Exhibit 4.5
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 26, 2009
Among
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
VARIABLE RATE SENIOR SUBORDINATED
SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2014
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Definitions
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Other Definitions
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Reserved
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Rules of Construction
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Acts of Holders
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ARTICLE 2 THE
NOTES
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Form and Dating; Terms
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Execution and
Authentication
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Registrar and Paying
Agent
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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Holder Lists
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Transfer and Exchange
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Replacement Notes
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Outstanding Notes
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Treasury Notes
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Temporary Notes
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Cancellation
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Defaulted Interest
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CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION
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Notices to Trustee
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Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed
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Notice of Redemption
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Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Notes Redeemed in Part
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Optional Redemption
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Mandatory Redemption
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Offers to Repurchase by Application
of Excess Proceeds
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
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Payment of Notes
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Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Reports and Other
Information
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Compliance Certificate
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Taxes
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Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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Limitation on Restricted
Payments
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Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
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Limitation on Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred
Stock
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Asset Sales
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Transactions with
Affiliates
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Liens
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Corporate Existence
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Offer to Repurchase upon Change of
Control
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Limitation on Guarantees of
Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
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Limitation on Layering
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ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All
or Substantially All Assets
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Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE 6 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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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Priorities
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Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLE 7 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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Reserved
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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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ARTICLE 8 LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Legal Defeasance and
Discharge
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Covenant Defeasance
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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
Provisions
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Repayment to Issuer
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Without Consent of Holders of
Notes
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With Consent of Holders of
Notes
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With Consent of Representatives of
Designated Senior Indebtedness
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Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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Notation on or Exchange of
Notes
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Trustee to Sign Amendments,
etc.
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ARTICLE 10 COLLATERAL
AND SECURITY
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Collateral and Security
Documents
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Equal and Ratable Sharing of
Collateral by Holders of Parity Lien Debt
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Ranking of Parity Liens
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Relative Rights
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Perfection; Insurance
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Release of Collateral
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Permitted Releases Not To Impair
Lien
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Certificates of the
Trustee
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Suits To Protect the
Collateral
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Authorization of Receipt of Funds by
the Trustee Under the Security Documents
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Powers Exercisable by Receiver or
Trustee
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Release Upon Termination of the
Company’s Obligations
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Notes Collateral
Agent
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Designations
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Intercreditor Agreement
Governs
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ARTICLE 11 SUBORDINATION
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Agreement To Subordinate
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Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy
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Default on Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer
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Acceleration of Payment of
Notes
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When Distribution Must Be Paid
Over
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Subrogation
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Relative Rights
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
Issuer
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Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent
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Distribution or Notice to
Representative
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Article 11 Not To Prevent Events of
Default or Limit Right To Accelerate
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Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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Trustee Entitled To Rely
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Trustee To Effectuate
Subordination
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
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Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer on Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLE 12 GUARANTEES
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Guarantee
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Limitation on Guarantor
Liability
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Execution and Delivery
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Subrogation
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Benefits Acknowledged
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Release of Guarantees
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ARTICLE 13 SUBORDINATION
OF GUARANTEES
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Agreement To Subordinate
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Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy
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Default on Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor
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Demand for Payment
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When Distribution Must Be Paid
Over
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Subrogation
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Relative Rights
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
a Guarantor
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Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent
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Distribution or Notice to
Representative
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Article 13 Not To Prevent Events of
Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment
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Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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Trustee Entitled To Rely
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Trustee To Effectuate
Subordination
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness of Guarantors
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Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor on Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLE 14 SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Application of Trust
Money
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ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS
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Reserved
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Notices
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Reserved
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Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion
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Rules by Trustee and
Agents
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No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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Governing Law
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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Force Majeure
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Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements
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Successors
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Severability
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Counterpart Originals
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Table of Contents, Headings,
etc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Subsidiary Guarantors
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Form of Note
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A-1
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Form of Certificate of
Transfer
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B-1
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Form of Certificate of
Exchange
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C-1
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Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be
Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors
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D-1
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Form of Intercreditor
Agreement
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E-1
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v
INDENTURE, dated as of
March 26, 2009, among CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware
corporation (“ CMP ”), the Guarantors (as
defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, CMP has duly
authorized the creation of an issue of up to $15,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured
Second Lien Notes due 2014; and
WHEREAS, each of CMP and
each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, each of
CMP, the Guarantors and the Trustee agrees as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 1
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 that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 144A.
“ Acquired
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified
Person,
(1) Indebtedness of
any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged
with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified
Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified
Person, and
(2) Indebtedness
secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
“ Additional
Notes ” means additional Notes issued from
time to time under this Indenture in accordance with
Sections 2.01 and 4.09 hereof.
