Back to top

INDENTURE

Indenture Agreement

INDENTURE | Document Parties: MGM MIRAGE You are currently viewing:
This Indenture Agreement involves

MGM MIRAGE

. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here.
Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 6/22/2005
Industry: Hotels and Motels     Sector: Services

INDENTURE, Parties: mgm mirage
50 of the Top 250 law firms use our Products every day
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

MGM MIRAGE

$500,000,000 6.625% Senior Notes due 2015

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 20, 2005

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.02

 

OTHER DEFINITIONS

 

 

9

 

 

 

SECTION 1.03

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT

 

 

10

 

 

 

SECTION 1.04

 

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE NOTES

 

 

11

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01

 

FORM AND DATING

 

 

11

 

 

 

SECTION 2.02

 

EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION

 

 

12

 

 

 

SECTION 2.03

 

REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND DEPOSITARY

 

 

12

 

 

 

SECTION 2.04

 

PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST

 

 

12

 

 

 

SECTION 2.05

 

HOLDER LISTS

 

 

13

 

 

 

SECTION 2.06

 

TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

 

13

 

 

 

SECTION 2.07

 

REPLACEMENT NOTES

 

 

22

 

 

 

SECTION 2.08

 

OUTSTANDING NOTES

 

 

23

 

 

 

SECTION 2.09

 

INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

 

 

23

 

 

 

SECTION 2.10

 

TEMPORARY NOTES

 

 

23

 

 

 

SECTION 2.11

 

CANCELLATION

 

 

23

 

 

 

SECTION 2.12

 

DEFAULTED INTEREST

 

 

24

 

 

 

SECTION 2.13

 

CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE NUMBERS

 

 

24

 

 

 

SECTION 2.14

 

ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION

 

 

25

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01

 

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

 

 

25

 

 

 

SECTION 3.02

 

ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE

 

 

26

 

 

 

SECTION 3.03

 

SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED

 

 

26

 

 

 

SECTION 3.04

 

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

 

27

 

 

 

SECTION 3.05

 

DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

 

 

27

 

 

 

SECTION 3.06

 

NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

 

 

27

 

 

 

SECTION 3.07

 

NOTES REDEEMED IN PART

 

 

28

 

 

 

SECTION 3.08

 

MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF NOTES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS

 

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01

 

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

 

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 4.02

 

REPORTS

 

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 4.03

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE

 

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 4.04

 

MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

 

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 4.05

 

MONEY FOR NOTES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

 

 

30

 

 

 

SECTION 4.06

 

CORPORATE EXISTENCE

 

 

31

 

 

 

SECTION 4.07

 

WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

 

31

 

 

 

SECTION 4.08

 

GUARANTEE

 

 

31

 

 

 

SECTION 4.09

 

GAMING APPROVALS

 

 

32

 

 

 

SECTION 4.10

 

LIMITATION ON LIENS

 

 

32

 

 

 

SECTION 4.11

 

LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

34

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01

 

COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

 

 

34

 

 

 

SECTION 5.02

 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

34

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

34

 

i


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

SECTION 6.02

 

ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT

 

 

35

 

 

 

SECTION 6.03

 

COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE

 

 

36

 

 

 

SECTION 6.04

 

TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

 

 

37

 

 

 

SECTION 6.05

 

TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

37

 

 

 

SECTION 6.06

 

APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED

 

 

38

 

 

 

SECTION 6.07

 

LIMITATION ON SUITS

 

 

38

 

 

 

SECTION 6.08

 

UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

 

 

38

 

 

 

SECTION 6.09

 

RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6.10

 

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

 

 

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6.11

 

DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER

 

 

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6.12

 

CONTROL BY HOLDERS

 

 

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6.13

 

WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

 

 

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6.14

 

UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

 

 

40

 

 

 

SECTION 6.15

 

WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS

 

 

40

 

 

 

SECTION 6.16

 

DISQUALIFIED HOLDERS

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE

 

 

40

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01

 

CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

 

40

 

 

 

SECTION 7.02

 

NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

 

 

41

 

 

 

SECTION 7.03

 

CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

 

 

42

 

 

 

SECTION 7.04

 

NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF NOTES

 

 

43

 

 

 

SECTION 7.05

 

MAY HOLD NOTES

 

 

43

 

 

 

SECTION 7.06

 

MONEY HELD IN TRUST

 

 

43

 

 

 

SECTION 7.07

 

COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

43

 

 

 

SECTION 7.08

 

DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS

 

 

44

 

 

 

SECTION 7.09

 

CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY

 

 

44

 

 

 

SECTION 7.10

 

RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR

 

 

44

 

 

 

SECTION 7.11

 

ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR

 

 

45

 

 

 

SECTION 7.12

 

MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS

 

 

45

 

