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EXHIBIT 4.6
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INTERFACE, INC., as Issuer,
The
Subsidiaries
of The Issuer
Identified on the
Signature Pages Hereto,
as Guarantors,
and
SUNTRUST BANK, as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of February 4, 2004
9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
Initial Issue: $135,000,000
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Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture
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Section 310
(a)(1)..........................................................................
7.11
(a)(2)..........................................................................
7.11
(a)(3)..........................................................................
N.A.
(a)(4)..........................................................................
N.A.
(a)(5)..........................................................................
7.11
(b).............................................................................
7.09; 7.11;
10.02
(c).............................................................................
N.A.
Section 311
(a).............................................................................
7.12
(b).............................................................................
7.12
(c).............................................................................
N.A.
Section 312
(a).............................................................................
2.05
(b).............................................................................
10.03
(c).............................................................................
10.03
Section 313
(a).............................................................................
7.07
(b).............................................................................
7.07
(c).............................................................................
7.07; 10.02
(d).............................................................................
7.07
Section 314
(a).............................................................................
7.07; 10.02
(b).............................................................................
N.A.
(c)(1)..........................................................................
2.02;
7.02(a);11.05
(c)(2)..........................................................................
10.04
(c)(3)..........................................................................
N.A.
(d).............................................................................
N.A.
(e).............................................................................
10.05
Section 315
(a).............................................................................
7.01(b)
(b).............................................................................
7.05; 10.02
(c).............................................................................
7.01(a)
(d).............................................................................
6.05;
7.01(c)
(e).............................................................................
6.11
Section 316 (a) (last
sentence).......................................................................
2.09
(a)(1)(A).......................................................................
6.05
(a)(1)(B).......................................................................
6.04
(a)(2)..........................................................................
N.A.
(b).............................................................................
6.07
(c).............................................................................
9.04
Section 317
(a)(1)..........................................................................
6.08
(a)(2)..........................................................................
6.09
(b).............................................................................
2.04
Section 318
(a).............................................................................
10.01
(c).............................................................................
10.01
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for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION......................................
1
SECTION 1.01
Definitions........................................................................
1
SECTION 1.02
Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act..................................
30
SECTION 1.03
Rules of
Construction..............................................................
31
ARTICLE 2 THE
SECURITIES...............................................................................
31
SECTION 2.01
Form and
Dating....................................................................
31
SECTION 2.02
Execution and
Authentication.......................................................
33
SECTION 2.03
Registrar and
Paying
Agent.........................................................
34
SECTION 2.04
Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust................................................
34
SECTION 2.05
Holder
Lists.......................................................................
34
SECTION 2.06
Transfer and
Exchange..............................................................
35
SECTION 2.07
Replacement
Securities.............................................................
36
SECTION 2.08
Outstanding
Securities.............................................................
37
SECTION 2.09
Treasury
Securities................................................................
37
SECTION 2.10
Temporary
Securities...............................................................
38
SECTION 2.11
Cancellation.......................................................................
38
SECTION 2.12
Defaulted
Interest.................................................................
38
SECTION 2.13
Record
Date........................................................................
38
SECTION 2.14
CUSIP
Numbers......................................................................
39
SECTION 2.15
Legends............................................................................
39
SECTION 2.16
Issuance of
Physical Securities; Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Securities.......
41
SECTION 2.17
Special Transfer
Provisions........................................................
43
SECTION 2.18
Computation of
Interest............................................................
45
SECTION 2.19
Additional
Securities..............................................................
45
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES.....................................................................
46
SECTION 3.01
Notices to the
Trustee.............................................................
46
SECTION 3.02
Selection of
Securities to Be
Redeemed.............................................
46
SECTION 3.03
Notice of
Redemption...............................................................
47
SECTION 3.04
Effect of Notice
of Redemption.....................................................
48
SECTION 3.05
Deposit of
Redemption
Price........................................................
48
SECTION 3.06
Securities
Redeemed or Purchased in
Part...........................................
48
SECTION 3.07
Optional
Redemption................................................................
48
SECTION 3.08
No Required
Mandatory
Redemption...................................................
49
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS....................................................................................
50
SECTION 4.01
Payment of
Securities..............................................................
50
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SECTION 4.02
Maintenance of
Office or
Agency....................................................
50
SECTION 4.03
Corporate
Existence................................................................
51
SECTION 4.04
Payment of Taxes
and Other Claims..................................................
51
SECTION 4.05
Maintenance of
Properties; Insurance; Books and Records; Compliance with
Law.......
51
SECTION 4.06
Compliance
Certificate.............................................................
52
SECTION 4.07
SEC
Reports........................................................................
53
SECTION 4.08
Limitation on
Indebtedness and Issuance of Redeemable Capital
Stock................
53
SECTION 4.09
Limitation on
Restricted
Payments..................................................
53
SECTION 4.10
Limitation on
Liens................................................................
56
SECTION 4.11
Change of
Control..................................................................
57
SECTION 4.12
Disposition of
Proceeds of Asset
Sales.............................................
59
SECTION 4.13
Limitation on
Transactions with Interested
Persons.................................
61
SECTION 4.14
Limitation on
Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries......
63
SECTION 4.15
Limitation on
Other Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness...............................
64
SECTION 4.16
Limitation on
Guarantees by
Subsidiaries...........................................
64
SECTION 4.17
Waiver of Stay,
Extension or Usury Laws............................................
64
SECTION 4.18
Rule 144A
Information
Requirement..................................................
64
SECTION 4.19
Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries and
Subsidiaries..........................
65
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION........................................................................
65
SECTION 5.01
When Company May
Merge, Etc........................................................
65
SECTION 5.02
Successor
Substituted..............................................................
66
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES.....................................................................................
67
SECTION 6.01
Events of
Default..................................................................
67
SECTION 6.02
Acceleration.......................................................................
69
SECTION 6.03 Other
Remedies.....................................................................
70
SECTION 6.04
Waiver of Past
Defaults............................................................
70
SECTION 6.05
Control by
Majority................................................................
71
SECTION 6.06
Limitation on
Suits................................................................
71
SECTION 6.07
Right of Holders
to Receive Payment................................................
71
SECTION 6.08
Collection Suit
by Trustee.........................................................
72
SECTION 6.09
Trustee May File
Proofs of Claims..................................................
72
SECTION 6.10
Priorities.........................................................................
72
SECTION 6.11
Undertaking for
Costs..............................................................
73
SECTION 6.12
Restoration of
Rights and
Remedies.................................................
73
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE......................................................................................
73
SECTION 7.01
Duties.............................................................................
73
SECTION 7.02
Rights of
Trustee..................................................................
74
SECTION 7.03
Individual
Rights of
Trustee.......................................................
76
SECTION 7.04
Trustee's
Disclaimer...............................................................
76
SECTION 7.05
Notice of
Default..................................................................
77
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SECTION 7.06
Money Held in
Trust................................................................
77
SECTION 7.07
Reports by
Trustee to
Holders......................................................
77
SECTION 7.08
Compensation and
Indemnity.........................................................
77
SECTION 7.09
Replacement of
Trustee.............................................................
79
SECTION 7.10
Successor
Trustee by Merger,
etc...................................................
80
SECTION 7.11
Eligibility;
Disqualification......................................................
80
SECTION 7.12
Preferential
Collection of Claims Against
Company..................................
80
SECTION 7.13
No
Responsibility for Recording or
Filing..........................................
80
SECTION 7.14
No
Responsibility for Insurance, Taxes or Other
Assessments........................
81
ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; LEGAL AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.......................
81
SECTION 8.01
Termination of
the Company's
Obligations...........................................
81
SECTION 8.02
Option to Effect
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...........................
82
SECTION 8.03
Legal Defeasance
and Discharge.....................................................
82
SECTION 8.04
Covenant
Defeasance................................................................
83
SECTION 8.05
Conditions to
Legal or Covenant
Defeasance.........................................
83
SECTION 8.06
Deposited Money
and Cash Equivalents to Be Held in Trust...........................
86
SECTION 8.07
Repayment to
Company or
Guarantors.................................................
86
SECTION 8.08
Reinstatement......................................................................
86
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND
WAIVERS..........................................................
87
SECTION 9.01
Without Consent
of Holders.........................................................
87
SECTION 9.02
With Consent of
Holders............................................................
88
SECTION 9.03
Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act................................................
90
SECTION 9.04
Revocation and
Effect of
Consents..................................................
90
SECTION 9.05
Notation on or
Exchange of
Securities..............................................
90
SECTION 9.06
Trustee and
Company to Sign Amendments,
etc........................................
91
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS...............................................................................
91
SECTION 10.01
Trust Indenture Act
Controls.......................................................
91
SECTION 10.02
Notices............................................................................
91
SECTION 10.03
Communication by
Holders with Other Holders........................................
93
SECTION 10.04
Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.................................
93
SECTION 10.05
Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion......................................
93
SECTION 10.06
Rules by Trustee,
Paying Agent, Registrar..........................................
94
SECTION 10.07
Governing
Law......................................................................
94
SECTION 10.08
No Interpretation of
Other Agreements..............................................
94
SECTION 10.09
No Recourse Against
Others.........................................................
94
SECTION 10.10
Successors.........................................................................
94
SECTION 10.11
Duplicate
Originals................................................................
94
SECTION 10.12
Severability.......................................................................
94
SECTION 10.13
Table of Contents,
Headings, Etc...................................................
95
SECTION 10.14
Benefits of
Indenture..............................................................
95
ARTICLE 11 GUARANTEE OF
SECURITIES.....................................................................
95
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Guarantee..........................................................................
95
SECTION 11.02
Subordination of
Guarantees........................................................
96
SECTION 11.03
Limitation on
Guarantor Liability;
Contribution....................................
97
SECTION 11.04
No Personal Liability
of Certain Persons...........................................
97
SECTION 11.05
Execution and Delivery
of Guarantee................................................
97
SECTION 11.06
Additional
Guarantors..............................................................
98
SECTION 11.07
Guarantors May
Consolidate, Etc. on Certain
Terms..................................
98
SECTION 11.08
Release of a
Guarantor.............................................................
99
SECTION 11.09
Waiver of
Subrogation..............................................................
99
SECTION 11.10
No Impairment of Right
to Payment..................................................
100
SECTION 11.11
Reliance on Judicial
Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent
Regarding Dissolution, etc., of
Guarantors......................................... 101
SECTION 11.12
Rights of Trustee as a
Holder of Guarantor Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's
Rights...................................................
101
SECTION 11.13
Applicable to Paying
Agents........................................................
101
SECTION 11.14
No Suspension of
Remedies..........................................................
101
ARTICLE 12
SUBORDINATION...............................................................................
102
SECTION 12.01
Agreement to
Subordinate...........................................................