“ Advisory
Services Agreement ” means the advisory services
agreement dated May 5, 2006 among Parent Holdings, the Issuer,
Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and affiliates of the members of the Consortium named therein, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For purposes of this definition, “control” (including,
with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with”), 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 or 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, Euroclear and/or
Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“ Asset
Sale ” means:
(1) the sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or
assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to
in this definition as a
“disposition”); or
1
(2) the issuance or
sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions;
in each case, other
than:
(a) any disposition
of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or
worn out equipment in the ordinary course of business or any
disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale
in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner
permitted pursuant to the provisions described under
Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a
Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
(c) the making of
any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to
be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;
(d) any disposition
of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an
aggregate fair market value of less than
$5.0 million;
(e) any disposition
of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to another Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(f) to the extent
allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon)
for use in a Similar Business;
(g) the lease,
assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the
ordinary course of business;
(h) any issuance or
sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities
of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) foreclosures on
assets;
(j) any financing
transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations
permitted by this Indenture; and
(k) the licensing
of intellectual property.
“ Bank
Collateral Agent ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as Administrative Agent under the Senior Credit
Facilities (or any successor administrative agent or collateral
agent thereto under the Senior Credit Facilities), or if there are
no Senior Credit Facilities, the “ Bank Collateral
Agent ” designated pursuant to the terms of the
documentation governing the Priority Lien Obligations.
“ Bankruptcy
Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code
or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“ Business
Day ” means each day which is not a Legal
Holiday.
“
Calculation Agent ” means an agent appointed from time
to time by the Issuer for the purpose of determining the rates of
interest in effect from time to time with respect to the Notes
pursuant to this Indenture and calculating the amount of interest
payable from time to time with respect thereto. Unless otherwise
specified, the Calculation Agent shall be the Trustee.
“ Capital
Stock ” means:
(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 or
membership interests (whether general or
limited); and
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(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.
“
Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized
and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means:
(1) United States
dollars;
(2) securities
issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the
U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the
securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation of such government with maturities of
24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of
deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’
acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight
bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital
and surplus of not less than $500.0 million in the case of
U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar
equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of
non-U.S. banks;
(4) repurchase
obligations for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (2) and (3) entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3)
above;
(5) commercial
paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by
S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the
date of creation thereof;
(6) marketable
short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of
at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P,
respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P
shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another
Rating Agency), and in each case maturing within 24 months
after the date of creation thereof;
(7) investment
funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types
described in clauses (1) through (6) above;
(8) readily
marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or
territory of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from
either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months
or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) Indebtedness or
Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A”
or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from
Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the
date of acquisition; and
(10) Investments
with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent
thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof)
or better by Moody’s.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in
currencies other than those set forth in clause (1) above,
provided , that such amounts are converted into United
States dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within
ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“ Cash
Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the cash
component of Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued,
excluding, without limitation, original issue discount, non cash
interest expense, amortization and write-off of debt issuance
costs, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations
and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations;
plus
(2) the cash
component of Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
plus
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(3) any cash
interest payment on Indebtedness of another person that is
Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon
and limited to the amount of such Guarantee or the fair market
value of the property secured by such Lien, as the case may
be.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) the sale, lease
or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted
Holder; or
(2) the Issuer
becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant
to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written
notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within
the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group
acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of
securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single
transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of
merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its
direct or indirect parent companies holding directly or indirectly
100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Issuer,
provided , that a “ Change of
Control ” shall not include a merger, consolidation or
other business combination involving the Issuer and Cumulus Media
Inc. and/or its controlled Affiliates if the Leverage Ratio of the
Successor Company immediately following such transaction is not
greater than the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer immediately prior to
such merger, consolidation or other business
combination.
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking,
Société Anonyme.
“
Collateral ” means all the collateral from time
to time described in the Security Documents.
“
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense
” means with respect to any Person
for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization
expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated Interest Expense ”
means, with respect to
any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum
of:
(1) consolidated
interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added
back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including
(a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the
issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect
to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash
interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense
attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to
GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any; pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and
excluding (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt
issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any
expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and
(z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges;
plus
(2) consolidated
capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
(3) interest income
for such period.
For purposes of this definition,
interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to
accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to
be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease
Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
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“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated
basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided , however , that, without
duplication,
(1) any after-tax
effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses
(less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses,
severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to
pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be
excluded,
(2) the Net Income
for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles during such period,
(3) any after-tax
effect of income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations
and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed,
abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(4) any after-tax
effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the
ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the
Issuer, shall be excluded,
(5) the Net Income
for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided , that
Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are
actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of
such period,
(6) solely for the
purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under clause (3)(A) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net
Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any
Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of
its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted
without any prior governmental approval (which has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction
with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions
has been legally waived, provided , that Consolidated Net
Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends
or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or
to the extent converted into cash) to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not
already included therein,
(7) effects of
adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down
to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the property and
equipment, other intangible assets, deferred revenue and debt line
items in such Person’s consolidated financial statements
pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase
accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the
amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes,
shall be excluded,
(8) any after-tax
effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of
Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments
shall be excluded,
(9) any impairment
charge or asset write-off, in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the
amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be
excluded,
(10) any non-cash
compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights
shall be excluded,
(11) any fees and
expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof
for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment,
Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of
Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or
modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any
such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or
non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result
of any such transaction shall be excluded, and
(12) accruals and
reserves that are established within twelve months after the Issue
Date that are so required to be established as a result of the
Transaction in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded.