 

 

SECTION 7.13

 

PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY

 

 

46

 

 

 

SECTION 7.14

 

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT

 

 

46

 

 

 

SECTION 7.15

 

PAYING AGENT; REGISTRAR

 

 

47

 

 

 

SECTION 7.16

 

REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

 

 

48

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

48

 

 

 

SECTION 8.02

 

APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

 

 

49

 

 

 

SECTION 8.03

 

APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

 

 

49

 

 

 

SECTION 8.04

 

DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

 

50

 

 

 

SECTION 8.05

 

DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

 

 

51

 

 

 

SECTION 8.06

 

REPAYMENT TO COMPANY

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

51

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

51

 

 

 

SECTION 9.02

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

52

 

 

 

SECTION 9.03

 

EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

53

 

 

 

SECTION 9.04

 

EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

53

 

 

 

SECTION 9.05

 

CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

 

 

53

 

 

 

SECTION 9.06

 

REFERENCE IN NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

53

 

ii


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE X NOTE GUARANTEES

 

 

54

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01

 

GUARANTEE

 

 

54

 

 

 

SECTION 10.02

 

EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE

 

 

55

 

 

 

SECTION 10.03

 

LIMITATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR’S LIABILITY

 

 

55

 

 

 

SECTION 10.04

 

CONTRIBUTION

 

 

55

 

 

 

SECTION 10.05

 

RIGHTS UNDER THE GUARANTEE

 

 

55

 

 

 

SECTION 10.06

 

PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS

 

 

56

 

 

 

SECTION 10.07

 

WAIVERS

 

 

56

 

 

 

SECTION 10.08

 

RELEASES

 

 

57

 

 

 

SECTION 10.09

 

NO ELECTION

 

 

57

 

 

 

SECTION 10.10

 

FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COMPANY

 

 

57

 

 

 

SECTION 10.11

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

58

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01

 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS

 

 

58

 

 

 

SECTION 11.02

 

NOTICES

 

 

58

 

 

 

SECTION 11.03

 

COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS

 

 

59

 

 

 

SECTION 11.04

 

CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

59

 

 

 

SECTION 11.05

 

STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION

 

 

59

 

 

 

SECTION 11.06

 

RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR

 

 

59

 

 

 

SECTION 11.07

 

BUSINESS DAYS

 

 

59

 

 

 

SECTION 11.08

 

GOVERNING LAW

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.09

 

NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.10

 

SUCCESSORS

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.11

 

MULTIPLE ORIGINALS

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.12

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.13

 

SEVERABILITY

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.14

 

NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 11.15

 

NO PARENT LIABILITY

 

 

61

 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A – FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE
EXHIBIT B – FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
EXHIBIT C – FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
EXHIBIT D – FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
EXHIBIT E – FORM OF GUARANTEE ENDORSEMENT
EXHIBIT F – FORM OF JOINDER

iii


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

 

 

 

TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

310

 

(a)(1)

 

7.09

 

 

(a)(2)

 

7.09

 

 

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

 

(a)(5)

 

7.09

 

 

(b)

 

7.08

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

311

 

(a)

 

7.13

 

 

(b)

 

7.13

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

312

 

(a)

 

2.05

 

 

(b)

 

11.03

 

 

(c)

 

11.03

313

 

(a)

 

7.17

 

 

(b)(1)

 

7.17

 

 

(b)(2)

 

7.17

 

 

(c)

 

7.17;11.02

 

 

(d)

 

7.17

314

 

(a)

 

4.02

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

(c)(1)

 

11.04

 

 

(c)(2)

 

11.04

 

 

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

(d)

 

N.A.

 

 

(e)

 

11.05

 

 

(f)

 

N.A.

315

 

(a)

 

7.01

 

 

(b)

 

7.02; 11.01

 

 

(c)

 

7.01

 

 

(d)

 

7.01

 

 

(e)

 

6.14

316

 

(a)(last sentence)

 

2.08

 

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.12

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.13

 

 

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

 

 

(b)

 

6.08

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

317

 

(a)(1)

 

6.03

 

 

(a)(2)

 

6.04

 

 

(b)

 

2.04

318

 

(a)

 

11.01

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

(c)

 

1.03

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

iv


 

     INDENTURE dated as of June 20, 2005, among MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Trustee ”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-1419.

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2015 issued on the Closing Date (the “ Initial Notes ”), (ii) any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued on any other Issue Date and (iii) if and when issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein), any Exchange Notes (as defined herein) or Private Exchange Notes (as defined herein) issued in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes (all such Notes in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to collectively as the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

      SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.

     “ Additional Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ Additional Notes ” means Notes issued in accordance with Section 2.14.

     “ 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” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as 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 agreement or otherwise.

     “ Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or additional paying agent.