102
SECTION 12.02
Liquidation,
Dissolution;
Bankruptcy...............................................
102
SECTION 12.03
Default on Designated
Senior Indebtedness..........................................
102
SECTION 12.04
Acceleration of
Securities.........................................................
103
SECTION 12.05
When Distributions
Must Be Paid Over...............................................
103
SECTION 12.06
Notice by
Company..................................................................
104
SECTION 12.07
Subrogation........................................................................
104
SECTION 12.08
Relative
Rights....................................................................
104
SECTION 12.09
Subordination May Not
Be Impaired by the Company...................................
105
SECTION 12.10
Distribution or Notice
to Representative...........................................
105
SECTION 12.11
Rights of Trustee and
Paying Agent.................................................
105
SECTION 12.12
Authorization to
Effect Subordination..............................................
105
SECTION 12.13
Amendments.........................................................................
106
SIGNATURES.............................................................................................
105
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EXHIBIT A Form of Security
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate of
Transfer
EXHIBIT C Form of Certificate of
Exchange
EXHIBIT D Form of Notation of
Guarantee
EXHIBIT E Form of Supplemental
Indenture To Be Delivered By Subsequent
Guarantors
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INDENTURE, dated as of February 4, 2004, among Interface,
Inc., a corporation incorporated under the
laws of the State of Georgia (the
"Company"), Architectural Floors, Inc., an
Ohio corporation; Bentley Prince
Street, Inc. (formerly known as Bentley
Mills, Inc.), a Delaware corporation;
Bentley Mills, Inc. (formerly known as
Bentley Royalty Company), a Nevada
corporation; Interface Fabrics Group South,
Inc. (formerly known as Chatham,
Inc.), a North Carolina corporation; Carpet
Services of Tampa, Inc., a Florida
corporation; Commercial Flooring Systems,
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation;
Flooring Consultants, Inc., an Arizona
corporation; Interface Fabrics Group
North, Inc. (formerly known as Guilford of
Maine, Inc.), a Nevada corporation;
Interface Americas, Inc., a Georgia
corporation; Interface Architectural
Resources, Inc., a Michigan corporation;
Interface Fabrics Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Interface Fabrics
Group Marketing, Inc. (formerly known as
Interface Fabrics Group Marketing Company),
a Nevada corporation; Interface
Flooring Systems, Inc., a Georgia
corporation; Interface Overseas Holdings,
Inc., a Georgia corporation; Interface
Teknit, Inc., a Michigan corporation;
Interfaceflor, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
Pandel, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
Quaker City International, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation; Re: Source Americas
Enterprises, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
Re: Source Colorado, Inc., a Colorado
corporation; Re: Source Minnesota, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation; Re: Source
North Carolina, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation; Re:Source New Jersey, Inc.,
a New Jersey corporation; Re: Source New
York, Inc., a New York corporation;
Re:Source Oregon, Inc., an Oregon
corporation; Re:Source South Florida, Inc., a
Florida corporation; Re:Source Southern
California, Inc., a California
corporation; Re:Source Washington, D.C.,
Inc., a Virginia corporation; Southern
Contract Systems, Inc., a Georgia
corporation; Superior/Reiser Flooring
Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation;
Interface Fabrics Group Finishing, Inc.
(formerly known as Toltec Fabrics, Inc.), a
Georgia corporation; Interface
Americas Holdings, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company; Interface Americas
Re:Source Technologies, LLC, Georgia
limited liability company; Interface Real
Estate Holdings, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company; Interface
TekSolutions, LLC, a Michigan limited
liability company; Strategic Flooring
Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
(collectively, the "Initial Guarantors"),
and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking
corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each other
party
and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Company's 9.5%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the
"Notes") in an original principal amount
of up to $135,000,000 (the "Initial
Securities"), 9.5% Series B Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the "Initial
Exchange Securities") and any other
Notes and related Guarantees issued under
this Indenture whether originally
issued in registered form or in exchange
for non-registered securities,
(collectively, the "Additional
Securities"). The Initial Securities, the Initial
Exchange Securities and the Additional
Securities, if any, together, in each
case, with all related Guarantees, are
collectively referred to herein as the
"Securities."
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
"144A Global
Securities" means global Securities in the form of Exhibit
A hereto bearing the Global Securities
Legend and the Private Placement Legend
and deposited with or on behalf of, and
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registered in the name of, the Depositary
or its nominee that will be issued in
a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the series of
Securities solely in reliance on Rule
144A.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person (1) assumed
in
connection with an Asset Acquisition from
such Person; (2) existing at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary of any
other Person; or (3) secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
other
Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purpose of this
definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms
"controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as applied to
any specified Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that Person,
whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
The Trustee may request and conclusively
rely on an Officers' Certificate to
determine whether any Person is an
Affiliate of the Company.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Agent Members" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a) of
this
Indenture.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange
of or for beneficial interests in any
Global Securities, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and
Clearstream that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"Asset Acquisition" means:
(1) an
Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in
any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become
a Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into
the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) the
acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the
Company) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets
of
such Person; or
(3) the
acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company of any division or line of business of any Person
(other
than a Subsidiary of the Company).
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition to any Person other than the
Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company, in one or a series of
related transactions, of:
(1) any
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company
(other than in respect of any director's qualifying shares or
investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law);
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(2) all or
substantially all of the properties and assets
of any division or
line of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company; or
(3) any other
properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of
business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Asset Sale" shall not
include:
(1) any sale,
transfer or other disposition of equipment,
tools or other assets by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
one
or a series of related transactions in respect of which the Company
or
such Subsidiary receives cash or property with an aggregate Fair
Market
Value of $1,000,000 or less;
(2) sales of
accounts receivable or interests in accounts
receivable of the Company or any Subsidiaries pursuant to the
Receivables Securitization Agreements;
(3) any sale,
issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or
other disposition of properties or assets that is governed by
Section
5.01;
(4) sales of
Currency Agreement Obligations; and
(5) any
transfer or disposition of Receivables and
Related Assets in a Qualified Securitization Transaction.
"Asset Sale Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.12.
"Asset Sale Offer Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.12.
"Asset Sale Purchase Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.12.
"Assets" of any Person means all types of real, personal,
tangible,
intangible or mixed property or assets
owned by such Person whether or not
included in the most recent consolidated
financial statements of the Company and
its Subsidiaries under GAAP.
"Attributable Liens" means, in connection with a Sale and
Leaseback
Transaction, the lesser of (1) the fair
market value of the assets subject to
such transaction; and (2) the present value
(discounted at a rate per annum
equal to the average interest borne by all
outstanding Securities issued under
the Indenture determined on a weighted
average basis and compounded
semiannually) of the obligations of the
lessee for rental payments during the
term of the related lease.
"Authentication Order" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.02.
"Average Life to Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any
Indebtedness, as at any date of
determination, the quotient obtained by dividing
(1) the sum of the products of (A) the
number of years (or any fraction thereof)
from such date to the date or dates of each
successive scheduled principal
payment (including, without limitation, any
sinking fund requirements) of such
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Indebtedness multiplied by (B) the amount
of each such principal payment by (2)
the sum of all such principal payments.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 United States Code or any similar
law
for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors (or managing
members
in the case of a limited liability company)
of the Company or any Guarantor, as
the case may be, or any duly authorized
committee of such board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company or any Guarantor, as the case
may be, to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company or
such Guarantor, as the case may be, and to
be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Borrowing Base" means 80% of the accounts receivable of the
Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries plus 60%
of the inventories of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end
of the most recently completed
fiscal quarter for which financial
statements are available.
"Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the applicable
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and
Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York,
State of New York or Atlanta, Georgia are
authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares,
interests, participations, rights in or
other equivalents (however designated)
of such Person's capital stock, and any
rights (other than debt securities
convertible into capital stock), warrants
or options exchangeable for or
convertible into such capital stock.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means any obligation under a lease
of
(or other agreement conveying the right to
use) any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) that is required to be
classified and accounted for as a
capital lease obligation under GAAP, and
the amount of any such obligation at
any date shall be the capitalized amount
thereof at such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means, at any time:
(1) any
evidence of Indebtedness with a maturity of 180
days or less issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States
of
America is pledged in support thereof);
(2)
certificates of deposit or acceptances with a
maturity of 180 days or less of any financial institution that is
a
member of the
Federal Reserve System having combined capital and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
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(3)
certificates of deposit with a maturity of 180 days
or less of any financial institution that is not organized under
the
laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia that are rated at least A-1 by S&P or at least P-1 by
Moody's
or at least an equivalent rating category of another nationally
recognized securities rating agency;
(4) repurchase
agreements and reverse repurchase
agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States of America or issued by
any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of
the
United States of America, in each case maturing within 180 days
from
the date of acquisition; provided that the terms of such
agreements
comply with the guidelines set forth in the Federal Financial
Agreements of Depository Institutions With Securities Dealers
and
Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the Currency on October
31,
1985.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following
events:
(1) so long as
the holders of the Company's Class B
Common Stock are entitled to elect a majority of the Company's
Board of
Directors, any "Person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted
Holders,
shall become the "beneficial owner(s)" (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under
the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the Company's Class B Common
Stock;
(2) at any
time, any "Person" or "group" (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other
than
the Permitted Holders, shall become the "beneficial owner(s)"
(as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of
the
total outstanding Voting Stock of the Company;
(3) the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or
into, another Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases
or
otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to
any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into,
the
Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which
the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or
exchanged
for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction
where:
(A) the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company
is converted into or exchanged for (i) Voting Stock (other
than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the surviving or transferee
corporation, or (ii) cash, securities and other property in an
amount which could then be paid by the Company as a Restricted
Payment under the Indenture, or a combination thereof, and
(B)
immediately after such transaction, no
"Person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding Permitted Holders,
is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed
to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such
Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time,
upon the happening of an
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event or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of
the total Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee
corporation.
(4) at any
time during any consecutive two-year period,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board
of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors
whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by
the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of 662/3% of
the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for
election
was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute
a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company then in office;
or
(5) the
Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a
plan of liquidation.
"Change of Control Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.11.
"Change of Control Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.11.
"Change of Control Purchase Date" shall have the meaning set forth
in
Section 4.11.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream International, S.A.
"Co-Agents" means initially Wachovia Bank, National Association
as
agent under the Credit Agreement and,
thereafter, such other or successor agents
or co-agents under the Credit Agreement as
the Company shall identify to the
Trustee from time to time, in writing, for
purposes of Section 6.02.
"Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares,
interests or other participations in, and
other equivalents (however designated
and whether voting or nonvoting) of, such
Person's common stock, whether
outstanding at the Issue Date or issued
after the Issue Date, and includes,
without limitation, all series and classes
of such common stock.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until
a
successor replaces it (or any previous
successor) pursuant to this Indenture,
and thereafter means such successor.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or
order
signed in the name of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President,
an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice
President or a Vice President, and by
any one of its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges" means,
with
respect to any Person for any period, (1)
the sum of, without duplication, the
amounts for such period, taken as a single
accounting period, of (A)
Consolidated Net Income, (B) Consolidated
Non-cash Charges, (C) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (D) Consolidated Income
Tax Expense, and (E) one-third of
Consolidated Rental Payments; less (2) any
non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income for such
period.
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"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to
any
Person, the ratio of the aggregate amount
of Consolidated Cash Flow Available
for Fixed Charges of such Person for the
four full fiscal quarters immediately
preceding the date of the transaction (the
"Transaction Date") giving rise to
the need to calculate the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (such four
full fiscal quarter period being referred
to herein as the "Four Quarter
Period") to the aggregate amount of
Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person
for the Four Quarter Period.
In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for
purposes of
this definition, "Consolidated Cash Flow
Available for Fixed Charges" and
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be
calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis for the period of such
calculation to, without duplication, (1) the
incurrence of any Indebtedness of such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries (and
the application of the net proceeds
thereof) during the period commencing on the
first day of the Four Quarter Period to and
including the Transaction Date (the
"Reference Period"), including, without
limitation, the incurrence of the
Indebtedness giving rise to the need to
make such calculation (and the
application of the net proceeds thereof),
as if such incurrence (and
application) occurred on the first day of
the Reference Period; and (2) any
Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions
(including, without limitation, any Asset
Acquisition giving rise to the need to make
such calculation as a result of such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries
(including any Person who becomes a Subsidiary
as a result of the Asset Acquisition)
incurring, assuming or otherwise being
liable for Acquired Indebtedness) occurring
during the Reference Period, as if
such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition
occurred on the first day of the Reference
Period.
Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for
purposes
of determining the denominator (but not the
numerator) of this "Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio," (1) interest
on outstanding Indebtedness
determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date and which will
continue to be so determined thereafter
shall be deemed to have accrued at a
fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest on such Indebtedness in
effect on the Transaction Date; and (2) if
interest on any Indebtedness actually
incurred on the Transaction Date may
optionally be determined at an interest
rate based upon a factor of a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank
offered rate, or other rates, then the
interest rate in effect on the
Transaction Date will be deemed to have
been in effect during the Reference
Period. If such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person,
the above clause shall give effect to
the incurrence of such guaranteed
Indebtedness as if such Person or such
Subsidiary had directly incurred or
otherwise assumed such guaranteed
Indebtedness.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for
any
period, the sum of, without duplication,
the amounts for such period of:
(1)
Consolidated Interest Expense;
(2) the
product of (A) the aggregate amount of dividends
and other distributions paid or accrued during such period in
respect
of Preferred Stock and Redeemable Capital Stock of such Person and
its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (B) a fraction, the
numerator
of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the
then
current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of
such
Person, expressed as a decimal; and
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(3) one-third
of Consolidated Rental Payments.
"Consolidated Income Tax Expense" means, with respect to any Person
for
any period, the provision for federal,
state, local and foreign income taxes of
such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest
Expense" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, without duplication, the sum of
(1) the interest expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period
as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, including,
without limitation, (A) any
amortization of debt discount, (B) the net
cost under Interest Rate Protection
Obligations, (C) the interest portion of
any deferred payment obligation, (D)
all commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing, and (E) all accrued
interest; and (2) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid,
accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or
accrued by such Person and its
Subsidiaries during such period as
determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Assets" means, as of any particular time, the
aggregate amount of assets after deducting
therefrom all current liabilities
except for (1) notes and loans payable; (2)
current maturities of long-term
debt; and (3) current maturities of
obligations under capital leases, all as set
forth on the most recent consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, for
any
period, the consolidated net income (or
loss) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period as determined
in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to
the extent included in calculating such net
income, by excluding, without
duplication:
(1) all
extraordinary gains or losses;
(2) the
portion of net income (but not losses) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in
unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or
distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one
of
its Subsidiaries;
(3) net income
(or loss) of any Person combined with such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries on a "pooling of interests"
basis
attributable to any period prior to the date of combination;
(4) any gain
or loss realized upon the termination of any
employee pension benefit plan, on an after-tax basis;
(5) gains or
losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries; and
(6) the net
income of any Subsidiary of such Person to
the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar
distributions
by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted,
directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or
any
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agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule
or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its
stockholders.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person at any
date,
the consolidated stockholders' equity of
such Person less the amount of such
stockholders' equity attributable to
Redeemable Capital Stock of such Person and
its Subsidiaries, as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Non-cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person
for
any period, the aggregate depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses
of such Person and its Subsidiaries
reducing Consolidated Net Income of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such
charges constituting an
extraordinary item or loss or any such
charge which required an accrual of or a
reserve for cash charges for any future
period).
"Consolidated Rental Payments" of any Person means, for any period,
the
aggregate rental obligations of such Person
and its consolidated Subsidiaries
(not including taxes, insurance,
maintenance and similar expenses that the
lessee is obligated to pay under the terms
of the relevant leases), determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, payable in respect of such
period (net of income from subleases
thereof, not including taxes, insurance,
maintenance and similar expenses that the
sublessee is obligated to pay under
the terms of such sublease), whether or not
such obligations are reflected as
liabilities or commitments on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and
its Subsidiaries or in the notes thereto,
excluding, however, in any event:
(1) that
portion of Consolidated Interest Expense of such
Person representing payments by such Person or any of its
consolidated
Subsidiaries in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations (net
of
payments to such
Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries under
subleases qualifying as capitalized lease subleases to the extent
that
such payments would be deducted in determining Consolidated
Interest
Expense); and
(2) the
aggregate amount of amortization of obligations
of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of
such
Capitalized Lease Obligations for such period (net of payments to
such
Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries and subleases
qualifying
as capitalized lease subleases to the extent that such payments
could
be deducted in determining such amortization amount).
"control" means, with respect to any specified Person, the power
to
direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of Voting
Stock, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the corporate trust office of
the
Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which on the date
hereof is located in Atlanta,
Georgia.
"covenant defeasance" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.04.
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"Credit Agreement" means the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated June 17, 2003, among the
Company and certain of its Subsidiaries
as borrowers thereunder, Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as domestic,
multi-currency and collateral agent, Fleet
Capital Corporation, as syndication
agent, General Electric Capital
Corporation, as documentation agent, and the
lenders party thereto, including any
related notes, guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, in each
case as such agreement or agreements may
from time to time be amended, renewed,
extended, substituted, refinanced,
restructured, replaced, supplemented or
otherwise modified (including, without
limitation, any successive renewals,
extensions, substitutions, refinancings,
restructurings, replacements,
supplementations or other modifications of
the foregoing), and whether with the
present lenders or other lenders and
administrative agents.
"Credit Facilities" means, one or more debt facilities
(including
without limitation, the Credit Agreement)
or commercial paper facilities, in
each case with banks or other institutional
lenders providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special
purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against such receivables) or
letters of credit, in each case, as
amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole
or in part from time to time.
"Currency Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any spot
or
foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person
or any of its Subsidiaries against,
or to manage exposure to, fluctuations in
currency values.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of
time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
their
respective successors.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means:
(1) any
Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit
Agreement;
(2) all
Indebtedness under the 10.375% Notes and the
indenture therefor;
(3) all
Indebtedness under the Company's 7.3% Senior
Notes due 2008 and the indenture therefor;
(4) any Senior
Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date
that by its terms contains a payment blockage period with respect
to
subordinated indebtedness (i.e. indebtedness subordinated to
such
Senior Indebtedness); and
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(5) any other
Senior Indebtedness permitted under this
Indenture the aggregate principal amount of which that is committed
and
available to be drawn on is $25.0 million or more and that has
been
designated by the Company as Designated Senior Indebtedness.
For
purposes of determining whether a particular issue of Senior
Indebtedness may qualify as Designated Senior Indebtedness, the
principal amount of one or more issues of Senior Indebtedness owing
to
a common lender (or its Affiliates) may be aggregated.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock (excluding Redeemable
Capital
Stock) and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock
(excluding Redeemable Capital Stock).
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth under Section 6.01
herein.
"Excess Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.12.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange Offer" means (1) in the case of the Initial Securities,
the
offer by the Company to the Holders of the
Initial Securities to exchange all of
the Initial Securities for Initial Exchange
Securities, as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement; and (2) in
the case of any Additional Securities,
an offer by the Company to the Holders of
the applicable issue of Additional
Securities to exchange all of the
applicable issue of Additional Securities for
Exchange Securities pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement entered into in
connection with the sale of such Additional
Securities.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means the Exchange
Offer
Registration Statement as defined in the
applicable Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Exchange Securities" has the meaning stated in the second
paragraph of
this Indenture and refers to any Exchange
Securities containing terms
substantially identical to the Initial
Securities that are issued and exchanged
for the Initial Securities in accordance
with the Exchange Offer, as provided
for in the case of the Initial Securities
in the Registration Rights Agreement
applicable thereto and this Indenture or,
in the case of Additional Securities
such exchange securities issuable in
exchange for initial Additional Securities;
except that, in each case (1) such Exchange
Securities shall not contain terms
with respect to transfer restrictions and
shall be registered under the
Securities Act; (2) certain provisions
relating to an increase in the stated
rate of interest thereon as liquidated
damages in the form of Special Interest
shall be eliminated; and (3) in the case of
Additional Securities (when they
take the form of Exchange Securities),
similar provisions relating to an
increase in the stated rate of interest
thereon as liquidated damages in the
form of Special Interest shall also be
eliminated.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any assets the price,
as
determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, acting in good faith, which
could be negotiated in an arm's-length free
market transaction, for cash,
between a willing seller and a willing
buyer, neither of which is under pressure
or compulsion to complete the transaction;
provided, however, that with respect
to any transaction which involves an asset
or assets in excess of $5,000,000,
such determination shall be evidenced by a
certificate of an officer of the
Company delivered to the Trustee.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles 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 may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting
profession of the United States of America,
which are applicable from time to
time and are consistently applied.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in
Section
2.15(c), which is required to be placed on
all Global Securities issued under
this Indenture.
"Global Securities" means, individually and collectively, each of
144A
Global Securities, the Regulation S Global
Securities, and the Exchange Global
Securities regardless of whether such
securities are Restricted Global
Securities or Unrestricted Global
Securities, issued in accordance with certain
sections of this Indenture.
"Guarantee" shall mean each guarantee of the Securities by each
Guarantor created pursuant to Article
11.
"guarantee" means, as applied to any obligation, (1) a guarantee
(other
than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary
course of business), direct or indirect, in
any manner, of any part or all of
such obligation; and (2) an agreement,
direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, the practical effect of which is
to assure in any way the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the
event of non-performance) of all or
any part of such obligation, including,
without limiting the foregoing, the
payment of amounts drawn down by letters of
credit.