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Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07(a) hereof only
(other than clause (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof),
there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income
arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted
Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any
repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and
advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such
amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under
clause (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“
Consortium ” means Bain Capital Partners, LLC,
The Blackstone Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Cumulus
Media Inc. and each of their respective Affiliates but not
including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the
foregoing.
“ Contingent
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person,
any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or
other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent,
(1) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or
supply funds
(a) for the
purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation, or
(b) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, or
(3) to purchase
property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of
the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof.
“
Contribution Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or
any Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not
greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash contributions
(other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the
Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor after the Issue Date;
provided , that such Contribution Indebtedness:
(1) if the
aggregate principal amount of such Contribution Indebtedness is
greater than one times such cash contributions to the capital of
the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, the amount
of such excess shall be (A)(x) Subordinated Indebtedness (other
than Secured Indebtedness) or (y) Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) and
(B) Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity later than the Stated
Maturity of the Notes, and
(2) (a) is
incurred within 180 days after the making of such cash
contributions and (b) is so designated as Contribution
Indebtedness pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the date
of the incurrence thereof.
“ Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee ”
shall be at the address
of the Trustee specified in Section 15.02 hereof or such other
address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and
the Issuer.
“ Credit
Facilities ” means, with respect to the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities,
including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing
arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper
facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness,
including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and
any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals,
restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit
facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or
refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or
commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding
or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount
permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof
or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
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“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
“
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(c) 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, the Person
specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with
respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed
as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
“ Designated
Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of
non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated
as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s
Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by
the principal financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of
cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent
sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash
Consideration.
“ Designated
Preferred Stock ” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer
or any parent corporation thereof (in each case other than
Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a
Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust
established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so
designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an
Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial
officer of the Issuer or the applicable parent corporation thereof,
as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds
of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“ Designated
Senior Indebtedness ” means:
(1) any
Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit
Facilities; and
(2) any other
Senior Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, the principal
amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been
specifically designated by the Issuer in the instrument evidencing
or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “ Designated
Senior Indebtedness ” for purposes of this
Indenture.
“ Dickey
Family ” means Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. and
John W. Dickey.
“
Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person,
any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event,
matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result
of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of
control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to
the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the
Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding;
provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is
issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or
its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such
Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its
Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory
obligations.
“ EBITDA
” means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period
(1) increased
(without duplication) by:
(a) provision for
taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without
limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign
withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period
deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(b) Fixed Charges
of such Person for such period (including (i) net losses or
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into
for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (ii) costs
of surety bonds in
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connection with financing
activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges)
to the extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(c) Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such
period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d) any expenses or
charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related
to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition,
disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing
thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees,
expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the
Credit Facilities and (ii) any amendment or other modification
of the Notes, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(e) the amount of
any restructuring charge or reserve deducted (and not added back)
in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any
one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the
Issue Date and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of
facilities; plus
(f) any other
non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs, reducing
Consolidated Net Income for such period ( provided , that if
any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for
potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in
respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from
EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash
item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(g) the amount of
any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income
attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any
non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such
period in calculating Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(h) the amount of
advisory fees and related expenses (other than pursuant to the
Management Agreement or any replacement thereof) paid in such
period to members of the Consortium (or their Affiliates, as
applicable) to the extent otherwise permitted under
Section 4.11 hereof; plus
(i) any costs or
expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant
to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other
management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock
subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost
or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the
capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity
Interest of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to
the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof; plus
(j) the amount of
loss incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with acquiring “stick” stations or
commencing operations under an owned, but not operated, license, in
each case as a direct result of the acquisition of such station or
initiation of such license within 24 months of the acquisition
of the applicable station or initiation of operations in respect of
the applicable license in an aggregate amount for all such stations
and licenses not to exceed $5.0 million in any four fiscal
quarter period,
(2) decreased by
(without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net
Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains
to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve
for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior
period, and
(3) increased or
decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or
loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 133; plus or minus , as
applicable,
(b) any net gain or
loss resulting in such period from currency translation gains or
losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness
(including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for
currency exchange risk).
“ Equity
Interests ” means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
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“ Equity
Offering ” means any public or private sale of
common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct
or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other
than:
(1) public
offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any direct or
indirect parent company’s common stock registered on
Form S-8;
(2) issuances to
any Subsidiary of the Issuer; and
(3) any such public
or private sale that constitutes an Excluded
Contribution.
“
Euroclear ” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear system.
“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
“ Excluded
Contribution ” means net cash proceeds or
marketable securities received by the Issuer from
(1) contributions
to its common equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other
than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity plan
or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit
plan or agreement of the Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an
officer’s certificate executed by the principal financial
officer of the Issuer on the date such capital contributions are
made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may
be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“ FCC
” means
the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
“ Final
Order ” shall mean a final order issued by
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
“ Fixed
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the sum of:
(1) Consolidated
Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(2) all cash
dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated
in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such
period; and
(3) all cash
dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated
in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such
period.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person,
any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof,
the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“ GAAP
” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which
are in effect on the Issue Date.