     “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange at the relevant time.

     “ Attributable Debt’ ’ with respect to any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is subject to the restrictions under Section 4.11 below, means the present value of the minimum rental payments called for during the term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended), determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease, the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased assets.

     “ Authenticating Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.

     “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

     “ Beneficiaries ” means the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee.

     “ Board of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors (or any similar governing body) of such Person, or unless the context otherwise requires, any authorized committee of the Board of Directors (or such body) of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     “ Board Resolution ” means, with respect to the Company, a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 


 

     “ Broker-Dealer ” means any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in any Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities.

     “ Business Day ” means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in Nevada or New York are authorized or obligated by law to close.

      “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, Luxembourg.

     “ Closing Date ” means June 20, 2005.

     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

     “ Company ” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

     “ Company Request ” and “ Company Order ” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means the total amount of assets (including investments in Joint Ventures) of the Company and its Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves) after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding (i) the current portion of long-term Indebtedness, (ii) intercompany liabilities and (iii) any liabilities which are by their terms renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months from the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed) and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and any other like intangibles, all as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company for the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 or any other office specified by the Trustee from time to time pursuant to such Section.

     “ corporation ” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

     “ Credit Facility ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, among the Company, as Borrower and Detroit, as Co-Borrower, the Banks, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agents and Co-Documentation Agents therein named, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (and their successors and assigns from time to time party thereto), including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in each case as amended, modified, renewed, extended, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

     “ Default ” means any event that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would be an Event of Default.

     “ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.

     “ Definitive Note ” means one or more certificated Notes registered in the name of the Holder thereof, issued in accordance with Section 2.06, and in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

2


 

     “ Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the person specified in or pursuant to Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” means or includes such successor.

     “ Detroit ” means MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

     “ Distribution Compliance Period ” means the 40-day Distribution Compliance Period provided for in Regulation S.

     “ Discharged ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04.

     “ Disqualified Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.

     “ Dollar ” or “ $ ” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States that, at the time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

     “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear system.

     “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” means a registration statement in respect of Exchange Notes prepared pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ Exchange Notes ” means, if and when issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, Notes of the Company guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors and issued in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes with terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes or Additional Notes for which such Notes were exchanged.

     “ Excluded Subsidiary ” means Detroit and its Subsidiaries (including MGM Grand Detroit II, LLC), MGMM Insurance Company, a Vermont corporation, Circus Circus Finance I, a Delaware trust, Circus Circus Finance II, a Delaware trust, Circus Circus New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Go Vegas, a Nevada corporation, Gold Strike Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Jean Development North, a Nevada partnership, Lakeview Gaming Partnerships Joint Venture, a Nevada partnership, Mandalay Vacation Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation, MBG Insurance, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, MGM MIRAGE Online, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Nevada Landing Partnership, a Nevada partnership, Pine Hills Development II, a Mississippi partnership, Revive Partners, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, M3 Nevada Insurance Company, a Nevada corporation, and other Subsidiaries that may from time to time become Excluded Subsidiaries (if such other Subsidiaries are not guarantors of the Company’s other Indebtedness, and are not subject to any covenants in, or Liens securing, the Credit Facility or the Existing Senior Notes), and the Company’s non-U.S. Subsidiaries whose only tangible assets are located in foreign nations and their U.S. holding companies, provided such holding companies have no other assets or operations and provided that except for Detroit to the extent of any amounts of proceeds of borrowings under the Credit Facility made available to Detroit, if any Excluded Subsidiary becomes subject to the covenants in the Credit Facility applicable to the Subsidiary Guarantors or grants any Liens to secure the Credit Facility, or if any Excluded Subsidiary guarantees or grants any Liens to secure any of the Existing Senior Notes, such Excluded Subsidiary will thereafter not be an Excluded Subsidiary.

     “ Existing Senior Notes ” means (i) the Company’s 6.0% Senior Notes due 2009 in the original aggregate principal amount of $600 million, (ii) the Company’s 6.0% Senior Notes due 2009 in the original aggregate amount of $450 million, (iii) the Company’s 8.50% Senior Notes due 2010 in the original aggregate principal amount of $850 million, (iv) the Company’s 6.75% Senior Notes due 2012 in the original aggregate principal amount of $550 million, (v) the Company’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2014 in the original aggregate principal amount of $225 million, (vi) the Company ‘s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2014 in the original aggregate principal amount of $300

3


 

million, (vii) the Mandalay Notes and (viii) the Mirage Notes (in each case, including any guarantees thereof by any Subsidiary Guarantors).

     “ Funded Debt ” means all Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor which (i) matures by its terms on, or is renewable at the option of any obligor thereon to, a date more than one year after the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness and (ii) ranks at least pari passu with the Notes or the applicable Guarantee.

