GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING
COMPANY,
GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION
and the other Note Guarantors from time to time parties hereto,
as Note Guarantors
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
DATED AS OF JUNE 16, 2009
9.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2017
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Section 102. Other Definitions
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Section 103. Rules of
Construction
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31
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Section 104. Incorporation by Reference of
TIA
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32
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Section 105. Conflict with TIA
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32
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Section 106. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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32
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Section 107. Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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33
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Section 108. Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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34
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Section 109. Notices, etc., to Trustee and
Company
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36
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Section 110. Notices to Holders;
Waiver
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36
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Section 111. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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36
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Section 112. Successors and
Assigns
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Section 113. Separability Clause
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Section 114. Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 115. GOVERNING LAW
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37
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Section 116. Legal Holidays
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Section 117. No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and
Stockholders
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Section 118. Exhibits and
Schedules
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Section 119. Counterparts
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ARTICLE II
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NOTE FORMS
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Section 201. Forms Generally
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38
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Section 202. Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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Section 203. Restrictive and Global Note
Legends
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40
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ARTICLE III
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THE NOTES
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Section 301. Title and Terms
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42
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Section 302. Denominations
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42
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication and
Delivery and Dating
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Section 304. Temporary Notes
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Section 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Notes
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Section 307. Payment of Interest Rights
Preserved
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45
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Section 308. Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 309. Cancellation
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Section 310. Computation of
Interest
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Section 311. CUSIP Numbers
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Section 312. Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Notes
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Section 313. Special Transfer
Provisions
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48
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Section 314. Payment of Additional
Interest
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS
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Section 401. Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest
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52
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Section 402. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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52
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Section 403. Money for Payments To Be Held
in Trust
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53
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54
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54
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Section 406. Statement as to
Default
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54
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Section 407. Limitation on
Indebtedness
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54
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57
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Section 409. Limitation on Restricted
Payments
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Section 410. Limitation on Restrictions on
Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries
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61
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Section 411. Limitation on Sales of Assets
and Subsidiary Stock
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Section 412. Limitation on Transactions
with Affiliates
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Section 413. Limitation on Liens
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Section 414. Future Note
Guarantors
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67
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Section 415. Purchase of Notes Upon a
Change in Control
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ARTICLE V
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SUCCESSORS
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Section 501. When the Company May Merge,
Etc.
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Section 502. Successor Company
Substituted
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ARTICLE VI
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REMEDIES
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Section 601. Events of Default
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Section 602. Acceleration of Maturity:
Rescission and Annulment
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72
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Section 603. Other Remedies; Collection
Suit by Trustee
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72
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Section 604. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Notes
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72
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Section 606. Application of Money
Collected
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Section 607. Limitation on Suits
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Section 608. Unconditional Right of Holders
To Receive Principal and Interest
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Section 609. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 610. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 611. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 612. Control by Holders
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Section 613. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 614. Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 615. Waiver of Stay, Extension or
Usury Laws
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ARTICLE VII
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THE TRUSTEE
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Section 701. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 702. Notice of Defaults
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Section 703. Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Notes
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Section 705. May Hold Notes
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Section 706. Money Held in Trust
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Section 707. Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 708. Conflicting
Interests
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Section 709. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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Section 710. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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Section 711. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 712. Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 713. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company
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Section 714. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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ARTICLE VIII
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY
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TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
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Section 801. The Company To Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 802. Preservation of Information:
Communications to Holders
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Section 803. Reports by Trustee
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ARTICLE IX
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR
WAIVER
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Section 901. Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 902. With Consent of
Holders
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Section 903. Execution of Amendments,
Supplements or Waivers
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Section 904. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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85
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Section 905. Conformity with TIA
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Section 906. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes
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ARTICLE X
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REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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Section 1001. Right of
Redemption
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Section 1002. Applicability of
Article
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Section 1003. Election To Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 1004. Selection by Trustee of Notes
To Be Redeemed
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Section 1005. Notice of
Redemption
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Section 1006. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 1007. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date
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Section 1008. Notes Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE XI
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 1101. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 1102. Application of Trust
Money
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ARTICLE XII
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DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section 1201. The Company’s Option To
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 1202. Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 1203. Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 1204. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 1205. Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 1206. Reinstatement
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Section 1207. Repayment to the
Company
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ARTICLE XIII
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NOTE GUARANTEES
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Section 1301. Guarantees
Generally
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Section 1302. Continuing
Guarantees
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Section 1303. Release of Note
Guarantees
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Section 1305. Waiver of
Subrogation
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Section 1306. Notation Not
Required
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Section 1307. Successors and Assigns of
Note Guarantors
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Section 1308. Execution and Delivery of
Subsidiary Guarantees
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Form of
Note
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Form of
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
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Form of
Regulation S Certificate
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Form of
Supplemental Indenture
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Certain Sections of this Indenture
relating to Sections 310 through 318
inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust
Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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709
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709
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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708
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713
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713
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803
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801
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802
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802
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802
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803
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405
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106
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406
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Not Applicable
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106
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106
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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106
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701
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702
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701
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701
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701
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701
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612
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614
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612
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613
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602
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612
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613
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Not Applicable
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608
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104
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603
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604
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403
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This
cross-reference table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be
part of this Indenture.
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INDENTURE,
dated as of June 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Indenture
”), among Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, as
issuer, Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware and Graphic Packaging Corporation, a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, as Note
Guarantors; and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America and having a corporate trust office in
Atlanta, Georgia, as Trustee.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND NOTE
GUARANTORS
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Notes. Each Note
Guarantor party hereto as of the date hereof has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its
guarantee of the Notes, as provided in this Indenture. Each Note
Guarantor party hereto as of the date hereof has received good and
valuable consideration for its execution and delivery of this
Indenture and its guarantee of the Notes.
All
things necessary to make the Original Notes, when executed and
delivered by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid several
obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company and each Note Guarantor party hereto as of
the date hereof, in accordance with the terms of the Original Notes
and this Indenture, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of
all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101.
Definitions .
“
Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person
(i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or
(ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a
Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related acquisition of
assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a
Subsidiary.
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Additional Assets ” means (i) any property or
assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of
an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business; (iii) the Capital
Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such
Capital Stock by the Company or
another
Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) Capital Stock of any Person
that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third
party.
“
Additional Notes ” means any notes issued under this
Indenture in addition to the Original Notes (other than any Notes
issued pursuant to Section 304 , 305 ,
306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008
).