“ Global
Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(f)(ii) 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, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with
Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d) hereof.
“ Government
Securities ” means securities that
are:
(1) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment
of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America,
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which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as
custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a
specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depository receipt; provided , that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from
the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on
the Government Securities evidenced by such depository
receipt.
“
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 letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other
obligations.
“
Guarantee ” means the guarantee by any Guarantor
of the Issuer’s Obligations under this Indenture.
“
Guarantor ” means Holdings and each Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“ Hedging
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person,
the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap
agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing
for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks
either generally or under specific contingencies.
“ Holder
” means
the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Registrar’s books.
“
Holdings ” means CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings
Corp., a Delaware corporation and the direct parent of the
Issuer.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication:
(1) any
indebtedness (including principal and premium). of such Person,
whether or not contingent:
(a) in respect of
borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication,
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except
(i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or
similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligations
until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of
such Person in accordance with GAAP; or
(d) representing
any Hedging Obligations;
if and to the extent that any of
the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and
Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent
not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable
for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the
obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third
Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance
sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business; and
(3) to the extent
not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in
clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset
owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed by such first Person.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Independent Financial Advisor ”
means an accounting,
appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged
in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in
the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the
task for which it has been engaged.
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“ Indirect
Participant ” means a Person who holds a
beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“ Initial
Notes ” means the $14,031,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue
Date in connection with the Transaction.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ” means an Intercreditor Agreement,
entered into by the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the
Notes Collateral Agent and the Bank Collateral Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, as may
be amended, modified, supplemented, restated and/or replaced from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and this
Indenture.
“ Interest
Determination Date ” means, with respect to any Interest
Period, the third Business Day immediately preceding the first day
of such Interest Period.
“ Interest
Payment Date ” means May 15 and November 15 of each
year to stated maturity.
“ Interest
Period ” means, with respect to the initial
Interest Period, the period commencing on the Issue Date, and
thereafter, the period commencing on the first Business Day
following the last day of the Interest Period then in effect, and
ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Issuer in a written notice to the Trustee;
provided , that:
(1) any Interest
Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business
Day; and
(2) any Interest
Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period.
“ Investment
Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher
than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the
equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating
Agency.
“ Investment
Grade Securities ” means:
(1) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than
Cash Equivalents);
(2) debt securities
or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding
any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances
among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries; and
(3) investments in
any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type
described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold
immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or
distribution.
“
Investments ” means, with respect to any Person,
all investments by such Person in other Persons (including
Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances
or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade
credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for
consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities
issued by any other Person and investments that are required by
GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes) of the Issuer in the same manner as the other
investments included in this definition to the extent such
transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For
purposes of the definition of “ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” and Section 4.07 hereof:
(1) “
Investments ” shall include the portion
(proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a
Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided ,
however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to
have a permanent “ Investment ” in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal
to:
(a) the Issuer
“ Investment ” in such Subsidiary at the time of
such redesignation; less
(b) the portion
(proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
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(2) any property
transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued
at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case
as determined in good faith by the Issuer.
“ Issue
Date ” means March 26,
2009.
“ Issuer
” means
CMP Susquehanna Corp.; provided , that when used in the
context of determining the fair market value of an asset or
liability under this Indenture, “ Issuer ” shall
be deemed to mean the board of directors of the Issuer when the
fair market value is equal to or in excess of $20.0 million
(unless otherwise expressly stated).
“ Issuer
Order ” means a written request or order
signed on behalf of the Issuer by any of the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Issuer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Legal
Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be
open in the State of New York or the city in which the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee or Paying Agent is
located.
“ Leverage
Ratio ” means, with respect to any specified
Person on any date of determination (the “ Calculation
Date ”), the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of
(1) the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of
Indebtedness plus the aggregate liquidation preference of all
outstanding Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (except
Preferred Stock issued to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Calculation
Date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to
(2) the EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
attributable to continuing operations and businesses for the four
full fiscal quarters ended most recently prior to the Calculation
Date.
For purposes of
calculating the Leverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions,
including Investments, that have been made by the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and
including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, and
any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or preferred
stock, at any time subsequent to the beginning of the four-quarter
reference period and on or prior to the date of determination, as
if such incurrence or issuance, or the repayment, as the case may
be, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be
given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first
day of the four-quarter reference period (except that, in making
such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving
credit facility shall be computed based upon the average balance of
such Indebtedness at the end of each month during such
period);
(2) For purposes of
this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to
any transaction, the pro forma calculations. shall be made
in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of
the Issuer;
(3) transactions
giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio shall be
assumed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period;
(4) any Person that
is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed
to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such
four-quarter period; and
(5) any Person that
is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be
deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during
such four-quarter period.