     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, 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 pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

     “ Gaming Authority ” means the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the Detroit City Council, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Illinois Gaming Board or any similar commission or agency which has, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of the Company or a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) of the Company or any successor thereto.

     “ Gaming Laws ” means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject.

     “ Gaming Licenses ” means every material license, permit, franchise, registration or other material approval held by, or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture, to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage gaming in any state or jurisdiction.

     “ Global Notes ” means one or more Notes in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A issued under this Indenture that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

     “ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

     “ Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

     “ Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

     “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

     “ IAI Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend that will be issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes that may be resold to Institutional Accredited Investors on any Issue Date.

     “ Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that the accrual of interest shall not be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.

     “ Indebtedness ” of any Person means (i) any indebtedness of such Person, contingent or otherwise, in respect of borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit, or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, including any such indebtedness Incurred in connection with the acquisition by such person or any of its Subsidiaries of any other business or entity, if and to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including for such purpose Obligations under capitalized

4


 

leases, and (ii) any guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discount with recourse, or any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire or to supply or advance funds with respect to, or to become liable with respect to (directly or indirectly) any indebtedness, obligation, liability or dividend of any Person, but shall not include indebtedness or amounts owed for compensation to employees, or for goods or materials purchased, or services utilized, in the ordinary course of business of such Person. For purposes of this definition of Indebtedness, a “capitalized lease” shall be deemed to mean a lease of real or personal property which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, is required to be capitalized.

     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “ Indirect Participant ” means an entity that, with respect to any Depositary, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

     “ Initial Purchasers ” means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and those parties listed as initial purchasers in the Purchase Agreement.

     “ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

     “ Interest Payment Date ” with respect to any Note means January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2006, provided that if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, interest due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day.

     “ Issue Date ” means, in respect of Initial Notes of any series, the Closing Date or other date on which Initial Notes of such series are originally issued under this Indenture.

     “ Joint Venture ” means any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

     “ Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer.

     “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit, arrangement, encumbrance, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), or preference, priority or other security or similar agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

     “ Mandalay ” means Mandalay Resort Group, a Nevada corporation.

     “ Mandalay Notes ” means (i) Mandalay’s 6.375% Senior Notes due 2011 in the original aggregate principal amount of $250 million; (ii) Mandalay’s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2009 in the original aggregate principal amount of $250 million; (iii) Mandalay’s 9.50% Senior Notes due 2008 in the original aggregate principal amount of $200 million; (iv) Mandalay’s Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2033 in the aggregate principal amount of $219.8 million; (v) Mandalay’s 7.0% Debentures due 2036 in the original aggregate principal amount of $150 million; (vi) Mandalay’s 6.7% Debentures due 2096 in the aggregate principal amount of $4.3 million; and (vii) Mandalay’s 6.45% Senior Notes due 2006 in the original aggregate principal amount of $200 million.

     “ Maturity ” when used with respect to any Note means the date on which the principal of such Note or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or otherwise.

     “ Maturity Date ” means July 15, 2015.

5


 

     “ Mirage ” means Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation.

     “ Mirage Notes ” means (i) Mirage’s 7.25% notes due 2006 in the original aggregate principal amount of $250 million, (ii) Mirage’s 6.75% notes due 2007 in the original aggregate principal amount of $200 million, (iii) Mirage’s 6.75% notes due 2008 in the original aggregate principal amount of $200 million and (iv) Mirage’s 7.25% debentures due 2017 in the original aggregate principal amount of $100 million.

     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

     “ Non-recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness the terms of which provide that the lender’s claim for repayment of such Indebtedness is limited solely to a claim against the property which secures such Indebtedness.

     “ Non-U.S. Person ” means any Person other than a U.S. Person.

     “ Note Register” means a register (the registers 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 Notes and of transfers and exchanges of Notes which the Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or at the appropriate office of any other Registrar appointed hereunder).

     “ Notes ” has the meaning stated in the recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. From and after the issuance of any Additional Notes (but not for purposes of determining whether such issuance is permitted hereunder), “Notes” shall include such Additional Notes for purposes of this Indenture from time to time issued with respect to any Initial Notes that constitute such Additional Notes. All Notes, including any such Additional Notes, shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

     “ Notes Custodian ” or “ Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to any Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary), or any successor entity thereto covered in 2.03.

     “ Obligations ” means any principal, interest, premium, if any, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages or other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing or otherwise in respect of any Indebtedness.

     “ Offering Memorandum ” means the offering memorandum dated June 9, 2005 relating to the sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes.

     “ Officers ” means any of the following: the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, an Executive or Senior Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company).

     “ Outstanding Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

     “ Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

6


 

     “ Payment ” means, with respect to the Notes and Guarantees, any payment, whether in cash or other assets or property, of interest, principal, premium, Additional Interest or any other amount on, of or in respect of the Notes, any other acquisition of Notes and any deposit into the trust described in Article VIII. The verb “pay” has a correlative meaning.