“
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 the purposes of this definition, “ control ”
when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and
“ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“
Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer or
other disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in
the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by
applicable law), property or other assets (each referred to for the
purposes of this definition as a “ disposition
”) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or
similar transaction), other than (i) a disposition to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) a disposition in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale or discount (with
or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable
terms) of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the
ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of
accounts receivable for notes receivable, (iv) any Restricted
Payment Transaction, (v) a disposition that is governed by
Article V , (vi) any Financing Disposition,
(vii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of
assets to any governmental authority or agency that continue in use
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon
reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee, (viii) any exchange
of like property pursuant to Section 1031 (or any
successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be
used in a Related Business, (ix) any financing transaction
with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including without
limitation any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization,
(x) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or
similar action with respect to any property or other assets,
(xi) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other
securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xii) a disposition
of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an
agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted
Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary
acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in
connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with
such acquisition, (xiii) a disposition of not more than 5% of
the outstanding Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been
approved by the Board of Directors, or (xiv) any disposition
or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not
to exceed $5.0 million.
“
Authenticating Agent ” means any Person authorized by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 714 to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Notes of one or more series.
“
Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred, payable under
or in respect of any Credit Facility, including
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without
limitation principal, premium (if any), interest (including
interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing
interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses,
reimbursement obligations, guarantees, other monetary obligations
of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in
respect thereof.
“
Board of Directors ” means the board of directors or
other governing body of the Company or, if the Company is owned or
managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other
governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee
thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing
body.
“
Borrowing Base ” means the sum (determined as of the
end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which
consolidated financial statements of the Company are available) of
(1) 60% of Inventory of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and (2) 85% of Receivables of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are
authorized or required by law to close in New York City.
“
Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares
of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such
Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt
securities convertible into such equity.
“
Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means an obligation
that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance
with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease Obligation
shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount
due under the related lease.
“
Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following:
(a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the
United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
(b) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’
acceptances of (i) any lender under the Senior Credit
Agreement or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the commercial paper of the
holding company of which is rated at least A-1 or the equivalent
thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by
Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then
a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating
agency), (c) commercial paper rated at least A-1 or the equivalent
thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by
Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then
a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating
agency), (d) investments in money market funds complying with
the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor
rule of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (e) investments similar to any of the foregoing
denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of
Directors.
“
CDR ” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,
Inc.
“
CDR Fund V ” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund V
Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership,
and any successor in interest thereto.
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“
Change of Control ” means:
(i) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted
Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company, provided that (x) so long
as the Company is a Subsidiary of Holding, no “person”
shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of
more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company unless such “person” shall be or become a
“beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of Holding and (y) any Voting Stock
of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner”
shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any
such “person” is the beneficial owner;
(ii) the Company
merges or consolidates with or into, or sells or transfers (in one
or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any
“person” (as defined in clause (i) above), other
than one or more Permitted Holders, Holding or GPC, is or becomes
the “beneficial owner” (as so defined), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or
consolidation, or the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of
assets, as the case may be, provided that (x) so long
as such surviving or transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent
Person, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a
“beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person
unless such “person” shall be or become a
“beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of such parent Person and (y) any Voting
Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial
owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock
of which any such “person” is the beneficial owner;
or
(iii) during any
period of two consecutive years (during which period the Company
has been a party to this Indenture), individuals who at the
beginning of such period were members of the board of directors of
the Company or Holding (together with any new members thereof whose
election by such board of directors or whose nomination for
election by holders of Capital Stock of the Company or Holding was
approved by one or more Permitted Holders or by a vote of a
majority of the members of such board of directors then still in
office who were either members thereof at the beginning of such
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously
so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such
board of directors then in office.
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing
agency.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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“
Commodities Agreements ” means, in respect of a
Person, any commodity futures contract, forward contract, option or
similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements
or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or
beneficiary.
“
Company ” means Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest
thereto.
“
Company Request ,” and “ Company Order
” mean, respectively, a written request, order or consent
signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the
Company.
“
Consolidated Coverage Ratio ” as of any date of
determination means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of
Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending prior to the date of such determination for which
consolidated financial statements of the Company are available to
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;
provided that
(1) if since the
beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
has Incurred any Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date
of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to
calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of
Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had
been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in
making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any
revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such
calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily
balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or
such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or
(B) if such facility was created after the end of such four
fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the
date of such calculation),
(2) if since the
beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired,
retired or discharged any Indebtedness that is no longer
outstanding on such date of determination (each, a “
Discharge ”) or if the transaction giving rise to the
need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a
Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness
Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Indebtedness has been permanently repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated
after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge
of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new
Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of
such period,
(3) if since the
beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of
assets constituting an operating unit of a business (any such
disposition, a “ Sale ”), the Consolidated
EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that
are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an
amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative)
attributable
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thereto for
such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall
be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest
Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or
otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with such Sale for such period (including through the assumption of
such Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period attributable to the
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer
liable for such Indebtedness after such Sale,
(4) if since the
beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an
Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any
group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business,
including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in
connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made
hereunder (any such Investment or acquisition, a “
Purchase ”), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any
related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day
of such period, and
(5) if since the
beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary
or was merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such
Person shall have Discharged any Indebtedness or made any Sale or
Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause
(2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or
Purchase occurred on the first day of such period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to
be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount
of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of
Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness
Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise
acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro
forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of
anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale,
Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company. If
any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being
given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such
Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the
date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable
to such Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on
a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or
other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being given
pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness
shall be calculated by applying such optional rate as the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness
that is being given pro forma effect was Incurred under a
revolving credit facility, the interest expense on
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such
Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance
of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an
interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial
or accounting Officer of the Company to be the rate of interest
implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to the
extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i)
provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued)
based on income, profits or capital, (ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense and any Receivables Fees, (iii) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and intangibles
and amortization and write-off of financing costs) and all other
non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (iv) any expenses or
charges related to any Equity Offering, Investment or Indebtedness
permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or
incurred) and (v) the amount of any minority interest
expense.