Furthermore, in
calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of the
calculation of EBITDA, (a) interest on Indebtedness determined
on a fluctuating basis as of the date of determination (including
Indebtedness actually incurred on the date of the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio) and which
will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to
have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest on such Indebtedness as in effect on the date of
determination and (b) notwithstanding clause (a) above,
interest determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such
interest is covered by Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to
accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the
operation of such agreements.
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“ LIBOR
” means, for any Interest Period, the
offered rate for deposits in Dollars for an amount approximately
equal to the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes, and
for a length of time approximately equal to, the applicable
Interest Period as such rate appears on Bloomberg Page BBAMI
as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination
Date; provided that if more than one offered rate appears on the
Bloomberg Page BBAMI, LIBOR shall be the arithmetic average
(rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredths (1/100th) of one
percent (1.00%)) of such offered rates. If Bloomberg
Page BBAMI does not include such a rate or is unavailable on
an Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request
the principal London office of each of two major banks in the
London interbank market, as selected by the Issuer, to provide such
banks’ offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the
Interest Determination Date. LIBOR shall be the average of the
interest rates (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredth
(1/100th) of one percent (1.00%)) of such offered rates.
“ Lien
” means, with respect to any asset,
any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation,
charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded
or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided , that in
no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a
Lien.
“ Management
Agreement ” means the management agreement dated
as of May 5, 2006 between Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Parent Holdings, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“ Net
Income ” means, with respect to any Person,
the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with
GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock
dividends.
“ Net
Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds
received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the
sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration
received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to
such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated
Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation
expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required
to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on Senior Indebtedness required (other than required by
clause (i) of Section 4.10(b) hereof to be paid as a
result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts
to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted. Subsidiaries
as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities
associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after
such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations
associated with such transaction.
“
Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a
U.S. Person.
“ Notes
” means
the Initial Notes and any Note authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term
“ Notes ” shall also include any Additional
Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture. For
purposes of this Indenture, all references to Notes to be issued or
authenticated upon transfer, replacement or exchange shall be
deemed to refer to Notes of the applicable series.
“
Notes Collateral Agent ” means the Trustee, as collateral
agent for the Holders of the Notes, and its successors and
assigns.
“
Obligations ” means any principal, interest
(including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable
state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to
letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and
other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such
principal,
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interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities,
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Offering
Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement, dated March 9, 2009, relating
to the Transaction.
“
Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer
or the Secretary of the Issuer.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf
of the Issuer by any of the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of the Issuer, that meets the requirements set
forth in this Indenture.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.
“ Parent
Holdings ” means CMP Susquehanna Holdings
Corp., a Delaware corporation and the parent company of
Holdings.
“ Parity
Lien ” means a Lien granted by a Security
Document in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent, at any time,
upon any property of the Issuer or any Guarantor to secure Parity
Lien Debt.
“ Parity
Lien Debt ” means any Additional Notes and any
other Indebtedness having substantially identical terms as the New
Notes (other than issue date, issue price, interest rate, yield and
redemption terms) and issued under an indenture substantially
identical to this Indenture and any Indebtedness that refinances or
refunds (or successive refinancing and refunding) any Notes or
Additional Notes and all Obligations with respect to such
Indebtedness; provided , however , that such
Indebtedness may (1) have a Stated Maturity date that is equal
to or longer than the Notes, (2) contain terms and covenants
that are less restrictive than the terms and covenants under the
Notes and (3) contain terms and covenants that are more
restrictive than the terms and covenants under the Notes so long as
prior to or substantially simultaneously with the issuance of any
such Indebtedness, the Notes and this Indenture are amended to
contain any such more restrictive terms and covenants.
“ Parity
Lien Representative ” means:
(1) in the case of
the Notes, the Trustee; or
(2) in the case of
such series of Parity Lien Debt, the Person that maintains the
transfer register for such series of Parity Lien Debt and
(a) is appointed as a Parity Lien Representative (for purposes
related to the administration of the Security Documents) pursuant
to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing
such series of Parity Lien Debt, together with its successors in
such capacity, and (b) has become a party to the Intercreditor
Agreement pursuant to such documents or agreements (including
amendments or supplements to the Intercreditor Agreement) as the
Notes Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Notes Collateral
Agent.
“
Participant ” means, with respect to the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and,
with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
“ Permitted
Asset Swap ” means the concurrent purchase and
sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of
Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person;
provided , that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must
be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.
“ Permitted
Holders ” means (i) each of the members
of the Consortium on the Issue Date, (ii) members of the
Dickey Family, (iii) members of management of the Issuer (or
its direct parent) who are holders of Equity Interests of the
Issuer (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies);
provided , that if such members of management own
beneficially or of record more than 10% of the outstanding voting
stock of the Issuer in the aggregate, they shall be treated as
Permitted Holders of only 10% of the outstanding voting stock of
the Issuer at such time, and (iv) any group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act or any successor provision)
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of which any of the foregoing are
members; provided , that, in the case of such group and
without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other
group, persons identified in clauses (i) and (ii),
collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its
direct or indirect parent companies.
