation on the
assignment form for such transfer or in the representation letter
delivered in respect thereof or (ii) evidencing a Note that
has been acquired from an affiliate (other than by an affiliate) in
a transaction or a chain of transactions not involving any public
offering, shall, until one year after the last date on which either
the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer was an owner of such
Note, in each case, be in the form of a permanent Definitive Note
and bear the Private Placement Legend subject to the restrictions
in Section 2.06(g). The Registrar shall retain copies of all
letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant
to this Section 2.06. The Issuer, at its sole cost and
expense,
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shall have the
right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or
other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving
of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
.
If any mutilated
Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement
Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by
the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by
the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and
the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss or liability that any of them
may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or
claimed for payment. The Company may charge for its expenses in
replacing a Note.
Every replacement
Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be
entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
.
The Notes
outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof,
and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.
Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note.
If a Note is
replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it will be deemed
outstanding only if the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser within the
meaning of Section 8-303 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code.
If the principal
amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01
hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
If the Paying
Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any
thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after
that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and
will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes
.
In determining
whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as
though not
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outstanding,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or
consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows
are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
.
Until certificates
representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare
and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially
in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the
Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay,
the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate
definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of
temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation
.
The Company at any
time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment,
replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes in
accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record
retention requirement of the Exchange Act). The Company may not
issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
.
If the Company
defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the
defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful,
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The
Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of
the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed
each such special record date and payment date; provided
that no such special record date may be less than 10 days
prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At
least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or,
upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed
to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the
related payment date and the amount of such interest to be
paid.
Section 2.13 Withholding Taxes
.
The right of any
Holder to receive interest on or principal of any Note shall be
subject to any applicable withholding or deduction imposed pursuant
to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other
applicable tax law, including foreign withholding and deduction.
Any amounts properly so withheld or deducted shall be treated as
actually paid to the appropriate Holder.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
.
If the Company
elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption
provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the
Trustee, at least 35 days but not more than 60 days
before a Redemption Date (or such shorter period as may be agreed
between the Company and the Trustee), an Officers’
Certificate setting forth:
(1) the provision
of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall
occur;
(3) the principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption
price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed .
If less than all
of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will
select Notes for redemption pro rata , by lot or by such
other method in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
except:
(1) if the Notes
are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with
the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on
which the Notes are listed; or
(2) if otherwise
required by law.
In the event of
partial redemption, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be
selected, unless otherwise pr
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