“
Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period,
(i) the total interest expense of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any such interest
expense consisting of (a) interest expense attributable to
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) amortization of debt
discount, (c) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other
Person that has been Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest is actually
paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (d) non-cash
interest expense, (e) the interest portion of any deferred
payment obligation and (f) commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing, plus
(ii) Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of
Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and minus (iii) to the
extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in
clause (i) above, Receivables Fees and amortization or write-off of
financing costs, in each case under clauses (i) through
(iii) as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP; provided that gross interest expense shall be
determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to
Interest Rate Agreements.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the
net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock
dividends; provided that there shall not be included in such
Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any net income
(loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted
Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the limitations
contained in clause (iii) below, the Company’s equity in
the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included
in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject,
in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted
Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below)
and (B) the Company’s
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equity in the
net loss of such Person shall be included to the extent of the
aggregate Investment of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Person,
(ii) any net
income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note
Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions,
directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making
of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to the Company by operation of the terms of such
Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation
applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other
than (x) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise
released, (y) restrictions pursuant to the Existing Notes, the
Notes, the Existing Indentures or this Indenture and (z)
restrictions in effect on the Issue Date with respect to a
Restricted Subsidiary and other restrictions with respect to such
Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not materially less
favorable to the Holders than such restrictions in effect on the
Issue Date), except that (A) subject to the limitations
contained in clause (iii) below, the Company’s equity in
the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period
shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the
aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that
could have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in
the case of a dividend that could have been made to another
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause)
and (B) the net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be
included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Company
or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted
Subsidiary,
(iii) any gain or
loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any
sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed
of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors),
(iv) any item
classified as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss
or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the
Transactions and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the
Issue Date),
(v) the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles,
(vi) all deferred
financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with
any early extinguishment of Indebtedness,
(vii) any
unrealized gains or losses in respect of Currency
Agreements,
(viii) any
unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect
of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than
the functional currency of such Person,
(ix) any non-cash
compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options
or other equity based awards, and
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(x) to the extent
otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized
foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in
respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
In
the case of any unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge not
included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause
(iv) above in any determination thereof, the Company will
deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee promptly
after the date on which Consolidated Net Income is so determined,
setting forth the nature and amount of such unusual or nonrecurring
gain, loss or charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the
purpose of Section 409(a)(iii)(A) only, there shall be
excluded from Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, any
dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of
assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or
transfers are applied by the Company to increase the amount of
Restricted Payments permitted under Section 409(a)(iii)(C)
or (D) .
“
Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date
of determination, the total assets less the total intangible assets
(including, without limitation, goodwill), in each case shown on
the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the most recent date for which such a balance
sheet is available, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination
relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment, on a
pro forma basis including any property or assets being
acquired in connection therewith); provided that for
purposes of Section 407(b) , Section 411
and the definition of “Permitted Investment,”
Consolidated Tangible Assets shall not be less than
$2,409.0 million.
“
Consolidation ” means the consolidation of the
accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the
Company in accordance with GAAP; provided that
“Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the
accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary
will be accounted for as an investment. The term “
Consolidated ” has a correlative meaning.
“
Coors Stockholders ” means (i) Adolph Coors, Jr.
Trust dated September 12, 1969; Augusta Coors Collbran Trust
dated July 5, 1946; Bertha Coors Munroe Trust dated
July 5, 1946; Grover C. Coors Trust dated August 7, 1952;
Herman F. Coors Trust dated July 5, 1946; Janet H. Coors
Irrevocable Trust FBO Frances M. Baker dated July 27, 1976;
Janet H. Coors Irrevocable Trust FBO Frank E. Ferrin dated
July 27, 1976; Janet H. Coors Irrevocable Trust FBO Joseph J.
Ferrin dated July 27, 1976; Joseph Coors Trust dated
December 14, 1988; Louise Coors Porter Trust dated
July 5, 1946; May Kistler Coors Trust dated September 24,
1965; and Adolph Coors Foundation; (ii) a spouse or lineal
descendant (whether natural or adopted), sibling, parent, heir,
executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, lifetime trustee or
legatee of Adolph Coors, Jr. or the Persons named in clause
(i) above; (iii) any trust, the primary beneficiaries of
which are named in clause (i) or (ii) above;
(iv) the trustees or any Affiliates of any trust named in
clause (i) or (iii) above; (v) the beneficiary or
beneficiaries authorized or entitled to receive distributions from
any trust named in clause (i) or (iii) above; or
(vi) any corporation, limited liability company or
partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited
partners
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of which
include only the Persons named in clause (i) or
(ii) above; and any of their respective successors in
interest.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the
Trustee in the County of Fulton, the City of Atlanta, at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office on the Issue Date is located at 1349 W.
Peachtree Street, NW, Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050, Atlanta
Georgia 30309, Attn: Muriel Shaw.
“
Credit Facilities ” means one or more of (i) the
Senior Credit Facility and (ii) other facilities or
arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one or
more banks or other institutions providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, receivables financings (including through the
sale of receivables to such institutions or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such
receivables), letters of credit or other Indebtedness, in each
case, including all agreements, instruments and documents executed
and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the
foregoing, including any notes and letters of credit issued
pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent
and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit
applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security
agreements and collateral documents, in each case as the same may
be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to
time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed,
repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole
or in part, whether with the original banks or other institutions
or other banks or other institutions or otherwise, and whether
provided under any original Credit Facility or one or more other
credit agreements, indentures, financing agreements or other Credit
Facilities or otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the term “Credit Facility” shall include any
agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness
Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding
Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder,
(iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or
available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering
the terms and conditions thereof.
“
Currency Agreement ” means, in respect of a Person,
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangements (including derivative agreements
or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a
beneficiary.
“
Default ” means any event or condition that is, or
after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“
Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its
nominees and successors.
“
Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the Fair
Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset
Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash
Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation.
“
Disinterested Director ” means, with respect to any
Affiliate Transaction, a member of the Board of Directors having no
material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect
to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of the Board of Directors
shall not be deemed
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to have such a
financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital
Stock of the Company or Holding or any options, warrants or other
rights in respect of such Capital Stock.
“
Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any
Person, any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible
or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the
happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a
Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms
as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition)
(i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or
exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or
(iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other
than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other
similar event described under such terms as a “change of
control,” or an Asset Disposition), in whole or in part, in
each case on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of the
Notes.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
“
Equity Agreements ” means, collectively, (1) the
Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, among
Holding, the Coors Stockholders, CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A., Field
Holdings, Inc., and the TPG Entities, (2) the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, among Holding, the
Coors Stockholders, CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A. Field Holdings,
Inc., the TPG Entities, and the other stockholders of Holding party
thereto, and (3) the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of
March 27, 1996, among the Company, Holding, GPC, CDR and CDR
Fund V, in each case as may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof and of this Indenture.
“
Equity Offering ” means a sale of Capital Stock
(x) that is a sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company, or (y) proceeds of which in an amount
equal to or exceeding the Redemption Amount are contributed to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor securities
clearing agency.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Exchange Notes ” means the Company’s 9.50%
Senior Notes Due 2017, containing terms identical in all material
respects to the Initial Notes or any Initial Additional Notes
(except that (i) such Exchange Notes may omit terms with
respect to transfer restrictions and may be registered under the
Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to an
increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated),
that are issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial Notes, as
provided for in a registration rights agreement relating to such
Initial Notes and this Indenture, or (b) such Initial
Additional Notes as may be provided in any registration rights
agreement relating to such Additional Notes and this Indenture
(including any amendment or supplement hereto).