“ Permitted
Investments ” means:
(1) any Investment
in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment
in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities;
(3) any Investment
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person
that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such
Investment:
(a) such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person, in
one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially
all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary,
and, in each case, any Investment
held by such Person; provided , that such Investment was not
acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition,
merger, consolidation or transfer;
(4) any Investment
in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in
connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not
constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment
existing on the Issue Date;
(6) any Investment
acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries:
(a) in exchange for
any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or
any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of
a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the
issuer of such other Investment or accounts
receivable; or
(b) as a result of
a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title
with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(7) Hedging
Obligations permitted under clause (x) of Section 4.09(b)
hereof;
(8) Investments the
payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of
Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies; provided , however , that such
Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for
Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof;
(9) guarantees of
Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;
(10) Investments
consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
material or equipment;
(11) additional
Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together
with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11)
that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the
sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of
such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to
exceed 3.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investments (with
the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time
made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value);
(12) advances to,
or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of
$10.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the
aggregate;
(13) loans and
advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related
travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in
each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent
with past practices; and
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(14) Investments in
Permitted Joint Ventures having an aggregate fair market value,
taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (14), that are at that time outstanding not to exceed 1.0%
of Total Assets at the tune of such Investment (with the fair
market value being measured at the time made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value).
“ Permitted
Joint Ventures ” means a corporation, partnership or
other entity (other than a Subsidiary) engaged in one or more
Similar Businesses in respect of which the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary (a) beneficially owns at least 20% of the Equity
Interests of such entity and (b) either is a party to an
agreement empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which
may or may not be the Issuer or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a
group that, pursuant to the constituent documents of the applicable
corporation, partnership or other entity, has the power, to direct
the policies, management and affairs of such entity.
“ Permitted
Junior Securities ” means:
(1) Equity
Interests in the Issuer, any Guarantor or any direct or indirect
parent of the Issuer; or
(2) unsecured debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and
any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
Notes and the related Guarantees are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness under this Indenture; provided , that the term
“ Permitted Junior Securities ” shall not
include any securities distributed pursuant to a plan of
reorganization if the Indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facilities is treated as part of the same class as the Notes for
purposes of such plan of reorganization; provided ,
further that to the extent that any Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer or the Guarantors outstanding on the date of
consummation of any such plan of reorganization is not paid in full
in cash on such date, the holders of any such Senior Indebtedness
not so paid in full in cash have consented to the terms of such
plan of reorganization.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means, with respect to any
Person:
(1) pledges or
deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws,
unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than
for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is
a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of
such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to
secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or
deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for
the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
(2) Liens imposed
by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a
period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments
or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person
shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for
review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on
the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(3) Liens for
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue
for a period of more than 30 days or payable or subject to
penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such
Person in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens in favor
of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with
respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit
issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such
Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey
exceptions, minor 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 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 in the aggregate
materially adversely affect the value of said properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the business of
such Person;
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(6) Liens securing
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (iv)
of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(7) Liens existing
on the Issue Date;
(8) Liens on
property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; provided , however , such Liens
are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation
of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided ,
further , however , that such Liens may not extend to
any other property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens on
property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired
the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or
consolidation with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided , however , that such Liens
are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation
of, such acquisition; provided , further ,
however that the Liens may not extend to any other property
owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens securing
Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be
incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(11) Liens securing
Hedging Obligations so long as related Indebtedness is, and is
permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same
property securing such Hedging Obligations;
(12) Liens on
specific items of inventory of other goods and proceeds of any
Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of
bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such
inventory or other goods;
(13) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the
ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any
Indebtedness;
(14) Liens arising
from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor
of the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(16) Liens on
equipment of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s
clients;
(17) Liens to
secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions,
renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any
Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing
clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9); provided ,
however , that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to
all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien
(plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness
secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount
greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount
or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described
under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9) at the time the
original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and
(ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses,
including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding,
extension, renewal or replacement;
(18) deposits made
in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(19) other Liens
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
which obligations do not exceed $7.5 million at any one time
outstanding;
(20) Liens securing
judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default under clause (v) under Section 6.01(a) hereof so
long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal
proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of
such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within
which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;
(21) Liens in favor
of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation
of goods in the ordinary course of business;
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(22) Liens
(i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of
the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection,
(ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other
commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of
business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising
as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of
setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in
the banking industry;
(23) Liens deemed
to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements
permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided , that
such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are
the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(24) Liens
encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin
deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts
or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not for speculative purposes; and
(25) Liens that are
contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the
establishment of depository relations with banks not given in
connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to
pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or
similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating
to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers
of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business.
For purposes of this
definition, the term “ Indebtedness ” shall be
deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
“ Permitted
Prior Liens ” means Liens that are permitted by
the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and the Security
Documents to be prior to the Liens securing the Obligations under
the Senior Credit Facilities and any other Priority Lien
Obligations.
“ Person
” means
any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“
Pledgors ” means the Issuer, Holdings and any
other Guarantor that provides collateral security for any Secured
Obligations.