     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

     “ Place of Payment ” when used with respect to the Notes means the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other location as may be established under Section 4.04.

     “ Predecessor Note ” 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 2.07 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.

     “ Principal Property ” means any real estate or other physical facility or depreciable asset or securities the net book value of which on the date of determination exceeds the greater of $25 million and 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

     “ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where specifically stated otherwise by the provisions of this Indenture.

     “ Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement dated June 9, 2005 for the purchase of $500,000,000 principal amount of Initial Notes among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     “ QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

     “ Redemption Date ” means the date fixed for redemption of any Note pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

     “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means (i) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Closing Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 20, 2005, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as such agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such agreements may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, relating to the rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.

     “ Registered Exchange Offer ” means an offer made by the Company pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement under the Securities Act to exchange Exchange Notes for outstanding Initial Notes or Additional Notes substantially identical in all material respects to such Initial Notes or Additional Notes (except for the differences provided for therein).

     “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date means the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

     “ Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

7


 

     “ Regulation S Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S on any Issue Date.

     “ Restricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture bearing the Private Placement Legend.

     “ Restricted Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture; provided , that in no case shall an Exchange Note issued in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of any Registration Rights Agreement be a Restricted Global Note.

     “ Restricted Notes ” means Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture that bear or are required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

     “ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

     “ Rule 144A Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend that will be issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes to be resold by the Initial Purchasers in reliance on Rule 144A on any Issue Date.

     “ Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” means any arrangement with a person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or to which any such person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a period of more than three years of any Principal Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such person or to any other person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such person on the security of the leased property.

     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “ Shelf Registration Statement ” means a shelf registration statement prepared pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in respect of Initial Notes not previously registered for sale to the public under the Securities Act.

     “ Significant Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article I, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

     “ Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.

     “ Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to any Note or any payment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Note or in this Indenture, as the date on which the principal of such Note or such payment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

     “ Subsidiary ” of any specified Person means any corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock (or other equity interests) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or the equivalent) of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock (or other equity interests) of any other class or classes of such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

     “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Company identified as a Subsidiary Guarantor on the signature pages hereof and (ii) each other Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 4.08 or by executing a supplemental indenture in which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor, together with their permitted successors and assigns

8


 

provided that if the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor is withdrawn or cancelled pursuant to Section 4.08(b), such Person shall no longer be a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

     “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as stated in Section 9.03.

     “ Treasury Securities ” mean any obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States government or any agency thereof.

     “ Trustee ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

     “ Trust Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee or Paying Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee or Paying Agent who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

     “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Nevada Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

     “ United States ” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

     “ Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

     “ Unrestricted Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes issued under this Indenture representing a series of Notes that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

     “ Unrestricted Note ” means any Unrestricted Definitive Note or Unrestricted Global Note.

     “ U.S. Depositary ” means Depository Trust Company or any other clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be the U.S. Depositary designated in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder.

     “ U.S. Government Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04.

     “ U.S. Person ” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.

     “ Vice President ” includes, with respect to the Company, any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

      SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS.

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Adjusted Treasury Rate”

 

3.01

“Authentication Order”

 

2.02

“Comparable Treasury Issue”

 

3.01

“Comparable Treasury Price”

 

3.01

“covenant defeasance option”

 

8.04

9


 

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“DTC”

 

2.03

“Funding Guarantor”

 

10.04

“Independent Investment Banker”

 

3.01

“Initial Notes”

 

Preamble

“legal defeasance option”

 

8.04

“MD&A”

 

4.02

“Notice of Default”

 

6.01

“Paying Agent”

 

2.03

“Private Exchange

 

2.06(i)(ii)

“Private Exchange Notes

 

2.06(i)(ii)

“protected purchaser”

 

2.07

“Reference Treasury Dealer”

 

3.01

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations”

 

3.01

“Registrar”

 

2.03

“Remaining Life”

 

3.01

“Transaction Documents”

 

11.15

      SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

     This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. 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, each Subsidiary Guarantor and any other obligor on the Notes.

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

      SECTION 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

     Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP and all financial calculations and determinations contemplated by this Indenture shall be made in conformity with GAAP as in effect as of the Closing Date;

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

     (4) “including” means “including without limitation”;

     (5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

10


 

     (6) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP and accretion of principal on such security shall not be deemed to be the incurrence of Debt;

     (7) all references to “principal” of the Notes include redemption price and purchase price and all references to “interest” on the Notes include Additional Interest, if any, as well as interest accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors (including post-petition interest), whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding;

     (8) all exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part of this Indenture;

     (9) all references to articles, sections and exhibits (and subparts thereof) are to this Indenture; and

     (10) all references to statutes or rules (or their subparts) include replacement or successor provisions.