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“
Excluded Contribution ” means Net Cash Proceeds, or
the Fair Market Value of property or assets, received by the
Company as capital contributions to the Company after the Issue
Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company, in each case to the extent designated as an Excluded
Contribution pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the
Company and not previously included in the calculation set forth in
Section 409(a)(iii)(B)(x) for purposes of determining
whether a Restricted Payment may be made.
“
Existing Indentures ” means (a) the Indenture
dated as of August 8, 2003 among the Company, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and the other parties
thereto relating to the Existing Senior Notes and (b) the
Indenture dated as of August 8, 2003 among the Company, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and the other parties
thereto relating to the Existing Senior Subordinated
Notes.
“
Existing Notes ” means the Existing Senior Notes and
the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.
“
Existing Senior Notes ” means the Company’s
8.50% Senior Notes due 2011 outstanding on the Issue
Date.
“
Existing Senior Subordinated Notes ” means the
Company’s 9.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
outstanding on the Issue Date.
“
Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset
or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination will be conclusive.
“
Financing Disposition ” means any sale, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of property or assets by the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof to any Receivables Entity, or by
any Receivables Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the
Incurrence by a Receivables Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations
to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be
secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” means (a) any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that has no material assets other than securities of one or more
Foreign Subsidiaries, and other assets relating to an ownership
interest in any such securities or Subsidiaries.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America as in effect on the Issue Date (for
purposes of the definitions of the terms “Consolidated
Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated EBITDA,”
“Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated
Net Income” and “Consolidated Tangible Assets,”
all defined terms in this Indenture to the extent used in or
relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and
computations based on any of the foregoing definitions) and as in
effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this
Indenture), including those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and
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pronouncements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations
based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in
conformity with GAAP.
“
GPC ” means Graphic Packaging Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.
“
Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person;
provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb
has a corresponding meaning.
“
Guarantor Subordinated Obligations ” means, with
respect to a Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note
Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the
obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee
pursuant to a written agreement.
“
Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the
obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement,
Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement.
“
Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered in the Note Register.
“
Holding ” means Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a
Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest
thereto.
“
Holding Expenses ” means (i) costs (including all
professional fees and expenses) incurred by Holding or GPC in
connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection
with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any
governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument relating to
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including
in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act,
Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, (ii) expenses incurred by GPC or Holding in
connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance,
ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual
property and associated rights (including but not limited to
trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patents,
copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and
registration or renewal applications in respect thereof,
inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how,
confidential information, computer software, data and
documentation, and any other intellectual property rights; and
licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual
property and associated rights relate to the business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) indemnification
obligations of Holding or GPC owing to directors, officers,
employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant
to written agreements with any such Person, or obligations in
respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums
therefor), (iv) other operational expenses of Holding or GPC
incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (v) fees and
expenses incurred by Holding or GPC in connection with any offering
of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (x) where the net proceeds
of such offering are intended to be
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received by or
contributed or loaned to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or
(y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the
amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed
or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to
completion of such offering so long as Holding or GPC shall cause
the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Company or the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering
promptly if completed.
“
Incur ” means issue, assume, enter into any Guarantee
of, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided ,
however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by
merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to
be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the
payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness will not
be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness
issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest is
payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness) shall be
deemed Incurred at the time of original issuance of the
Indebtedness at the initial accreted amount thereof.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on
any date of determination (without duplication):
(i) the principal
of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) the principal
of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments,
(iii) all
reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of
credit or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations
being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired
amount of such letters of credit or other instruments plus the
aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been
reimbursed),
(iv) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase
price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is
due more than one year after the date of placing such property in
final service or taking final delivery and title
thereto,
(v) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(vi) the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person
with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if such
Person is a Subsidiary of the Company other than a Note Guarantor)
any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each
case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such obligation to be
equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption,
repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less
(or if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the
involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price therefor
calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then
redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or
measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such fair
market
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value shall be
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or the board
of directors or other governing body of the issuer of such Capital
Stock),
(vii) all
Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of
such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such
Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of
such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good
faith by the Company) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness
of such other Persons,
(viii) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the
extent so Guaranteed by such Person, and
(ix) to the extent
not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations
of such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at
any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement
giving rise to such Hedging Obligation that would be payable by
such Person at such time).
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be
determined as set forth above or otherwise provided in this
Indenture, or otherwise shall equal the amount thereof that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person (excluding any notes
thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“
Initial Additional Notes ” means Additional Notes
issued in an offering not registered under the Securities Act (and
any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 304 , 305 , 306 , 312(c) ,
312(d) or 1008 ).
“
Initial Notes ” means the Company’s 9.50% Senior
Notes Due 2017, issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 ,
306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008
).
“
Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an
institution that is an “accredited investor” as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act.
“
interest ” with respect to the Notes, means interest
on the Notes and, except for purposes of Article 9 ,
additional interest or special interest pursuant to the terms of
any Note.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means, when used with respect
to any Note and any installment of interest thereon, the date
specified in such Note as the fixed date on which such installment
of interest is due and payable, as set forth in such
Note.
“
Interest Rate Agreement ” means, with respect to any
Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future agreement,
option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement,
hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
(including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such
Person is party or a beneficiary.
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“
Inventory ” means goods held for sale or lease by a
Person in the ordinary course of business, net of any reserve for
goods that have been segregated by such Person to be returned to
the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Investment ” in any Person by any other Person means
any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit
(other than to customers, suppliers, directors, officers or
employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or
capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other
property to others or any payment for property or services for the
account or use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of
Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by,
such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” and Section 409 only, (i)
“Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate
to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the
fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the
Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided , that upon a
redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
“Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount
(if positive) equal to (x) the Company’s
“Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the
Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair
market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of
such redesignation, (ii) any property transferred to or from
an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value
at the time of such transfer, and (iii) in each case under
clause (i) or (ii) above, fair market value shall be as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. Guarantees
shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any Investment
outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such
Investment, reduced (at the Company’s option) by any
dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital,
repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such
Investment; provided , that to the extent that the amount of
Restricted Payments outstanding at any time is so reduced by any
portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be
included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such
portion of such amount or value shall not be so included for
purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may
be made pursuant to Section 409(a) .
“
Investors ” means CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A., Field
Holdings, Inc., the Coors Stockholders, the TPG Entities and any of
their respective successors in interest.
“
Issue Date ” means June 16, 2009, the date on
which Initial Notes were issued.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature
thereof).
“
Management Advances ” means (1) loans or advances
made to directors, officers or employees of GPC, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment
or moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (y) in respect of moving-related expenses incurred
in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, or
(z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of
this clause (z)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate
outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management
Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management
Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Guarantees, or
(4) other Guarantees of borrowings by Management Investors
in
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connection with
the purchase of Management Stock, which Guarantees are permitted
under Section 407 .