"Guarantor" means (1) the Initial Guarantors consisting of each
of
Architectural Floors, Inc., an Ohio
corporation; Bentley Prince Street, Inc.
(formerly known as Bentley Mills, Inc.), a
Delaware corporation; Bentley Mills,
Inc. (formerly known as Bentley Royalty
Company), a Nevada corporation;
Interface Fabrics Group South, Inc.
(formerly known as Chatham, Inc.), a North
Carolina corporation; Carpet Services of
Tampa, Inc., a Florida corporation;
Commercial Flooring Systems, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation; Flooring
Consultants, Inc., an Arizona corporation;
Interface Fabrics Group North, Inc.
(formerly known as Guilford of Maine,
Inc.), a Nevada corporation; Interface
Americas, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
Interface Architectural Resources, Inc.,
a Michigan corporation; Interface Fabrics
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
Interface Fabrics Group Marketing, Inc.
(formerly known as Interface Fabrics
Group Marketing Company), a Nevada
corporation; Interface Flooring Systems,
Inc., a Georgia corporation; Interface
Overseas Holdings, Inc., a Georgia
corporation; Interface Teknit, Inc., a
Michigan corporation; Interfaceflor,
Inc., a Georgia corporation; Pandel, Inc.,
a Georgia corporation; Quaker City
International, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation; Re:Source Americas Enterprises,
Inc., a Georgia corporation; Re:Source
Colorado, Inc., a Colorado corporation;
Re:Source Minnesota, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation; Re:Source North Carolina,
Inc., a North Carolina corporation;
Re:Source New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation; Re:Source New York, Inc., a
New York corporation; Re:Source Oregon,
Inc., an Oregon corporation; Re:Source
South Florida, Inc., a Florida
corporation; Re:Source Southern California,
Inc., a California corporation;
Re:Source Washington, D.C., Inc., a
Virginia corporation; Southern Contract
Systems, Inc., a Georgia corporation;
Superior/Reiser Flooring Resources, Inc.,
a Texas corporation; Interface Fabrics
Group Finishing, Inc. (formerly known as
Toltec Fabrics, Inc.),
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a Georgia corporation; Interface Americas
Holdings, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company; Interface Americas
Re:Source Technologies, LLC, Georgia
limited liability company; Interface Real
Estate Holdings, LLC, a Georgia
limited liability company; Interface
TekSolutions, LLC, a Michigan limited
liability company; Strategic Flooring
Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and
each other Material U.S. Subsidiary (other
than a Securitization Subsidiary);
(2) each Person who delivers a Guarantee
pursuant to Section 11.06; and (3)
shall include any successor replacing a
Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture,
and thereafter means such successor.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a
Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication:
(1)
all
liabilities of such Person for borrowed money or
for the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding
any
trade payables and other accrued current liabilities incurred in
the
ordinary course of business and which are not overdue by more than
90
days, but including, without limitation, all obligations,
contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of
credit,
banker's acceptance or other similar credit transaction;
(2) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or other similar instruments;
(3) all
indebtedness created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect
to
property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies
of
the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default
are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding
trade
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(4) all
obligations of such Person arising under
Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(5) all
Indebtedness referred to in the preceding clauses
of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons, the payment
of
which is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has
an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any
Lien
upon property (including, without limitation, accounts and
contract
rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed
or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness (the amount
of
such obligation
being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such
property or asset or the amount of the obligation so secured);
(6) all
guarantees of Indebtedness referred to in this
definition by such Person;
(7) all
Redeemable Capital Stock of such Person valued at
the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed
repurchase
price plus accrued dividends;
(8) all
obligations under or in respect of Currency
Agreements and Interest Rate Protection Obligations of such Person;
and
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(9) any
amendment, supplement, modification, deferral,
renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types
referred
to in clauses (1) through (8) of this definition.
For purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed repurchase price" of
any
Redeemable Capital Stock which does not
have a fixed repurchase price shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of
such Redeemable Capital Stock as if
such Redeemable Capital Stock were
purchased on any date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant
to this Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the fair
market value of such Redeemable Capital
Stock, such fair market value shall be
determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the issuer of such Redeemable
Capital Stock.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended, modified or
supplemented
from time to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means a firm (1) which does not,
and
whose directors, officers and employees or
Affiliates do not, have a direct or
indirect financial interest in the Company;
and (2) which, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Company, is
otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be
engaged.
"Initial Guarantors" has the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph
of this Indenture.
"Initial Purchasers" means (1) in the case of the Initial
Securities,
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., and Fleet
Securities, Inc.; and (2) in the case of
one or more issuances of Additional
Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, the
Persons identified in the purchase
agreement therefor and by supplement to
this Indenture.
"Initial Securities" has the meaning stated in the second paragraph
of
this Indenture.
"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 are not also QIBs.
"interest" means, with respect to any Security, the amount of
all
interest accruing on such Security,
including all interest accruing subsequent
to the occurrence of any events specified
in Section 6.01(a)(8) and Section
6.01(a)(9) or which would have accrued but
for any such event, whether or not
such claims are allowable under applicable
law.
"Interest
Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Securities, as set forth
therein.
"Interest Rate Protection Agreement" means, with respect to the
Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, any arrangement
with any other Person whereby,
directly or indirectly, such Person is
entitled to receive from time to time
periodic payments calculated by applying
either a floating or a fixed rate of
interest on a stated notional amount in
exchange for periodic payments made by
such Person calculated by applying a fixed
or a floating rate of interest on the
same notional amount and shall include
without limitation, interest rate swaps,
caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" means the obligations of
any
Person pursuant to an Interest Rate
Protection Agreement.
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"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or
indirect
loan or other extension of credit or
capital contribution to (by means of any
transfer of cash or other property to
others or any payment for property or
services for the account or use of others),
or any purchase or acquisition by
such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities
or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any
other Person. In addition, the Fair
Market Value of the assets of any
Subsidiary of the Company at the time that
such Subsidiary is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to
be an Investment made by the Company in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary at such
time. "Investments" shall exclude
extensions of trade credit by the Company and
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business in accordance with normal
trade practices of the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be.
"Investments" do not include payments made
as the purchase consideration in an
Asset Acquisition.
"IRB Collateral" means property included in the IRB Collateral as
may
be approved by the Collateral Agent,
pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
"Issue Date" means February 4, 2004.
"legal defeasance" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.03.
"Lien" means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or
other),
security interest, hypothecation,
assignment for security, claim, or preference
or priority or other encumbrance upon or
with respect to any property of any
kind. A Person shall be deemed to own
subject to a Lien any property which such
Person has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under
any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention
agreement.
"Material Subsidiary" means each Subsidiary, now existing or
hereinafter established or acquired, that
has or acquires total assets in excess
of $10,000,000, or that holds any fixed
assets material to the operations or
business of another Material
Subsidiary.
"Material U.S. Subsidiary" means each Material Subsidiary that
is
incorporated in the United States or any
State thereof.
"Maturity Date" means, with respect to any Security, the date on
which
any principal of such Security becomes due
and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity
with respect to such principal or by
declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or purchase or otherwise.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds
thereof in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents including payments in respect of
deferred payment obligations when received
in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents (except to the extent that such
obligations are financed or sold
with recourse to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company) net of (1)
brokerage commissions and other fees and
expenses (including, without
limitation, fees and expenses of legal
counsel and investment bankers) related
to such Asset Sale; (2) provisions for all
taxes payable as a result of such
Asset Sale; (3) amounts required to be paid
to any Person (other than the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company)
owning a beneficial interest in the
assets
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subject to the Asset Sale; and (4)
appropriate amounts to be provided by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company,
as the case may be, as a reserve
required in accordance with GAAP against
any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale and retained by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, as the
case may be, after such Asset Sale,
including, without limitation, pension and
other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental
matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee.
"9.5% Notes" means the Company's 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes
due
2005.
"10.375% Notes" means the Company's 10.375% Senior Notes due
2010.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness as to which:
(1) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the relevant Unrestricted Subsidiary or another
Unrestricted Subsidiary)
(A) provides credit support (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument which would constitute
Indebtedness);
(B) guarantees or is otherwise directly or indirectly
liable; or
(C) constitutes the lender,
in each case, other than pursuant to and in compliance with
Section
4.09; and
(2) no default
with respect to such Indebtedness
(including
any rights which the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against the relevant Unrestricted Subsidiary or
its
assets) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any
holder of
any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other
than
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or
payable
prior to its stated maturity.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person that is not a "U.S. Person",
as
defined in Regulation S.
"Notes" has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of
this
Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages
and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, the
Chief
Executive Officer, any Executive Vice
President, any Senior Vice President, any
Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary or the
Controller of the Company or a Guarantor,
as the case may be.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers
or
by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or
Assistant Secretary of the Company
or a Guarantor, as the case may be (in each
case, who has been duly elected and
is so serving), and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who
is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The
counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company.
"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 The Depository Trust Company,
shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company or
any
Guarantor which ranks pari passu in right
of payment with the Notes or the
Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case
may be.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
"Payment Blockage Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
12.03.
"Permitted Holder" means any of: (1) Ray C. Anderson, Daniel T.
Hendrix, Michael D. Bertolucci, Christopher
J. Richard, John R. Wells, Raymond
S. Willoch, Robert A. Coombs, Patrick C.
Lynch, Carl I. Gable, Lindsey K.
Parnell and J. Smith Lanier, II; and (2) in
the case of each individual referred
to in the preceding clause (1), for the
purposes of this definition, the
reference to such individual shall be
deemed to include the members of such
individual's immediate family, such
individual's estate, and any trusts
established by such individual (whether
inter vivos or testamentary) for the
benefit of members of such individual's
immediate family.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means the following Indebtedness (each
of
which shall be given independent
effect):
(1)
Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the
Securities issued on the Issue Date or constituting the
Exchange
Securities issued in exchange therefor;
(2)
Indebtedness of any Guarantor evidenced by its
Guarantee of the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or
in
respect of Additional Securities issued in accordance with the
other
terms of this Indenture;
(3)
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
outstanding on the Issue Date;
(4)
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
respect of the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at
any
one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (A) the
Borrowing
Base, or (B) $100,000,000, in each case, less the aggregate amount
of
all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales used to repay borrowings under
the
Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 4.12, it being understood that
any
amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date
are
deemed to be incurred under this clause (4);
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(5) Interest
Rate Protection Obligations:
(A) of the
Company covering Indebtedness of the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, and
(B) Interest
Rate Protection Obligations of any
Subsidiary of the Company covering Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary;
provided, however, that, in the case of either clause (A) or (B):
(i)
any Indebtedness to which any such Interest Rate Protection
Obligations
relate bears interest at fluctuating interest rates and is
otherwise
permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.08, and
(ii)
the notional principal amount of any such Interest Rate
Protection
Obligations does not exceed the principal amount of the
Indebtedness to
which such Interest Rate Protection Obligations relate;
(6)
Indebtedness of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary owed to and
held by the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary, and
further
provided that each loan or other extension of credit:
(A) made by a
Guarantor to another Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor shall not be subordinated to other
obligations of such Subsidiary, and
(B) made to a
Guarantor by another Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor shall be made on a subordinated basis
to the Guarantees, except that (i) any transfer (which shall
not include a pledge or assignment as collateral to or for the
benefit of any holders of Senior Indebtedness) of such
Indebtedness by the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
(other than to the Company or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary)
and (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of Capital Stock of a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary which is owed Indebtedness of another
Wholly Owned Subsidiary such that it ceases to be a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company shall, in each case, be an
incurrence
of Indebtedness by such Subsidiary subject to the
other provisions of Section 4.08.