ARTICLE II
THE NOTES

      SECTION 2.01 FORM AND DATING.

     (a)  General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, usage or this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

     The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

     (b)  Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions or transfers of beneficial interests from one Global Note to another Global Note. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder or beneficial owner thereof as required by Section 2.06.

     (c)  Form of Initial Notes, Etc. All Initial Notes issued on the Closing Date are being or will be offered and sold by the Initial Purchasers only (i) to QIBs (in which case they will be evidenced by a Rule 144A Global Note) or (ii) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (in which case they will be evidenced by a Regulation S Global Note). After such initial offers and sales, Initial Notes that are evidenced by Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes may also be transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors (in which case they shall be evidenced by Definitive Notes or by an IAI Global Note). All Additional Notes issued after the Closing Date shall be issued in such form, and shall be permitted to be resold, as shall be provided in the related Officers’ Certificate required by Section 2.14.

11


 

      SECTION 2.02 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

     The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, one of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or Chief Executive Officers or its Treasurer, and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile.

     If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid. A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and, if requested therein, deliver (i) Initial Notes for original issuance up to the aggregate principal amount stated in such Authentication Order in such form as may be provided therein or in this Indenture, (ii) in accordance with Section 2.06(i)(i), Exchange Notes, (iii) in accordance with Section 2.06(i)(ii), Private Exchange Notes and (iv) Additional Notes; provided , that the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $500,000,000, except in accordance with Section 2.14. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

      SECTION 2.03 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND DEPOSITARY.

     The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or other Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the mandatory terms of the TIA not otherwise excluded hereunder. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company; provided, however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.10.

     The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

     The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

      SECTION 2.04 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. on each due date of the principal and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) by wire transfer a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent, and in such event any such Paying Agent shall have the obligation, to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for

12


 

the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

     Any money deposited with any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or a domestic Subsidiary in trust for the payment of principal or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company at its request, or, if then held by the Company or a domestic Subsidiary, shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holders shall thereafter, as general unsecured creditors, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all liability of the Company or such permitted Subsidiary as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

      SECTION 2.05 HOLDER LISTS.

     The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause the Registrar (if other than the Company) to furnish, to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and, to the extent applicable, the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

      SECTION 2.06 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

     (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company notifies the Trustee in writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able to act as a depositary or ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor Depositary is not appointed within 90 days of such notice or cessation or (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).

     (b)  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required in order for the Company to comply with the Securities Act. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

          (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note; Transfers of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes for Interests in Other Unrestricted Global Notes . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however , that prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same or any other Unrestricted Global

13


 

Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

          (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above. Upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or Private Exchange by the Company, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal or similar document delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes and the other documents contemplated by the Registered Exchange Offer or Private Exchange. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee or Notes Custodian shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g).

          (iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

               (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

               (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

               (C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications and certificates (including the certificate in the form of Exhibit D hereto) in item (3)(b) thereof, if applicable; or

               (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof.

          (iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and:

               (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that (1) it is not a Broker-Dealer, (2) it is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (3) any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (4) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes and (5) it has no arrangements or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

14


 

               (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registrar receives a certificate from such Holder to such effect;

               (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

               (D) the Registrar receives the following: (1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or (2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D) (except in the case of a transfer contemplated by item (4)(a) or (d) of Exhibit B or by item (4)(b) of Exhibit B in the case of any transfer after the Distribution Compliance Period), an Opinion of Counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

     If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

     (c)  Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

          (i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

               (A) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

               (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

               (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

               (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (C) above, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3)(b) thereof, if applicable;

               (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication

15


 

Order pursuant to Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

          (ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

               (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that (1) it is not a Broker-Dealer, (2) it is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (3) any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (4) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes and (5) it has no arrangements or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

               (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registrar receives a certificate from such Holder to such effect;

               (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

               (D) the Registrar receives the following: (1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or (2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D) (except in the case of a transfer contemplated by item (4)(a) or (d) of Exhibit B or by item (4)(b) of Exhibit B in the case of any transfer after the Distribution Compliance Period), an Opinion of Counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

          (iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any

16


 

Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

     (d)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.

          (i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

               (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

               (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

               (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

               (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (C) above, a certificate from such Holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the certifications required by item 3(b) thereof; or

               (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A), the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the Rule 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.

          (ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

               (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that (1) it is not a Broker-Dealer, (2) it is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (3) any beneficial interests in Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (4) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of beneficial interests in the Exchange Notes and (5) it has no arrangements or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of beneficial interests in the Exchange Notes;

               (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registrar receives a certificate from such Holder to such effect;

               (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

17


 

               (D) the Registrar receives the following: (1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or (2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D) (except in the case of a transfer contemplated by item (4)(a) or (d) of Exhibit B or by item (4)(b) of Exhibit B in the case of any transfer after the Distribution Compliance Period) , an Opinion of Counsel, in form and from legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Notes so transferred or exchanged and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

          (iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

          (iv) Issuance of Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in a Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(d) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so exchanged or transferred.