“
Management Guarantees ” means guarantees (x) of
up to an aggregate principal amount of $10.0 million of
borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their
purchase of Management Stock or (y) made on behalf of, or in
respect of loans or advances made to, directors, officers or
employees of GPC, Holding, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(1) in respect of travel, entertainment and moving-related
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or
(2) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of
this clause (2)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate
outstanding at any time.
“
Management Investors ” means the officers, directors,
employees and other members of the management of Holding, GPC, the
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members
or relatives thereof, or trusts or partnerships for the benefit of
any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors
and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have
the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the
Company, Holding or GPC.
“
Management Stock ” means Capital Stock of the Company
or GPC (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect
thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., and its successors.
“
Net Available Cash ” from an Asset Disposition means
cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way
of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but
excluding any other consideration received in the form of
assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other
obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the
subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash
form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and
recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses
incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local
taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as
a consequence of such Asset Disposition (including as a consequence
of any transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof
in accordance with Section 411 ), (ii) all
payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on
any Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to such
Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon
such assets, or that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a
necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law,
be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition, (iii)
all distributions and other payments required to be made to
minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a
result of such Asset Disposition, or to any other Person (other
than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial
interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and
(iv) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets
disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition,
including pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities
relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such
Asset Disposition.
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“
Net Cash Proceeds ,” with respect to any issuance or
sale of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary by the
Company or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, means the
cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or contribution net of
attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’
or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and
brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in
connection with such issuance, sale or contribution and net of
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“
Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S.
person, as defined in Regulation S.
“
Note Guarantee ” means a Parent Guarantee or a
Subsidiary Guarantee.
“
Note Guarantor ” means a Parent Guarantor or a
Subsidiary Guarantor.
“
Notes ” means the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes,
the Exchange Notes and any notes issued in respect thereof pursuant
to Section 304 , 305 , 306 ,
312(c) , 312(d) or 1008 .
“
Officer ” means, with respect to the Company or any
other obligor upon the Notes, the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial
Officer, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the
Secretary (a) of such Person or (b) if such Person is
owned or managed by a single entity, of such entity (or any other
individual designated as an “Officer” for the purposes
of this Indenture by the Board of Directors).
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, a certificate
signed by one Officer of such Person.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from
legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The
counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the
Trustee.
“
Original Notes ” means the Initial Notes and any
Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“
Outstanding ” when used with respect to Notes means,
as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(ii) Notes for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the Holders of such Notes, provided that, if such Notes
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Notes in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture.
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A
Note does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company holds the Note, provided that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of
Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the purpose of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that
the pledgee is not the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
“
Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on any Notes on behalf of the Company; provided that neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for
purposes of Section 1102 or Section 1205 .
The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent for the
Notes.
“
Permitted Holder ” means any of the following:
(i) any of the Investors, Management Investors, CDR, the TPG
Entities and their respective Affiliates; (ii) any investment
fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by CDR, TPG or any
Investor or Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to
any such investment fund or vehicle; and (iii) any Person
acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a
public or private offering of Capital Stock of Holding or the
Company.
“
Permitted Investment ” means an Investment by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or consisting of, any of
the following:
(i) a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company, or a Person that will, upon the making of
such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) another
Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is
merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or
substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) Temporary
Cash Investments or Cash Equivalents;
(iv) receivables
owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or
acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(v) any securities
or other Investments received as consideration in, or retained in
connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets,
including Asset Dispositions made in compliance with
Section 411 ;
(vi) securities or
other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the
ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or
enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of
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judgments,
including in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other
reorganization of another Person;
(vii) Investments
in existence or made pursuant to legally binding written
commitments in existence on the Issue Date;
(viii) Currency
Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and
related Hedging Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in
compliance with Section 407 ;
(ix) pledges or
deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities provided to
third parties in the ordinary course of business or
(y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted
Liens” or made in connection with Liens permitted under
Section 413 ;
(x)
(1) Investments in any Receivables Subsidiary, or in
connection with a Financing Disposition by or to any Receivables
Entity, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted
or required by the arrangements governing such Financing
Disposition or any related Indebtedness, or (2) any promissory
note issued by the Company, GPC or Holding, provided that if
Holding or GPC receives cash from the relevant Receivables Entity
in exchange for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by
Holding or GPC to the Company;
(xi) bonds secured
by assets leased to and operated by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of
such assets so long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may
obtain title to such assets at any time by paying a nominal fee,
canceling such bonds and terminating the transaction;
(xiii) any
Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock), or Capital Stock of Holding or
GPC, as consideration;
(xiv) Management
Advances; and
(xv) other
Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to
exceed 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.
“
Permitted Liens ” means:
(i) Liens for
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent
or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or that are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or a Subsidiary
thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
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(ii)
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of
obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than
60 days or that are bonded or that are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(iii) pledges,
deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security and other similar
legislation or other insurance-related obligations (including
pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements);
(iv) pledges,
deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
trade, government or other contracts (other than for borrowed
money), obligations for utilities, leases, licenses, statutory
obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or
performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or obligations,
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(v) easements
(including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way,
building, zoning and similar restrictions, utility agreements,
covenants, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, charges, and
other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or
subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business,
which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vi) Liens
existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing
on, the Issue Date, or (in the case of any such Liens securing
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries existing or
arising under written arrangements existing on the Issue Date)
securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such
Indebtedness so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing
Indebtedness is limited to all or part of the same property or
assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or
distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under such
written arrangements could secure) the original
Indebtedness;
(vii)
(a) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions,
encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed
by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over
which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has
easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or
similar agreements relating thereto and (b) any condemnation
or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real
property;
(viii) Liens
securing Hedging Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or
Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with
Section 407 ;
(ix) Liens arising
out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the
Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings
for review, which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally
terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or
proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
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(x) Leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses to third parties;
(xi) Liens
securing (1) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with
Section 407(b)(i) , Section 407(b)(iv) ,
Section 407(b)(vii) , Section 407(b)(viii)(e) ,
Section 407(b)(x) , Section 407(b)(xi) , or
Section 407(b)(iii) (other than Refinancing Indebtedness
Incurred in respect of Indebtedness described in
Section 407(a) ), (2) Bank Indebtedness,
(3) the Existing Notes (but only to the extent the Notes are
secured equally and ratably with the Existing Notes) and the Notes,
(4) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Note Guarantor, (5) Indebtedness or other obligations of any
Receivables Entity or (6) obligations in respect of Management
Advances or Management Guarantees;
(xii) Liens
existing on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary of the Company (or at the time the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary acquires such property or assets, including
any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided ,
however , that such Liens are not created in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a
Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and
that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or
assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or
distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the
written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure)
the obligations to which such Liens relate;
(xiii) Liens on
Capital Stock or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
(xiv) any
encumbrance or restriction (including put and call agreements) with
respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar
arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar
agreement;
(xv) Liens
securing Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any
Indebtedness secured by, or securing any refinancing, refunding,
extension, renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any
other obligation secured by, any other Permitted Liens,
provided that any such new Lien is limited to all or part of
the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions,
proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that
secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the
original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such
Liens relate; and
(xvi) Liens
(a) arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same
effect) in the ordinary course of business, (b) on property or
assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a
contractor or developer or arising from progress or partial
payments by a third party relating to such property or assets,
(c) on receivables (including related rights), (d) on
cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness or
government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to
the extent that such cash or government securities prefund the
payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow
account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose,
(e) securing or arising by reason of any netting or set-off
arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other
trading activities, (f) in favor of the Company or
any
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Subsidiary
(other than Liens on property or assets of the Company in favor of
any Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor) or (g) arising
out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary
course of business.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.