(7)
Indebtedness of the Company owed to and held by a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is unsecured and
subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of
the
Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
except
that:
(A) any
transfer (which shall not include a
pledge or assignment as collateral to or for the benefit of
any holders of Senior Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness)
of such Indebtedness by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company (other than to
another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company), and
(B) the sale,
transfer or other disposition by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of Capital Stock
of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (which holds Indebtedness of the
Company) such that it ceases to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
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shall, in each case under this clause (7), be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by the Company, subject to the other provisions of
Section
4.08;
(8)
Indebtedness in respect of Currency Agreements;
provided that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate
to
Indebtedness, such Currency Agreements do not increase the
Indebtedness
of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a
result
of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason
of
fees,
indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
(9)
Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn
against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
provided,
however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five
Business
Days of incurrence;
(10)
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries evidenced by guarantees of any Permitted
Indebtedness
subject, in the case of any Subsidiary, to compliance with the
requirements set forth in Section 4.16 and Article 11;
(11)
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of
the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to
provide
security for workers' compensation claims, payment obligations
in
connection with self insurance or similar requirements in the
ordinary
course of business;
(12)
Indebtedness incurred with respect to:
(A) letters of
credit issued for the account of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, subject to clause (4) of this definition and
the limitations on the maximum amount of Indebtedness which
may be incurred under the Credit Agreement, and
(B) unsecured
letters of credit in addition to
those described in (11) above, issued for the account of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary
course of business in aggregate outstanding stated amounts not
to exceed $5,000,000;
(13)
Indebtedness, not in excess of $65,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time outstanding, owing by the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with sales of receivables of the Company
or
any Subsidiary pursuant to Receivables Securitization Agreements
in
connection with one or more Qualified Securitization
Transactions;
(14)
Indebtedness in respect of purchase money
obligations, the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by
Capital
Lease Obligations, mortgage financings, purchase money obligations
or
other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with the
acquisition, construction, improvement or development of real
or
personal property (whether through the direct purchase of assets or
the
Capital Stock of
any Person owning such assets), in each case incurred
(x) within 180 days before or after the acquisition,
construction,
development or improvement of the related asset in the case of
the
initial financing of all or any part of the
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purchase price or cost of acquisition, construction, improvement
or
development of property used in the business of the Company or one
or
more of its Subsidiaries, or (y) the refinancing of
Indebtedness
described in clause (x), in an aggregate principal amount pursuant
to
this clause (14) not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(15)
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in addition to that described in clauses (1) through (14)
above
of this definition, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at
any
time not exceeding $30,000,000;
(16) Indebtedness
represented by the 9.5% Notes for such
period of time as it shall take to call the 9.5% Notes for
redemption
and to effect the defeasance thereof, such period not to exceed 91
days
from the Issue Date, so long as (A) the Company has, within one
(1)
Business Day of the Issue Date, called the 9.5% Notes for
redemption,
(B) proceeds from the issuance of these Securities in an amount
sufficient to effect the redemption of the 9.5% Notes have been
deposited by the Company with the trustee under the indenture for
the
9.5% Notes, by the redemption date for such 9.5% Notes, (C) no
Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred with respect to the
legal
defeasance of the 9.5% Notes not promptly cured, and (D) the
Company in
good faith has taken all reasonable steps necessary to effect
the
actual redemption of the 9.5% Notes in all material respects.
(17)
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, which means:
(A)
Indebtedness of the Company the proceeds of
which are used to refinance (whether by amendment, renewal,
extension, substitution, refinancing, refunding or
replacement, whether with the same or any other Person(s) as
lender(s), including successive financings thereof)
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(B)
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the
Company the proceeds of which are used solely to refinance
(whether by amendment, renewal, extension, substitution,
refinancing, refunding or replacement, whether with the same
or any other Person(s) as lender(s), including successive
financings thereof) Indebtedness of such Subsidiary,
in each case, under subclause (A) and subclause (B) of this
clause
(17), to the extent
the Indebtedness to be refinanced was incurred
pursuant to clauses (1), (2) or (3) above of this definition or
this
clause (17) (other than the Indebtedness refinanced, redeemed
or
retired on the Issue Date) or is originally incurred pursuant to
the
proviso in Section 4.08.
Furthermore, in order to be Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
under this clause (17), the principal amount of Indebtedness
incurred
pursuant to this clause (17) (or, if such Indebtedness provides for
an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, the
original issue price of such Indebtedness) shall not:
(C) exceed the
sum of the principal amount of
Indebtedness so refinanced (except where the amount of any
excess is permitted pursuant to another clause of this
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definition), plus the amount of any premium or other amount
required to be paid in connection with such refinancing
pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness or the amount of
any premium or other amount reasonably determined by the Board
of Directors of the Company as necessary to accomplish such
refinancing by means of a tender offer or privately negotiated
purchase, plus the amount of expenses in connection therewith;
and:
(D) in the
case of Indebtedness incurred by the
Company or a Guarantor pursuant to this clause (17) to: (i)
refinance Subordinated Indebtedness, such Indebtedness (I) has
no scheduled principal payment prior to the 91st day after the
final maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness
refinanced, (II)
has an Average Life to Stated Maturity
greater than the remaining Average Life to Stated Maturity of
the Subordinated Indebtedness refinanced, and (III) is
subordinated to the Securities in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Subordinated Indebtedness being
refinanced is subordinated to the Securities or the
Guarantees, as the case may be, and (ii) refinance Senior
Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness, such Indebtedness (I)
has no scheduled principal payment prior to the 91st day after
the final maturity date of the Senior Indebtedness or Pari
Passu Indebtedness refinanced, (II) has an Average Life to
Stated Maturity greater than the remaining Average Life to
Stated Maturity of the Senior Indebtedness or Pari Passu
Indebtedness refinanced, and (III) constitutes Senior
Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness, with the same ranking
as the Indebtedness refinanced.
"Permitted Investments" means any of the following:
(1)
Investments in any Subsidiary of the Company
(including any Person that pursuant to such Investment becomes
a
Subsidiary of the Company) and in any Person that is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or
substantially
all of its assets to, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
at
the time such Investment is made;
(2)
Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(3)
Investments in deposits with respect to leases or
utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of
business;
(4)
Investments in the Securities;
(5)
Investments in Currency Agreements on commercially
reasonable terms entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
operations of
the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries to hedge
against
fluctuations in foreign exchange rates;
(6) loans or
advances to officers, employees or
consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course
of business for bona fide business purposes of the
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Company and its Subsidiaries (including travel and moving expenses)
not
in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
(7)
Investments in evidences of Indebtedness, securities
or other
property received from another Person by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or
by
reason of a composition or readjustment of debt or a reorganization
of
such Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or
enforcement of
any Lien in exchange for evidences of Indebtedness, securities or
other
property of such Person held by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries,
or for other liabilities or obligations of such other Person to
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that were created, in
accordance
with the terms of the Indenture;
(8)
Investments in Interest Rate Protection Agreements on
commercially reasonable terms entered into by the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in connection with
the
operations of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries to
hedge
against fluctuations in interest rates; and
(9)
Investments, in addition to those described in
clauses (1) through (8) above, in an aggregate amount at any
time
outstanding not to exceed 15% of the Company's Consolidated Net
Worth.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means:
(1) Equity
Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior
Indebtedness and any debt securities issued in exchange for
Senior
Indebtedness to substantially the same extent as, or to a
greater
extent than, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are
subordinated
to Senior Indebtedness under the Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means the following types of Liens:
(1) Liens
existing on the Issue Date;
(2) Liens for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges
or claims either (a) not delinquent or (b) contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may
be
required pursuant to GAAP;
(3) statutory
Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and
other
Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business
for
sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if
such
reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by
GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;
(4) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other types of social
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security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other
similar
obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of
borrowed
money);
(5) judgment
Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default
so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate
legal
proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of
such
judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period
within
which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(6) easements,
rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and
other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property
not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of
the
business of the Company of any of its Subsidiaries;
(7) any
interest or title of a lessor under any
Capitalized Lease Obligation or operating lease;
(8) purchase money Liens
to finance the acquisition or
construction of property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Company acquired or constructed in the ordinary course of
business;
provided, however, that (a) the related purchase money
Indebtedness
shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or
any
Subsidiary of the Company other than the property and assets so
acquired or constructed and (b) the Lien securing such
Indebtedness
either (i) exists at the time of such acquisition or construction
or
(ii) shall be created within 90 days of such acquisition or
construction;
(9) Liens in
favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties
in
connection with the importation of goods;
(10)
Liens on any property securing the obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit issued
by
the lenders under the Credit Agreement and as permitted under
the
Credit Agreement in support of industrial development revenue
bonds;
(11)
Liens, if any, that may be deemed to have been
granted in connection with accounts receivable or interests in
accounts
receivable of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the
assignment thereof pursuant to Receivables Securitization
Agreements;
(12)
Liens on assets of the Company and any Subsidiary
securing Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (including
guarantees
by any Subsidiary in respect of such Indebtedness);
(13)
Liens included in the IRB Collateral as may be
approved by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the
Credit
Agreement; and
(14)
Liens securing the Securities or any Guarantee.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company,
partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, charitable
foundation, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other
entity.
"Physical Security" means a certificated Security registered in
the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, in
the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that
such Security shall not bear the
Global Securities Legend and shall not have
the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Securities"
attached thereto.
"Predecessor Security" means, with respect to any particular
Security,
every previous Security evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition,
any Security authenticated and delivered
under Section 2.07 hereof in exchange
for a mutilated Security or in lieu of a
lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and
all
shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of
such Person's preferred or preference stock
whether now outstanding or issued
after the date of this Indenture, and
includes, without limitation, all classes
and series of preferred or preference
stock.