     (e)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

          (i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

               (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

               (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

               (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3)(b) thereof, if applicable; or

               (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

18


 

          (ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

               (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that (1) it is not a Broker-Dealer, (2) it is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (3) any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (4) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes and (5) it has no arrangements or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

               (B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registrar receives a certificate from such Holder to such effect;

               (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

               (D) the Registrar receives the following: (1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or (2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D) (except in the case of a transfer contemplated by item (4)(a) or (d) of Exhibit B or by item (4)(b) of Exhibit B in the case of any transfer after the Distribution Compliance Period), an Opinion of Counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

          (iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

     (f)  Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

          (i) Private Placement Legend.

               (A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

     “THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A OR REGULATION S THEREUNDER. ACCORDINGLY, NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S.

19


 

PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE NEXT SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, RESALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THIS CLAUSE (e) ABOVE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION (IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY) OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE.”

               (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

          (ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless otherwise specified by the Depositary):

     “THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THE NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.”

     (g)  Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the principal amount of Notes represented by such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

     (h)  General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

20


 

          (i) The Notes shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with this Section 2.06. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the Uniform Commercial Code and this Section 2.06 are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met.

          (ii) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order.

          (iii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.07 and 9.06).

          (iv) The Registrar shall retain copies of all certificates, Opinions of Counsel, notices and other written communications received pursuant to this Section 2.06. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such certificates, Opinions of Counsel, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

          (v) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          (vi) The Company, Trustee and Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

          (vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes, payment of the redemption price of the Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          (viii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

          (ix) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile, with an original of such document to be sent promptly thereafter.

          (x) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as to any certifications and certificates delivered to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06, the Registrar’s duties shall be limited to confirming that any such certifications and certificates delivered to it are in the form of Exhibits B, C and D attached hereto. The Registrar shall not be responsible for confirming the truth or accuracy of representations made in any such certifications or certificates.

     (i)  Exchange Offer; Private Exchange.

21


 

          (i) Promptly after the expiration of the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (A) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes validly tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that they are entitled to participate under the Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms thereof, and accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer, and (2) the principal amount of Definitive Notes exchanged or transferred for beneficial interests in Unrestricted Global Notes in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(d)(ii), and (B) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer (other than Definitive Notes described in clause (A)(2) immediately above). Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.

          (ii) If, upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchasers hold Initial Notes (or beneficial interests therein) acquired by them as part of the initial distribution, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, upon the written request of such Initial Purchasers, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange (a “ Private Exchange ”) for the Initial Notes held by such Initial Purchasers, (A) one or more Restricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes validly tendered for acceptance by such Initial Purchasers and (2) the principal amount of Restricted Definitive Notes being exchanged or transferred by such Initial Purchasers for beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.06(d)(i) and (B) Restricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes tendered for exchange by such Initial Purchasers (other than Definitive Notes described in clause (A)(2) immediately above) (collectively, the “ Private Exchange Notes ”). Concurrently with the issuance of such Private Exchange Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount. The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Private Exchange Notes to bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.

      SECTION 2.07 REPLACEMENT NOTES.

     If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (i) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after he has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company including evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of the Note. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note including the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be required. In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

     Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionally with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

22


 

     The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.

      SECTION 2.08 OUTSTANDING NOTES.

          Outstanding 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, including Notes tendered and exchanged for other securities of the Company;

          (ii) Notes for which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, then notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such redemption has passed;

          (iii) Notes, except to the extent provided in Section 8.04, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance as provided in Article VIII; and

          (iv) Notes paid pursuant to Section 2.07 and Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to purchase or exchange Notes, Notes tendered by a Holder shall be Outstanding until the date of purchase or exchange), except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

      SECTION 2.09 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

      SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY NOTES.

     Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, 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 and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

      SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION.

     All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. All Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any

23


 

Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of any Notes by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Notes are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Notes shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for Definitive Notes or until payment thereon is made in full.

      SECTION 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST.

     (a) Any interest on any Note which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such registered Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

          (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Notes (or their respective Predecessor Note) are registered at the close of business on a special record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Note and the date #of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Notes at their addresses as they appear in the Note Register, not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Notes (or their respective Predecessor Note) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

          (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice is given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     (b) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

      SECTION 2.13 CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE NUMBERS.

     The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use such numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers.

24


 

      SECTION 2.14 ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES.