“
Place of Payment ” means a city or any political
subdivision thereof referred to in Article 3 and
initially designated under Section 402 .
“
Predecessor Notes ” of any particular Note means every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 306 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
“
Preferred Stock ” as applied to the Capital Stock of
any corporation means Capital Stock of any class or classes
(however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the
payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of
such corporation.
“
Purchase Money Obligations ” means any Indebtedness
Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing,
construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or
assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such
property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any
Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.
“
QIB ” or “ Qualified Institutional Buyer
” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as
that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act.
“
Receivable ” means a right to receive payment arising
from a sale or lease of goods or services by a Person pursuant to
an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other
Person is obligated to pay for goods or services under terms that
permit the purchase of such goods and services on credit, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“
Receivables Entity ” means (x) any Receivables
Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged in the
business of acquiring, selling, collecting financing or refinancing
Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts
and/or other receivables, and/or related assets.
“
Receivables Fees ” means distributions or payments
made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any
participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other
fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with, any Receivables Financing.
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“
Receivables Financing ” means any financing of
Receivables of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have
been transferred to a Receivables Entity in a Financing
Disposition.
“
Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the
Company that (a) is engaged solely in the business of
acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing
Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts
and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by
chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds
thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and
other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities
incidental or related to such business, and (b) is designated
as a “Receivables Subsidiary” by the Board of
Directors.
“
Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note
to be redeemed or purchased means the date fixed for such
redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
“
refinance ” means refinance, refund, replace, renew,
repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute, supplement, reissue,
resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge
mechanism); and the terms “ refinances ,”
“ refinanced ” and “ refinancing
” as used for any purpose in this Indenture shall have a
correlative meaning.
“
Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is
Incurred to refinance any Indebtedness existing on the date of this
Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including
Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this Indenture)
and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including
Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided , that (1) if the Indebtedness being
refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a final Stated
Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that
is equal to or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the
Indebtedness being refinanced (or if shorter, the Notes),
(2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate
principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an
aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of
(x) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original
issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of
the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus (y) fees, underwriting
discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in
connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness and
(3) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include
(x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note
Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company that could
not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 407 or (y) Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“
Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose in
Section 301 .
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
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“
Regulation S Certificate ” means a certificate
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
.
“
Related Business ” means those businesses in which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the date of this
Indenture, or that are related, complementary, incidental or
ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions
thereof.
“
Related Taxes ” means (x) any taxes, charges or
assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer,
rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption,
franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise,
occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments
(other than federal, state or local taxes measured by income and
federal, state or local withholding imposed on payments made by
Holding or GPC), required to be paid by Holding or GPC by virtue of
its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not
by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any
corporation or other entity other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), or being a holding company parent of the Company or
receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the
Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or having
guaranteed any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof, or having made any payment in respect of any of the items
for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted to
make payments to Holding or GPC pursuant to Section 409
or acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, prosecuting,
protecting or defending its intellectual property and associated
rights (including but not limited to receiving or paying royalties
for the use thereof) relating to the business or businesses of the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, or (y) any other federal,
state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income for
which Holding or GPC is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with
respect to federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the
Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a
separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the
Company had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated
group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code or an analogous
provision of state, local or foreign law) of which it were the
common parent, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount
of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have
been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a combined
basis as if the Company had filed a combined return on behalf of an
affiliated group consisting only of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
“
Resale Restriction Termination Date ” means, with
respect to any Note, the date that is one year (or such other
period as may hereafter be provided under Rule 144(d)(1)(ii)
under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto as
permitting the resale by non-affiliates of Restricted Securities
without restriction) after the later of the original issue date in
respect of such Note and the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any
Predecessor Note thereto).
“
Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the
Trustee means the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of
directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee
of the board of directors, the president, any vice president or
assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary,
the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant
cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the
controller and any assistant controller or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by
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any of the
above designated officers and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“
Restricted Global Note ” means one or more Global
Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend.
“
Restricted Payment Transaction ” means any Restricted
Payment permitted pursuant to Section 409 , any
Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment or any transaction
specifically excluded from the definition of the term
“Restricted Payment.”
“
Restricted Security ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act;
provided , however , that the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively rely on an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a
Restricted Security.
“
Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors.
“
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Senior Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement,
dated as of May 16, 2007, among the Company, the guarantors
party thereto, the banks and other financial institutions party
thereto as lenders from time to time, Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent, and the other parties thereto, as such
agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured,
replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time
(whether in whole or in part, whether with the original
administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or
otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Credit
Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise).
“
Senior Credit Facility ” means the collective
reference to the Senior Credit Agreement, any Loan Documents (as
defined therein), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant
thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and
trademark security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit
applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security
agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments and
documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with
any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended,
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or
refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid,
increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in
part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents
and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original
Senior Credit Agreement or one or more other credit agreements,
indentures (including this Indenture) or financing agreements or
otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
term “Senior Credit Facility” shall include
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any agreement
(i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred
thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries
of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder,
(iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred
thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or
(iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions
thereof.
“
Senior Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than, in the case of the
Company, Subordinated Obligations and, in the case of any Note
Guarantor, Guarantor Subordinated Obligations.
“
Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning
given to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Significant Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Domestic
Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted
Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” of
the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under
Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the
Issue Date.
“
Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307 .
“
Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security,
the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the
payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any
provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the
option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any
contingency).
“
Subordinated Obligations ” means any Indebtedness of
the Company (whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or
thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation,
association, partnership or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or
other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such
Person or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“
Subsidiary Guarantee ” means any guarantee that may
from time to time be entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to Section 414 .