"principal" means, with respect to any debt security, the principal
of
the security plus, when appropriate, the
premium, if any, on the security and
any interest on overdue principal.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in
Section
2.15(a).
"Public Equity Offering" means a completed firm commitment
underwritten
public offering of Equity Interests (other
than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the
Company pursuant to an effective
registration statement (other than a
registration statement filed on Form S-4 or
S-8 (or a successor form thereto)
filed with the SEC in accordance with the
Securities Act.
"QIB" means a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" under Rule 144A.
"Qualified Securitization Transaction" means any transaction or
series
of transactions, and related Receivables
Securitization Agreements, that may be
entered into by the Company or any
Securitization Entity, pursuant to which (1)
the Company or any Subsidiary may sell,
convey or otherwise transfer to a
Securitization Entity its interests in
Receivables and Related Assets, and (2)
such Securitization Entity transfers to any
other Person interests in, or grants
a security interest in, such Receivables
and Related Assets, pursuant to a
transaction customary in the industry.
"Receivables and Related Assets" means all indebtedness owed to
the
Company or any Subsidiary constituting an
account, chattel paper, instrument or
general intangible, arising in connection
with the sale of goods or the
rendering of services by the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
further includes, without limitation, the
obligation to pay any finance charges
with respect thereto. Indebtedness arising
from any one transaction, including,
without limitation, indebtedness
represented by an individual invoice, shall
constitute a Receivable and Related Asset
separate from a Receivable and Related
Asset consisting of the indebtedness
arising from any other transaction;
provided, further, that any indebtedness
referred to in the immediately
preceding
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sentence shall be a Receivable and Related
Asset regardless of whether the
account debtor or the Company (or its
Subsidiary, as the case may be) treats
such indebtedness as a separate payment
obligation.
"Receivables Securitization Agreements" means a series of
interrelated
agreements (including a receivables
purchase agreement, a receivables sale
agreement, a receivables transfer
agreement, and other usual and customary
agreements and instruments) entered into by
the Company, its Subsidiaries or any
Securitization Entity, the purpose of which
are to govern the terms of a
Qualified Securitization Transaction , in
each case as such agreement or
agreements may from time to time be
amended, renewed, extended, substituted,
refinanced, restructured, replaced,
supplemented or otherwise modified
(including, without limitation, any
successive renewals, extensions,
substitutions, refinancings,
restructurings, replacements, supplements or other
modifications of the foregoing), and
whether with the initial parties thereto or
other parties and administrative
agents.
"Redeemable Capital Stock" means any shares of any class or series
of
Capital Stock that, either by the terms
thereof, by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible or
exchangeable or by contract or otherwise, is or
upon the happening of an event or passage
of time would be, required to be
redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity with
respect to the principal of any
Security or is redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof at any time prior
to any such Stated Maturity, or is
convertible into or exchangeable for debt
securities at any time prior to any such
Stated Maturity.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed,
the date fixed by the Company for such
redemption pursuant to this Indenture and
the Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed,
the price fixed for such redemption
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and
the Securities.
"Reference Period" has the meaning set forth in the definition
of
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means (i) in the case of the
Initial
Securities, the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004,
among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers, and (ii) as to any
Additional Securities, any registration
rights agreement, if any, entered into
in connection with the sale of such
Additional Securities.
"Registration Statement" means a Registration Statement as defined
in a
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.15(b).
"Regulation S Global Securities" means Global Securities bearing
the
Global Securities Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or
on behalf of and registered in the
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name of the Depositary or its nominee,
issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the
Securities resold in reliance on Rule 904 of
Regulation S.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Security" has the meaning set forth
in
Section 2.01.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative for
any
Senior Indebtedness.
"Repurchase Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.09(d)(6).
"Repurchase Limit" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.09(d)(6).
"Restricted Global Security" means a Global Security bearing
the
Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.
"Restricted Period" means the period or periods of time during
which a
Security must bear one or both of the
Private Placement Legend or the Regulation
S Legend.
"Restricted Physical Security" means a Physical Security bearing
the
Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any transaction by the
Company
or any of its Subsidiaries whereby such
Person sells or transfers any Assets,
whether now owned or hereinafter acquired,
and thereafter rents and leases such
Assets or other Assets which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries intends to
use for the same purpose or purposes as the
Assets being sold or transferred.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to
time constituted, or if at any time after
the execution of the Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing
the applicable duties now assigned to
it, then the body or bodies performing such
duties at such time.
"Securitization Entity" shall mean (1) any Subsidiary of the
Company
organized as a special purpose entity (A)
to acquire accounts receivable from
the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to Receivables
Securitization Agreements, (B) to sell,
convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a
security interest in, such accounts
receivable, any interests therein and any
assets related thereto, to one or more
financing entities under Receivables
Securitization Agreements, and (C) engages
in no other activities other than in
connection with the financing of
Receivables and Related Assets, or (2) another
Person in which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment
and to which the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company transfers Receivables
and Related Assets, and that, in either
case, is designated by the Board of
Directors of the Company (as provided
below) as a Securitization Entity, and
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(a) no portion
of the Indebtedness or any other
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:
(i) is
guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Guarantees (other than the
principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to usual
and customary securitization undertakings);
(ii)
is recourse to or obligates the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Securitization
Entity) in any way other than pursuant to usual and customary
securitization undertakings; or
(iii)
subjects any property or asset of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to
usual and customary securitization undertakings;
(b) with which
neither the Company nor any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity) has any
material
contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on
terms,
taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the
Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at
the
time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other
than
fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection
with
servicing accounts receivable of such entity; and
(c) to which
neither the Company nor any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity) has any
obligation
to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or cause
such
entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
Any designation of a Subsidiary as a Securitization Entity shall
be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company giving effect to the
designation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that the designation
complied with the preceding conditions and
was permitted by the terms of this
Indenture.
"Securities" means the securities that are issued under this
Indenture,
as amended or supplemented from time to
time pursuant to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time
to time.
"Senior Indebtedness" means:
(1) all
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor at
any time outstanding under Credit Facilities and all Interest
Rate
Protection Obligations and Interest Rate Protection Agreements
with
respect thereto;
(2) any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this
Indenture,
unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred
expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in
right
of payment to the Securities; or
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(3) all
Obligations with respect to the items listed in
the preceding clauses (1) and (2).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding,
Senior
Indebtedness will not include:
(1) any
liability for foreign, federal, state, local or
other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any Guarantor;
(2) any
Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries or other Affiliates;
(3) any
Indebtedness or amounts owed for goods, materials
or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or
constituting trade payables or other current liabilities (other
than
Indebtedness in respect of any services rendered by or purchased
from,
or current liabilities owing to, banks or financial institutions or
the
current portion of any long-term Indebtedness which would
constitute
Senior Indebtedness but for the operation of this clause (3));
(4) any
Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(5)
Indebtedness which is represented by Redeemable
Capital
Stock;
(6)
Indebtedness of or amounts owed by the Company or any
Guarantor for compensation to employees for services rendered to
the
Company or any Guarantor;
(7) the
portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in
violation of this Indenture; or
(8) the
Securities.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration
Statement
as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" shall have the same meaning as in Rule
1.02(w)
of Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Corporation, and its
successors.
"Special Interest" has the meaning set forth in the applicable
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Stated Maturity" means, when used with respect to any Security or
any
installment of interest thereon, the date
specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of
interest is due and payable, and when used
with respect to any other
Indebtedness, means the date specified in
the instrument governing such
Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Indebtedness, or
any installment of interest thereon, is due
and payable.
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"Subordinated Indebtedness" means, as to the Company, any
Indebtedness
of the Company that, pursuant to the
instrument evidencing or governing such
Indebtedness, is subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities and, as to
any Guarantor, means Indebtedness of the
Guarantor which is subordinated in
right of payment to the Guarantees.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation
a
majority of whose Voting Stock is at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned by
such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and
one or more Subsidiaries thereof and (ii)
any other Person (other than a
corporation), including, without
limitation, a joint venture, in which such
Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or
such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or
indirectly, at the date of determination
thereof, has at least majority ownership
interest entitled to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof (or other Person performing
similar functions). For purposes of this
definition, any directors' qualifying
shares or investments by foreign nationals
mandated by applicable law shall be
disregarded in determining the ownership of
a Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
not be deemed a Subsidiary of the
Company under this Indenture, other than
for purposes of the definition of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, unless the Company
shall have designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a "Subsidiary"
by written notice to the Trustee under
this Indenture, accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate as to compliance with
the Indenture, including Section 4.19.
"Surviving Entity"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue
Date.
"Trust Officer" means any officer in the Corporate Trust Department
of
the Trustee or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the
above-designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until
a
successor replaces such party (or any
previous successor) in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter means such successor.
"Unrestricted Global Securities" means permanent Global Securities
in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that
bears the Global Securities Legend
and that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Securities"
attached thereto, and that is deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary, representing a
series of Securities that do not bear
the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Physical Securities" means Physical Securities
representing a series of Securities which
do not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company other
than
a Guarantor:
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(1) none of
whose properties or assets were owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Issue Date, other
than
any such assets as are transferred to such Unrestricted Subsidiary
in
accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(2) whose
properties and assets, to the extent that they
secure Indebtedness, secure only Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and
(3) which has
no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth
in
Section 8.05(a)(1).
"Voting Stock" means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant
to
which the holders thereof have the general
voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect the board of
directors, managers or trustees of any
Person (irrespective of whether or not, at
the time, Capital Stock of any other
class or classes shall have, or might have,
voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company of
which
100% of the outstanding Capital Stock is
owned by the Company or by one or more
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company or
by the Company and one or more
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company.
For purposes of this definition, any
directors' qualifying shares or investments
by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable law shall be disregarded in
determining the ownership of a
Subsidiary.
SECTION 1.02 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF
TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Upon the issuance of the Exchange Securities, if any, or the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement (as defined herein), this
Indenture will be subject to, and shall be
governed by, the provisions of the
TIA that are required or deemed to be part
of and to govern indentures qualified
under the TIA. Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC;
"indenture securities" means the Securities and any Guarantees;
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder or Holder;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee;
and
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, any
Guarantor
or any other obligor on the Securities or
the Guarantees.
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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture
that are defined by the TIA, defined
by TIA reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule and not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them therein.
SECTION 1.03 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)
a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(2) words in
the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural include the singular;
(3) "or" is
not exclusive;
(4)
"including" means "including, without limitation,"
(5) provisions
apply to successive events and
transactions;
(6) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(7) the words
"herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
and
(8) all
references to $ or dollars shall refer to the
lawful currency of the United States of America.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 FORM AND DATING.