“ Preferred
Stock ” means any Equity Interest with
preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up.
“ Priority
Lien Obligations ” means (1) all Secured Bank
Indebtedness, (2) all other Obligations of the Issuer and the
Guarantors (not constituting Indebtedness) arising under agreements
governing Secured Bank Indebtedness, (3) all Hedging
Obligations (and guarantees thereof) of the Issuer and the
Guarantors owing to any Person that is a lender (or an affiliate of
a lender) party to the Senior Credit Facilities at the time it
enters into the hedging agreement giving rise to such Hedging
Obligations and such Person’s successors and assigns,
together with all Obligations with respect to such Hedging
Obligations (and the guarantees thereof), in each case secured by
any Lien and (4) all Obligations of the Issuer and the
Guarantors in respect of cash management services or automated
clearinghouse transfer of funds (including guarantees thereof)
owing to any Person that is a lender (or an affiliate of a lender)
party to the Senior Credit Facilities and secured by any
Lien.
“ Private
Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(f)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“ Proof of
Claim ” shall mean a proof of claim or debt
filed in accordance with and pursuant to any applicable provisions
of the Bankruptcy Law, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
and/or a Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
“ Proper
Proof of Claim ” shall mean, at any time, a Proof of
Claim in an amount not less than the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such time plus accrued
but unpaid interest on the Notes at such time.
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“ QIB
” means
a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A
“ Qualified
Proceeds ” means assets that are used or useful
in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business;
provided , that the fair market value of any such
assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Issuer in good
faith.
“ Rating
Agencies ” means Moody’s and S&P or
if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the
Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the
Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or
both, as the case may be.
“ Record
Date ” for the interest payable on any
applicable Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether
or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Regulation S Global Note ”
means a
Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S
Permanent Global Note, as applicable.
“
Regulation S Permanent Global Note ”
means a permanent Global
Note 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, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
upon expiration of the Restricted Period.
“
Regulation S Temporary Global Note ”
means a temporary Global
Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the
Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with
or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on
Rule 903.
“
Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend
” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(f)(iii) hereof.
“ Related
Business Assets ” means assets (other than cash or
Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business,
provided , that any assets received by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related
Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless
upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would
become a Restricted Subsidiary. .
“
Representative ” means any trustee, agent or
representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness or
Priority Lien Obligations.
“
Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the
Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions
similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter
is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“ Restricted
Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted
Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted
Investment ” means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
“ Restricted
Period ” means the 40-day distribution
compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” means, at any time, any direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any Foreign
Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided , however , that upon the occurrence of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “
Restricted Subsidiary .”
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule I 44A promulgated
under the Securities Act.
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“
Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
S&P ” means Standard &
Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and
any successor to its rating agency business.
“ Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction ” means any arrangement providing for
the leasing by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or
is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such
leasing.
“ SEC
” means
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Secured
Bank Indebtedness ” means all Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities and
related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for
reorganization of the Issuer or any Guarantor (at the rate provided
for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement
obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts
(whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or
incurred) and all obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor to
reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under
letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments, in
each case to the extent arising under the Senior Credit Facilities
that is secured by a Lien.
“ Secured
Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.
“ Security
Documents ” means the security agreements and
related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed,
refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the
Collateral as contemplated hereby.
“ Senior
Credit Facilities ” means the Credit Facility under the
Credit Agreement, dated May 5, 2006, by and among the Issuer,
the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto in their
capacities as lenders thereunder and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent, including any
guarantees, mortgages, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments,
supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements,
refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit
facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other
institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or
refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or
commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding
or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount
borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds
Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or
group of lenders.
“ Senior
Indebtedness ” means:
(1) all Secured
Bank Indebtedness;
(2) all Hedging
Obligations (and guarantees thereof);
(3) any other
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor permitted to be
incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument
under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that
it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or any related Guarantee; and
(4) all Obligations
with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1),
(2) and (3);
provided
, however that
Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any obligation
of such Person to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability
for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;
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(c) any accounts
payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the
ordinary course of business; provided , that obligations
incurred pursuant to the Credit Facilities shall not be excluded
pursuant to this clause (c);
(d) any
Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is
subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or
other Obligation of such Person; or
(e) that portion of
any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in
violation of this Indenture; provided , however ,
that such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to have been incurred in
violation of this Indenture for purposes of this clause if such
Indebtedness is incurred under any of the Credit Facilities, and
the holder(s) of such Indebtedness or their agent or representative
shall have received a certificate from an officer of the Issuer to
the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or,
in the case of a revolving credit facility thereunder, the
incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on
which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate
the provisions of this Indenture.
“ Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means:
(1) with respect to
the Issuer, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to
the Notes issued by the Issuer; and
(2) with respect to
any Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment
to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the Issue Date.