“
Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that enters into a Subsidiary Guarantee.
“
Supplemental Indenture ” means a Supplemental
Indenture, to be entered into substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D .
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“
Temporary Cash Investments ” means any of the
following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof or (y) direct obligations of
any foreign country recognized by the United States of America
rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by
Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by
such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized
rating organization), (ii) overnight bank deposits, and
investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit,
bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with
respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more
than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by
(x) any lender under the Senior Credit Agreement or (y) a
bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America having capital and
surplus aggregating in excess of $250 million (or the foreign
currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at
least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by
Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by
such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized
rating organization) at the time such Investment is made,
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
30 days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting
the qualifications described in clause (ii) above,
(iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than
270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other
than of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at
the time as of which any Investment therein is made of
“P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or
“A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either
case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no
rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of
such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization),
(v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year
after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any
state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America,
or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and
rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by
Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by
such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized
rating organization), (vi) Preferred Stock (other than that of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of
“A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher
by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating
by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s
then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally
recognized rating organization), (vii) investment funds
investing 95% of their assets in securities of the type described
in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable
amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution),
(viii) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by
a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and
located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in
each case, having capital and surplus in excess of
$250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or
investments in money market funds complying with the risk limiting
conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the SEC
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
(ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in
the ordinary course of business.
“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-7bbbb) as in effect on the Issue
Date.
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“
TPG ” means TPG Capital, Inc.
“
TPG Entities ” means TPG Bluegrass IV — AIV 1,
LP, TPG Bluegrass IV — AIV 2, LP, TPG FOF V-A, LP, TPG FOF
V-B, LP, TPG Bluegrass V — AIV 1, LP, and TPG Bluegrass V
— AIV 2, LP.
“
Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person,
any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to
trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person
arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
acquisition of goods or services.
“
Transactions ” means, collectively, any or all of the
following:
(a) the entry into
this Indenture, the offer and issuance of the Notes, and the
provision of the Parent Guarantees by the Parent Guarantors and the
Subsidiary Guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(b) the
consummation of any tender offer for, or redemption and/or other
acquisition or retirement of, any Existing Senior Notes;
and
(c) all other
transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of
fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing).
“
Trust Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the
President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“
Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it and,
thereafter, means the successor.
“
Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that is
an Unrestricted Note.
“
Unrestricted Notes ” means one or more Notes that do
not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend
including, without limitation, the Exchange Notes, any Notes
registered under the Securities Act pursuant to and in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement, any Notes from which the
Private Placement Legend has been removed in accordance with
Section 313(h).
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (i) any
Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in
the manner provided below, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any
Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly
formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital
Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property
of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated;
provided , that (A) such designation was made at or
prior to the Issue Date, or (B) the Subsidiary to be so
designated has total consolidated
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assets of
$1,000 or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated
assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be
permitted under Section 409 . The Board of Directors
may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided , that immediately after giving effect
to such designation either (x) the Company could Incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under
Section 407(a) or (y) the Consolidated Coverage
Ratio would be greater than it was immediately prior to giving
effect to such designation. Any such designation by the Board of
Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with
the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Company’s Board
of Directors giving effect to such designation and an
Officer’s Certificate of the Company certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“
U.S. Government Obligation ” means (x) any
security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States
of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of
the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case
under the preceding clause (i) or (ii), is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any
depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any U.S. Government Obligation that is specified in
clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the
holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific
payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation that is so specified and held, 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
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment
of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“
Vice President ,” when used with respect to any
Person, means any vice president of such Person, whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the
title “vice president.”
“
Voting Stock ” of an entity means all classes of
Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and normally entitled
to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such
entity with the ability to control the management or actions of
such entity.
Section 102.
Other Definitions .
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312
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601
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411
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Date”
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313
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“Parent Guaranteed
Obligations”
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1301
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Obligation”
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Section 103.
Rules of Construction . For all purposes of this indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) the terms
defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in
this Indenture;
(2) “
or ” is not exclusive;
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(3) all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with GAAP;
(4) the words
“ herein ,” “ hereof ” and
“ hereunder ” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision;
(5) all references
to “ $ ” or “ dollars ” shall
refer to the lawful currency of the United States of
America;
(6) the words
“ include ,” “ included ” and
“ including ,” as used herein, shall be deemed
in each case to be followed by the phrase “ without
limitation ,” if not expressly followed by such phrase or
the phrase “but not limited to”;
(7) words in the
singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular; and
(8) any reference
to a Section or Article refers to such Section or Article of this
Indenture.
Section 104.
Incorporation by Reference of TIA . Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture is
subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Any
terms incorporated by reference in this Indenture that are defined
by the TIA, defined by any TIA reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule under the TIA, have the meanings so assigned to
them therein. The following TIA terms have the following
meanings:
“
indenture securities ” means the Notes.
“
indenture security holder ” means a Holder.
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture.
“
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee.
“
obligor ” on the indenture securities means the
Company, any other Note Guarantor, and any other obligor on the
indenture securities.
Section 105.
Conflict with TIA . If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA that is required
under the TIA to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so
modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed (i) to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or (ii) to be excluded,
as the case may be.
Section 106.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions . Upon any application
or request by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes
(including any Note Guarantor), to the Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or
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other obligor
(including any Note Guarantor), as the case may be, shall furnish
to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required
under the TIA. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be
given by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the TIA and any
other requirements set forth in this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to
which the furnishing of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion
of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates
provided for in Section 406 ) shall include:
(1) a statement
that the individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement
that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section 107.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers to the
effect that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that
the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where
any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
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Section 108.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates .
(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 agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as the case may
be. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 701 )
conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and any other
obligor upon the Notes, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 108 .
(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 an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership or
other entity, on behalf of such corporation or partnership or other
entity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of such Person’s authority. The fact and
date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in
any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(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 the Holder of
every Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be
done by the Trustee, the Company or any other obligor upon the
Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action
is made upon such Note.
(e) (i) The
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make
or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes,
provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and
the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to,
the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on
such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and no other
Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or
not such Persons remain Holders after such record date;
provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder
unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on
such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person
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be cancelled
and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company, at its expense, shall cause notice of such
record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110
.
(ii) The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in
the giving or making of (A) any Notice of Default,
(B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 602 , (C) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 607(ii) or
(D) any direction referred to in Section 612 , in each
case with respect to Notes. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record
date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such
notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that
no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner
set forth in Section 110 .
(iii) With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section 108 , the party hereto that sets such record
dates may designate any day as the “ Expiration Date
” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any
earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be
effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is
given to the Company or the Trustee, whichever such party is not
setting a record date pursuant to this Section 108(e) in
writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in
Section 110 , on or prior to the existing Expiration
Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any
record date set pursuant to this Section 108 , the
party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have
initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to
change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later
than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
(iv) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder 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,
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Section 109.