(a) General.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
The Securities may have notations, legends
or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage. Each of the
Securities shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Securities shall be
issued in denominations of $1,000
and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall
constitute,
and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of
this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of any of the Securities
conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
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(b) Global
Securities.
(1) Securities
offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A
shall be issued initially in the form of one or more 144A
Global
Securities in registered form without interest coupons,
substantially
in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto with the appropriate
legends
required by Section 2.15 of this Indenture, which shall be
deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by
the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.
Each
of the Securities shall represent such of the outstanding
Securities as
shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Guarantees
from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount
of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time
be
reduced or increased, as appropriate. Any endorsement of a
Global
Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in
the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities
represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee, in accordance with
instructions
given by the Holder thereof as required herein;
(2) Securities
offered and sold in reliance on Regulation
S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary
global
notes in registered form without interest coupons, substantially in
the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a "Regulation S Temporary
Global
Security") with the appropriate legends required by Section 2.15
of
this Indenture, which shall be deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian
for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or
the
nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents
holding
on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company
and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
Restricted
Period for any series of Securities shall be terminated upon
the
receipt by the Trustee of (A) a written certificate from the
Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear
and
Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of
non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of
such
series (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof
who
acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant
to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and
who
will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A
Global
Security of such series bearing a Private Placement Legend, all
as
contemplated by Section 2.15 hereof), and (B) an Officers'
Certificate
from the Company;
(3) Following
the termination of the Restricted Period,
beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security of
any
series shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in one or
more
permanent global securities of such series in registered form
without
interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached
hereto (a "Regulation S Permanent Global Security" and,
collectively
with the Regulation S Temporary Global Security, are the Regulation
S
Global Securities) pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent
Global
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation
S
Temporary Global Securities with respect to such series. The
aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities
of
each series and the Regulation S Permanent Global Securities of
each
series may, from time to time, be increased or decreased by
adjustments
made on the records of the
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Trustee and the Depositary or, its nominee, as the case may be,
in
connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided;
(4) Exchange
Securities exchanged for interests in the
144A Global Securities, the Regulation S Global Securities or
any
Physical Securities of any series shall, subject to Section
2.16(b), be
issued in the form of one or more permanent global securities
in
registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form
of
Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Exchange Global Securities"),
which
shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary,
duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as
hereinafter provided;
(c) Euroclear
and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of
the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and
the "General Terms and Conditions of
Clearstream" and "Customer Handbook" of
Clearstream shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global
Securities and Regulation S Permanent
Global Securities that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or
Clearstream.
SECTION 2.02 EXECUTION AND
AUTHENTICATION.
One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual
or
facsimile signature under seal.
If the Officer whose signature is on any of the Securities no
longer
holds that office at the time the
Securities are authenticated, the Securities
shall nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature of
the Trustee shall be conclusive
evidence that the applicable Securities
have been authenticated under this
Indenture. The form of Trustee's
certificate of authentication to be borne by
the Securities shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by
one
Officer (an "Authentication Order"),
authenticate Securities of each series for
original issue, of which $135.0 million
will be issued as Initial Securities on
the date hereof. There is no limit on the
aggregate principal amount of
Securities that may be outstanding at any
time; however, the issuance of
Additional Securities is subject to the
limitations set forth elsewhere in this
Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the
Company to authenticate Securities. Unless
limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities 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.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver
any Securities under this Section if the
Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action would not
be
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permitted by the terms of the Indenture,
may not lawfully be taken, or, if the
Trustee, in good faith, shall determine
that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability to existing
Holders.
SECTION 2.03 REGISTRAR AND PAYING
AGENT.
The Company shall maintain (a) an office or agency where Securities
may
be presented for registration of transfer
or for exchange ("Registrar") and (b)
an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for payment ("Paying
Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Securities and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-registrars and one
or more additional paying agents. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-registrar
and the term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent. The Company
may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to any Holder. The
Company 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, except
that, for the purposes of Section 4.11 and
Section 4.12 and Article 3 and
Article 8, the Paying Agent shall not be
the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company or any of their respective
Affiliates
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC")
to
act as Depositary with respect to the
Global Securities.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar
and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with
respect to the Global Securities.
SECTION 2.04 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN
TRUST.
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 of Securities of any series or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal, premium
or Special Interest, if any, or
interest on the Securities of such series,
and shall notify the Trustee of any
default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default
continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent
(if other than the Company or a Subsidiary)
shall have no further liability for
the money delivered to the Trustee. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold
in a separate trust fund for the
benefit of the Holders all money held by it
as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy
or reorganization proceedings relating to
the Company or one or more Guarantors,
neither the Company nor any Affiliate of
the Company shall serve as Paying Agent
for the Securities.
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 of Securities of each series
and shall otherwise comply with TIA
Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish
to
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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 Securities,
including the aggregate principal amount
thereof, and the Company shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.06 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) Where
Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar
with a request to register the transfer
thereof or exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of such
series of other denominations, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or
make the exchange if its requirements
for such transactions are met; provided,
however, that any Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by
the Holder thereof or by its attorney
duly authorized in writing. Unrestricted
Global Securities may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in
Unrestricted Global Securities. No written
orders or instructions shall be
required to be delivered to the Registrar
to effect such transfers. To permit
registrations of transfer and exchanges,
the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's request, subject to such rules
as the Trustee may reasonably require.
(b) The
Company and the Registrar shall not be required (1) to
issue, to register the transfer of, or to
exchange Securities of any series
during a period beginning at the opening of
business on a Business Day fifteen
(15) days before the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities under
Section 4.11 or Section 4.12 and ending at
the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (2) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security (A)
selected for redemption, in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being redeemed in part, or (B)
tendered for repurchase pursuant to
Section 4.11 or Section 4.12, except the
portion of the tendered Securities not
being repurchased.
(c) No service
charge shall be made for any registration of a
transfer or exchange (except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment by the Holder
of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith
(other than such transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable upon
exchanges pursuant to Section 4.11, Section
4.12, Section 2.10, Section 3.06 or
Section 9.05) the cost of which shall be
borne by the Company).
(d) Prior to
due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the
Company may deem and treat the Person
in whose name any Security is registered as
the absolute owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and
interest (including any Special Interest)
on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and neither the
Trustee, any Agent, nor the Company shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
(e)
Subject to
Section 2.16(b), any Holder of a Global Security or
any beneficial interest therein shall, by
acceptance of such Global Security or
any beneficial interest therein, agree that
transfers of beneficial interest in
such Global Security may be effected only
through a book entry
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system maintained by the Holder of such
Global Security (or its agent), and that
ownership of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security shall be required to
be reflected in a book entry.
(f) 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
the original to follow by first class
mail.
(g) Each
Holder of Securities agrees to indemnify the Company and
the Trustee against any liability that may
result from the transfer, exchange or
assignment of any of such Holder's
Securities in violation of any provision of
this Indenture and/or applicable United
States federal or state securities laws.
(h) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with
any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable
law with respect to any transfer of any
interest in any Securities (including any
transfers between or among
Participants or beneficial owners of
interests in any Global Securities) other
than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or
evidence as are expressly required by, and
to do so if and when expressly
required by the terms of, this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof.
(i) Exchange
Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in
accordance with an applicable Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section
2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (1)
one or more Unrestricted Global
Securities in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Securities tendered for acceptance
by Persons that certify in the applicable
Letters of Transmittal that (A) they
are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not
participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Securities, and (C) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company, and accepted for exchange in
the Exchange Offer, and (2)
Unrestricted Physical Securities in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Restricted Physical
Securities tendered for acceptance
by Persons that certify in the applicable
Letters of Transmittal that (A) they
are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not
participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Securities, and (C) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company, and accepted for exchange in
the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with
the issuance of such Unrestricted Global
Securities, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Securities to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Persons
designated by the Holders of Restricted
Definitive Securities which have been
accepted for exchange, Unrestricted
Definitive Securities in the appropriate
principal amount, and cancel or cause
to be cancelled such Restricted Definitive
Securities.
(j) For
purposes of this Section 2.06 all references to the
Securities shall include the corresponding
Guarantees endorsed thereon.
SECTION 2.07 REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security of any series is surrendered to the
Trustee
or the Company and the Trustee receives
evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security
of any
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series, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a
replacement Security of such series
if the Trustee's requirements are met. An
indemnity bond must be supplied by the
Holder that is sufficient in the judgment
of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent
and any authenticating agent from
any loss that any of them may suffer if
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities are replaced. The Company
and the Trustee may charge for their
expenses in replacing such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Each of the replacement Securities issued pursuant to this Section
2.07
is an additional obligation of the Company
and shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Securities
duly issued hereunder.
SECTION 2.08 OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.
The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are all
the
Securities authenticated by the Trustee
except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those
reductions in the interest in Global
Securities of such series effected by the
Trustee in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding.
Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof,
Securities do not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company holds such
Securities; however, Securities held by the
Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company shall not be deemed to be
outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07
(a)(1) hereof.
If Securities are replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof,
such
Securities cease to be outstanding unless
the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced
Securities are held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the principal
amount of any Securities is considered paid under
Section 4.01 hereof, such Securities cease
to be outstanding and interest on
such Securities ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a
redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Securities payable on
that date, then on and after that date
such Securities shall be deemed to be no
longer outstanding and shall cease to
accrue interest.
SECTION 2.09 TREASURY SECURITIES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of
Securities of any series have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities of such series owned by the
Company, or by any Affiliate, shall be
considered as though not outstanding,
except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities of such series that a Trust
Officer of the Trustee actually knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded. The
Company agrees to notify the Trustee of the
existence of any Securities of any
series owned by the Company or any
Affiliate.
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SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Until certificates representing Securities are ready for delivery,
the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order,
shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of certificated
Securities but may have variations
that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities and as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate certificated Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until
such exchange, temporary Securities of
any series shall be entitled to the same
rights, benefits and privileges as
certificated Securities of such series.
Holders of temporary Securities shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying
Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee and no one else shall
cancel all Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange,
payment, replacement or cancellation and
shall dispose of such canceled Securities
in accordance with its customary
procedures (subject to the record retention
requirement of the Exchange Act)
unless the Company directs such canceled
Securities to be returned to them.
Subject to Section 2.07 and Section 2.19,
the Company may not issue new
Securities of any series to replace
Securities that it has paid or redeemed or
that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities
of
any series, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to
the extent lawful, interest payable on the
defaulted interest, to the Persons
who are Holders of the Securities of such
series on a subsequent special record
date, in each case at the rate provided in
the Securities. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount
of defaulted interest proposed to be
paid on the Securities and the date of the
proposed payment. The Company shall
fix or cause to be fixed each such special
record date and payment date,
provided that no such special record date
shall be less than 10 days prior to
the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before
the special record date, the Company (or,
upon the written request of the
Company, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company) shall mail
or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice
that states the special record date,
the related payment date and the amount of
such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13 RECORD DATE.