“ Similar
Business ” means any business conducted or
proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar,
reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness,
the date on which the payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such
Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to
the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means, with respect to the
Notes,
(1) any
Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes, and
(2) any
Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in
right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the
Notes.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any
Person:
(1) any
corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar
entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares
of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof
or is consolidated under GAAP with such Person at such
time; and
(2) any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar
entity of which
(x) more than 50%
of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and
voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as
applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person
or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership,
general, special or limited partnership or
otherwise, and
(y) such Person or
any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general
partner or otherwise controls such entity.
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“ Subsidiary
Guarantor ” means each Restricted Subsidiary
that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
“ Total
Assets ” means the total assets of the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown
on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer or such other Person
as may be expressly stated.
“
Transaction ” means the transactions contemplated
by the Offering Memorandum, including the issuance of the Initial
Notes on the Issue Date and certain Additional Notes that may be
issued upon consummation of the exchange offer referenced
therein.
“
Trustee ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.
“
Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes
that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
“
Unrestricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A , that bears the
Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:
(1) any Subsidiary
of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (as designated by the Issuer, as provided
below); and
(2) any Subsidiary
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Issuer may designate
any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and
any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its
Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns
or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary
of the Issuer (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary
to be so designated); provided , that
(1) any
Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which the Equity
Interests entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that
may be cast by all Equity Interests having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors or Persons performing a similar
function are owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Issuer;
(2) such
designation complies with Section 4.07
hereof; and
(a) the Subsidiary
to be so designated; and
has not at the time of designation,
and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any
Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of
the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
The Issuer may designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided , that, immediately after giving effect to such
designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
either:
(1) the Issuer
could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof; or
(2) the Leverage
Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be
greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation,
in each case on a pro forma
basis taking into account such designation.
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Any such designation by
the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by
promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the
board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof giving
effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
provisions.
“
U.S. Person ” means a U.S. person as defined
in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
“ Voting
Stock ” of any Person as of any date means
the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to
vote in the election of the board of directors of such
Person.
“ Weighted
Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case
may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing
(1) the sum of the
products of the number of years from the date of determination to
the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such
Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of
such payment; by
(2) the sum of all
such payments.
“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of
such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which
(other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time
be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
of such Person.
Section 1.02
Other
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Section 1.03
Reserved
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Section 1.04
Rules of
Construction .
Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or” is not
exclusive;
(d) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(e) “will” shall be
interpreted to express a command;
(f) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions;
(g) references to
sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time;
(h) unless the
context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article,” “Section” or
“clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as
the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(i) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section,
clause or other subdivision.
Section 1.05
Acts of
Holders .
(a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note,
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 1.05.
(b) The fact and
date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other
officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is
by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the
authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of
the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority
of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(c) The ownership
of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of
the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the
Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Note.
(e) The Issuer may,
but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take
any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or
consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by
Holders.
(f) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard
to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one
or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to
such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal
amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents
with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to
this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by
separate Holders of each such different part.
(g) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC
that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a
proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders,
and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy
or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global
Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and
customary practices.
(h) The Issuer may
fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who
are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC
entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or
take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record
date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective
if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record
date.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section
2.01
Form and Dating; Terms .
(a)
General . The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Global
Notes . Notes issued in global form shall 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 issued in definitive form 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 shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it
shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of 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 applicable, 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 shall 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.
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(c)
Temporary Global Notes . Notes offered
and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially
in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which
shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes
represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents
holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the
Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided.
Following the
termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the
authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the
Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note.
The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may
from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on
the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as
hereinafter provided.
(d)
Terms . The aggregate principal amount of
Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
is unlimited.
The terms and provisions
contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and
the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. 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.
The Notes shall be
subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer
as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control
Offer as provided in Section 4.14 hereof. The Notes shall not
be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.
Additional Notes ranking
pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued
from time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the
Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with
the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status,
redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided ,
that the Issuer’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be
subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.09
hereof. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an
indenture supplemental to this Indenture.
(e)
Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable .
The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of
the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and
Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer
Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section
2.02
Execution and Authentication .
At least one Officer
shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer 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 shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, as the case may be, by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
On the Issue Date, the
Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order (an “
Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver the
Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the
Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver
any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in
such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued
hereunder.
The Trustee may appoint
an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
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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 Issuer.
Section
2.03
Registrar and Paying Agent .
The Issuer shall
maintain an office or agency where Notes may 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 shall
keep a register of the Notes (“ Note Register ”)
and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer 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 Issuer may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuer initially
appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC
”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global
Notes.
The Issuer initially
appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for
the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
Section
2.04
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The Issuer shall require
each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer 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
Issuer 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 Issuer or a Subsidiary) shall have no
further liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts
as Paying Agent, it shall 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 Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the
Notes.
Section
2.05
Holder Lists .
The Trustee shall
preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most
recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all
Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each
Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes.
Section
2.06
Transfer and Exchange .
(a) Transfer
and Exchange of Global Notes . Except as
otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be
transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of
the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may
not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the
Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or
(y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Issuer within 120 days, (ii) the Issuer,
at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to
cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes or (iii) there
shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the
preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive
Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial
interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in
any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global
Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as
provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this
Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the
preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above and pursuant
to
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