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders
or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by
any Holder or by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at EX-GA-ATPT,
1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050,
Atlanta, GA 30309 Attention: Muriel Shaw (telephone:
(404) 898-8822; telecopier: (404) 898-8844) or at any
other address furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee,
or
(2) the Company by
the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company addressed, as the case may be, to at Riverwood
International Corporation, 814 Livingston Court, Marietta, Georgia
30067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telephone:
(770) 644-3000; telecopier: (770) 644-2935), with copies
to Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree
Street, Atlanta, GA 30392, Attention: William Scott Ortwein, Esq.
and Justin R. Howard, Esq. (telephone: (404) 881-7000;
telecopier: (404) 881-7777), or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 110.
Notices to Holders; Waiver . Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it
appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of
such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In
case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail notice of
any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) shall constitute a
sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 111.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
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Section 112.
Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 113.
Separability Clause . In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 114.
Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and
the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
Section 115.
GOVERNING LAW . THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN
RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE
HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.
Section 116.
Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Note shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of
interest or principal and premium (if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.
Section 117.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees,
Incorporators and Stockholders . No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any
Note Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall have any
liability for any obligation of the Company or any Note Guarantor
under this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee, or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation
or its creation. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 118.
Exhibits and Schedules . All exhibits and schedules attached
hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same
effect as if herein set forth in full.
Section 119.
Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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Section 201.
Forms Generally . The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in
substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this
Article 2 and Exhibit A annexed hereto,
which Exhibit is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part
of this Indenture. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions, notations, legends, endorsements,
identifications and other variations as are required or permitted
by law, stock exchange rule or Depositary rule or usage, agreements
to which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage,
or as may consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of
the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by such execution (
provided always that any such notation, legend, endorsement,
identification or variation is in a form acceptable to the
Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part
of the terms of this Indenture. Any portion of the text of any Note
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate
reference thereto on the face of the Note.
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance
on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall, unless (in the
case of Additional Notes) the Company otherwise notifies the
Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent
global Notes in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A (each, a “ U.S. Global Note
”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of a U.S. Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as
hereinafter provided.
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities
Act shall, unless (in the case of Additional Notes) the Company
otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of
one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit A (each, an “ Offshore Global
Note ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of an Offshore Global Note may from time to time
be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as
hereinafter provided.
Notes
initially issued to or transferred to affiliates (as defined in
Rule 405) of the Company or Institutional Accredited Investors
pursuant to Section 313 shall only be issued in the
form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “
U.S. Restricted Physical Notes ”). For the avoidance
of doubt, unless and until exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold
in connection with an effective Shelf Registration Statement,
affiliates of the Company may only hold an interest in Notes in the
form of permanent certificated Notes and are prohibited from taking
a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes.
The
U.S. Physical Notes and Offshore Physical Notes shall be construed
to include any certificated Notes issued in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 or
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Global Notes and Offshore Global Notes shall be construed to
include any global Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 304 , 305 , 306 or 1008 .
The Offshore Physical Notes and the U.S. Physical Notes, together
with any other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant
to this Indenture, are sometimes collectively herein referred to as
the “ Physical Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes
and the Offshore Global Notes, together with any other global Notes
that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture are
sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Global
Notes .”
Exchange
Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A and, subject to Section 312(b) ,
shall be in the form of one or more Global Notes.
Section 202.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of
authentication in substantially the following form:
This
is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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If an appointment
of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to
Section 714 , the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in
lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the
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Section 203.
Restrictive and Global Note Legends . Each Global Note and
Physical Note shall be Restricted Securities and bear the following
legend set forth below (the “ Private Placement Legend
”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is
removed or not required in accordance with
Section 313(4) :
THE NOTES HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS
SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS
SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A
U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,
(2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL
ISSUE HEREOF ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE
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ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE
TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM.
Each
Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, Restricted Global Note
or Unrestricted Global Note shall also bear the following legend on
the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“
DTC ”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF
THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS
GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF
THE INDENTURE.
Each Note shall
also bear the following legend on the face thereof (the “
OID Legend ”):
THE NOTES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE
AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THE NOTES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES, (2) THE
AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTES AND (3) THE
YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTES.
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Section 301.
Title and Terms . The aggregate principal amount of Notes
that may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this
Indenture is not limited. The Initial Notes will be issued in an
aggregate principal amount of $245.0 million. All the Notes
shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class, and
none of the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter. Additional Notes
(including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will
vote (or consent) as a class with the other Notes and otherwise be
treated as Notes for all purposes of this Indenture.
The
Notes shall be known and designated as the “ 9.50 % Senior
Notes Due 2017 ” of the Company. The final Stated
Maturity of the Notes shall be June 15, 2017. Interest on the
Outstanding principal amount of Notes will accrue at the rate of
9.50 % per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on
June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing on
December 15, 2009, to holders of record on the immediately
preceding June 1 and December 1, respectively (each such June
1 and December 1, a “ Regular Record Date
”). Interest on the Original Notes will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for
or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date; and interest
on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in exchange
therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for or, if no interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of
issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of
such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such date
of issuance; provided , that if any Note is surrendered for
exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date
that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest on
the Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of
such Interest Payment Date.
The
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, on the Notes shall
be payable, and the Notes may be exchanged or transferred, at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall
be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (which, for the
avoidance of doubt, need not be located in Manhattan)) (the “
Place of Payment ”); provided , however
, that at the option of the Company payment of interest on a Note
may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register.
Section 302.
Denominations . The Notes shall be issuable only in fully
registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of
$2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000.
Section 303.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating . The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one Officer of
the Company. The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be
manual or facsimile.
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Notes
bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was
at any time a proper Officer of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such office at the date of such Notes.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver (i) Initial Notes for original issue
in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $245.0 million
and (ii) Additional Notes in one or more series from time to
time for original issue in aggregate principal amounts specified by
the Company and (iii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in
exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or Initial
Additional Notes, in each case specified in clauses
(i) through (iii) above, upon a written order of the
Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the
Company (an “ Authentication Order ”). Such
Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes,
Additional Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be
issued as one or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such other
information as the Company may include or the Trustee may
reasonably request.
All
Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No
Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by manual signature,
and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder.
Section 304.
Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate, temporary
Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the
Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the
temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the
Company shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Notes of the same series and tenor.
Section 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “
Note Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of
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Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“ Note Registrar ” for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein
provided.
Upon
surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment, in compliance with all applicable
requirements of this Indenture and applicable law, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount.
At
the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All
Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every
Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly executed,
by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Company may require pay
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