     If authorized by a Board Resolution, the Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have substantially identical terms as the Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price, amount of interest payable on the first interest payment date applicable thereto or upon a registration default as provided under a registration rights agreement related thereto, if any (and if such Additional Notes shall be issued in the form of Unrestricted Notes, other than with respect to transfer restrictions); provided that such issuance shall be made in compliance with this Indenture; provided, however , that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code. The Initial Notes issued on the Closing Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Initial Notes or Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

     With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, or in a supplemental indenture, the following information:

     (1) the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes;

     (2) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

     (3) the issue price and the issue date of such Additional Notes and the amount of interest payable on the first interest payment date applicable thereto;

     (4) the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common Code” number, as applicable, of such Additional Notes; and

     (5) whether such Additional Notes shall be Restricted Notes, and in which form and pursuant to which exemptions from the Securities Act they may be issued and resold, or whether they shall be Unrestricted Notes issued pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act.

ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION

      SECTION 3.01 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

     The Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part at any time at a redemption price (the “ Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater of:

 

 

100% of the principal amount thereof; or

 

 

 

as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points,

 

     plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date on the Notes to be redeemed.

     “ Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

 

 

the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal

25


 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life (as defined below), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

 

 

 

if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

     The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

     “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such securities (“ Remaining Life ”).

     “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

     “ Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

     “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means any primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company.

     “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

      SECTION 3.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

     The election of the Company to redeem the Notes shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Company shall, not less than 35 (unless a shorter notice period is acceptable to the Trustee) nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the CUSIP numbers and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.

      SECTION 3.03 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.

     If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Notes or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Notes in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Notes pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in the currency in which the Notes are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Notes so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Notes pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in the currency in which the Notes are denominated

26


 

or any integral multiple thereof. In any case when more than one Note is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Note.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the U.S. Depositary for the Notes (if other than itself) in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.

      SECTION 3.04 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

     Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to this Article III, in the manner provided in Section 11.02. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Note, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Note.

     All notices of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP number) and shall state:

     (a) the Redemption Date,

     (b) the Redemption Price,

     (c) that Notes are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Notes, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

     (d) that all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed,

     (e) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date, and

     (f) the Place or Places of Payment where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

      SECTION 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

     On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Notes, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.05) an amount of money in the currency in which such Notes are denominated sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.

      SECTION 3.06 NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the currency in which the Notes are payable, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Notes which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Notes shall be payable according to the terms of such Notes and the provisions of Section 2.04, Section 2.12 and Section 4.05.

27


 

     If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Note.

      SECTION 3.07 NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.

     Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office with, if the Company, the U.S. Depositary for the Notes or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the U.S. Depositary for the Notes and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered. In the case of a Note providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Note or Notes as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Note of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

      SECTION 3.08 MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF NOTES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

     Each Holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Notes, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a Holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such Holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If such Person fails to apply or become licensed or qualified or is found unsuitable (a “ Disqualified Holder ”), then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture:

     (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Notes or beneficial interest therein within 30 days of receipt of notice of the Company’s election or such earlier date as may be requested or prescribed by such Gaming Authority; or

     (ii) to redeem such Notes, which Redemption Date may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so requested or prescribed by the Gaming Authority, at a redemption price equal to:

     (1) the lesser of:

     (a) the Person’s cost, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of unsuitability or failure to comply; and

     (b) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of unsuitability or failure to comply; or

     (2) such other amount as may be required by applicable Gaming Laws or by order of any Gaming Authority.

     The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such Disqualified Holder status or redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon the imposition of a requirement to dispose of Notes by a Gaming Authority, such Person shall, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws, have no further right (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Notes or (ii) to receive any interest, dividends or any other distributions or payments with respect to the Notes or any remuneration in any form with respect to the Notes from the Company or the Trustee, except the redemption price.

28


 

ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS

      SECTION 4.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

     The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Notes, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.

      SECTION 4.02 REPORTS

     (a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders within 15 days after the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

          (1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“ MD&A ”) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and

          (2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

     (b) In addition, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

      SECTION 4.03 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

      SECTION 4.04 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

     The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Notes that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. If the Notes are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Notes in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Notes are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment located outside the United States an office or agency where any Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Notes may be surrendered for exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the

29


 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

     The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

      SECTION 4.05 MONEY FOR NOTES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to the Notes, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due (in same day funds and, if a Global Note is Outstanding, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, in order for the Trustee to make payment to the U.S. Depositary for such Note in accordance with rules of such U.S. Depositary), such sum to be held in tr


 
SITE SEARCH

AGREEMENTS / CONTRACTS

Document Title:

Entire Document: (optional)

Governing Law:(optional)


Try our advanced search >>
 

CLAUSES

Search Contract Clauses >>

Browse Contract Clause Library>>

Get Email Updates
Email:
This is only a partial view of this document. We have millions of legal documents and clauses drafted by top law firms. learn more search for free browse for free learn more