The record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders
of
Securities of any series entitled to vote
or consent to any action by vote or
consent authorized or permitted under this
Indenture shall be determined as
provided for in TIA Section 316(c).
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SECTION 2.14 CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee
shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption or exchange as a convenience
to Holders; provided, that any such
notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities
or as contained in any notice of
redemption or exchange and that reliance
may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall
not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change
in the "CUSIP" numbers.
SECTION 2.15 LEGENDS.
The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global
Securities
and all definitive securities issued under
this Indenture unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
(a) Private
Placement Legend. Each 144A Global Security and each
Physical Security that constitutes a
Restricted Security shall bear the
following legend (the "Private Placement
Legend") unless otherwise agreed by the
Company and the Holder thereof:
"THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED
HEREON HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE OR THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON NOR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES
ENDORSED HEREON BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT), OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE AND THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREIN IN AN "OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION" PURSUANT TO RULE 903 OR
904 OF REGULATION S, (2) AGREES THAT IT
WILL NOT, PRIOR TO (X)THE DATE WHICH IS
TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME
AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144(K) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISIONS
THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE)AND THE LAST DATE ON
WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND
THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE AND THE
GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON) OR, IN THE CASE
OF A GLOBAL SECURITY, THE APPLICABLE
BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN (SUCH DATE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") OFFER, SELL
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE
EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO
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AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS
THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED
HEREON ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE
144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT
TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S.
PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL
GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE AND
THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; AND (4)
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE COMPANY
AND THE TRUSTEE HAVE RESERVED THE RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR OTHER
TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR
TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION
COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OR REGULATION S, OR
(II) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM,
AND (III) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING
CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF
TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS
NOTE BE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE
TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND
WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A
HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL THE NOTES."
(b) Regulation
S Legend. Each Temporary Regulation S Global
Security shall bear the following
additional legend on the face thereof:
"PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY
DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"))
("REGULATION S"), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES (AS
DEFINED IN REGULATION S) OR TO, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, A U.S. PERSON
(AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S), EXCEPT TO
A PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A ("RULE 144A") UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL THE SECURITIES."
(c) Global
Securities Legend. Each Global Security (other than a
Regulation S Global Security which shall,
subject to Applicable Procedures, bear
a substantially similar legend with respect
to the rights of Euroclear or
Clearstream, as applicable) shall also bear
the following legend on the face
thereof:
"UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY,
OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE
OF A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, OR ANY
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO.,
OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN."
SECTION 2.16 ISSUANCE OF PHYSICAL
SECURITIES; BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL
SECURITIES.
(a)
The Global
Securities initially shall (1) be registered in the
name of the Depositary or the nominee of
such Depositary, (2) be delivered to
the Trustee as custodian for such
Depositary and (3) bear the appropriate
legends as set forth in Section 2.15.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members")
shall
have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Security, and the Depositary may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
as the absolute owner of the Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to
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any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the
Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and its Agent Members, the
operation of customary practices governing
the exercise of the rights of a
Holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers
of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers
in whole, but not in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective
nominees. Except as provided below, owners
of beneficial interests in Global
Securities will not be entitled to receive
Physical Securities. If required to
do so pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation, beneficial owners may obtain
Physical Securities in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global
Security upon written request in accordance
with the Depositary's and the
Registrar's procedures. In addition,
Physical Securities shall be transferred to
all beneficial owners in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global
Security of a particular series if (1) the
Depositary notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as
depositary for such Global Security or
the Depositary ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act,
at a time when the Depositary is required
to be so registered in order to act as
depositary, and in each case a successor
depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days of such notice, or
(2) the Company executes and delivers
to the Trustee and Registrar an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Global
Security shall be so exchangeable, or (3)
an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing with respect to such series
and the Registrar has received a
written request from the Depositary to
issue Physical Securities; provided,
however, that, in no event shall the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note be
exchanged by the Company for Physical
Securities prior to (A) the expiration of
the Restricted Period, and (B) the receipt
by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B)
under the Securities Act, except in
the case of a transfer pursuant to an
exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other
than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of
the beneficial interest in a Global Note to
beneficial owners in the form of
Physical Securities pursuant to Section
2.16(b), the Registrar shall (if one or
more Physical Securities are to be issued)
upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange
contained in this Indenture and the
Securities or otherwise applicable under
the Securities Act reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of the beneficial
interest in such Global Security to be
transferred, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, one or more Physical
Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In
connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security
to beneficial owners in the form of
Physical Securities pursuant to Section
2.16(b), such Global Security shall be
deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee
for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary
in exchange for its beneficial interest in
such Global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of Physical
Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) Any
Physical Security constituting a Restricted Security
delivered in exchange for an interest in a
Global Security pursuant to Section
2.16(b), or Section 2.16(c), shall, except
as otherwise provided by Section
2.17(a)(1)(A) and Section 2.17(c), bear the
legend regarding transfer
restrictions set forth in Section 2.15 to
the extent such legends are applicable
to the Physical Securities.
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(f) The Holder
of a Global Security may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including
Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to
take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or
the Securities.
(g) With
respect to any Global Security, the Company, the
Registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled
to treat the Person in whose name
such Global Security is registered as the
absolute owner of such Security for
all purposes of this Indenture, and neither
the Company, the Registrar nor the
Trustee shall have any responsibility or
obligation to any Agent Members or
other beneficial owners of the Securities
represented by such Global Security.
Without limiting the immediately preceding
sentence, neither the Company, the
Registrar nor the Trustee shall have any
responsibility or obligation with
respect to (a) the accuracy of the records
of any Depositary or any other Person
with respect to any ownership interest in
any Global Security, (b) the delivery
to any Person, other than a Holder, of any
notice with respect to the Securities
represented by a Global Security, including
any notice of redemption or
refunding, (c) the selection of the
particular Securities or portions thereof to
be redeemed or refunded in the event of a
partial redemption or refunding of
part of the Securities outstanding, or (d)
the payment to any Person, other than
a Holder, of any amount with respect to the
principal of, redemption premium, if
any, purchase price or interest (including
contingent Interest and Liquidated
Damages) with respect to any Global
Security.
SECTION 2.17 SPECIAL TRANSFER
PROVISIONS.
(a) Transfers
to Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall
apply with respect to the registration of
any proposed transfer of a Security
constituting a Restricted Security to any
Non-U.S. Person:
(1) the
Registrar shall register the transfer of any
Security constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not
such
Security bears the Private Placement Legend, if (A) the
requested
transfer is two years after the later of the original issue
date
applicable to such series of Restricted Securities and the last
date on
which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of
such
Securities or, in the case of a beneficial interest in a Global
Security, such beneficial interest, or (B) the proposed transferor
has
delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form
of
Exhibit C attached hereto; and
(2) if the
proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the
Securities to be transferred consist of Physical Securities which
after
transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global
Security,
upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance
with
the Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar
shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in
the
principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to
the
principal amount of the Physical Securities to be transferred, and
the
Trustee shall cancel the Physical Securities so transferred.
(b) Transfers
to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with
respect to the registration of any proposed
transfer of a Security constituting
a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding
transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
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(1) the
Registrar shall register the transfer if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the
box
provided for on the form of Security stating, or has otherwise
advised
the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has
been
effected in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a
transferee
who has signed the certification provided for on the form of
Security
stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar
in
writing, that it is purchasing the Securities for its own account
or an
account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion
and that any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A,
and
it is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A
and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding
the
Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not
to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is
relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim
the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(2) if the
proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the
Securities to be transferred consist of Physical Securities which
after
transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global
Security,
upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance
with
the Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar
shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in
the
principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to
the
principal amount of the Physical Securities to be transferred, and
the
Trustee shall cancel the Physical Securities so transferred.
(c) Private
Placement Legend. Upon the registration of the
transfer, exchange or replacement of
Securities not bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall
deliver Securities that do not bear the
Private Placement Legend. Upon the
registration of the transfer, exchange or
replacement of Securities bearing the
Private Placement Legend, the Registrar
shall deliver only Securities that bear the
Private Placement Legend unless (1)
the circumstance contemplated by this
Section 2.17(a)(1)(A) exists, or (2) there
is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably satisfactory and
addressed to the Company and the Trustee to
the effect that neither such legend
nor the related restrictions on transfer
are required in order to maintain
compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act;
(d)
Acknowledgment of Transfer Restrictions. By its acceptance of
any Security bearing the Private Placement
Legend, each Holder of such a
Security acknowledges the restrictions on
transfer of such Security set forth in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will
transfer such Security only as provided in
this Indenture;
(e) Transfer
Limits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, (1) prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in a
Regulation S Temporary Global Security
may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person
(other than the Initial Purchasers), and
(2) a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Temporary Global Security may
not be exchanged for a Physical
Security or transferred to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Physical Security prior to (A) the
expiration of the Restricted Period, and (B)
the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates required pursuant to Rule
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903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act,
except in the case of a transfer
pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(f) Record
Retention. The Registrar shall retain, until such time
as no Securities remain Outstanding, copies
of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to
Section 2.16 hereof or this Section
2.17. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such
letters, notices or other written
communications, in each case, at its own cost
and expense, at any reasonable time upon
the giving of reasonable written notice
to the Registrar.
SECTION 2.18 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST
Interest (including any Special Interest) on the Securities shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2.19 ADDITIONAL SECURITIES.
The Company may, from time to time, in its sole discretion but
subject
to the terms hereof, issue and sell one or
more series of its Additional
Securities under the provisions of this
Indenture pursuant to a supplemental
indenture. Each series of Additional
Securities issued pursuant to a
supplemental indenture (other than
additional Guarantees not issued concurrently
with Additional Securities) shall be
subject to the following terms and
conditions:
(1) each
series of Additional Securities, when so issued,
shall be differentiated from all previous series by sequential
alphabetical designation inscribed thereon;
(2) Additional
Securities of the same series may consist
of more than one different and separate tranches and may differ
only
with respect to aggregate outstanding principal amounts of
Securities,
issue dates, issue prices above or below par, Special Interest
rates,
if any, and time to maturity (provided that, in no event shall
the
Maturity Date be other than the Maturity Date of the Securities
issued
on the Issue Date), but all such different and separate tranches of
the
same series shall constitute one series and all such series shall
form
a single class and vote as a single class on all matters under
this
Indenture, except that any tranche or series may amend or waive
any
provisions relating to Special Interest solely applicable to
such
tranche or series;
(3) each
series of Additional Securities issued under
this Indenture shall be in substantially the form of Initial
Securities
with such variations, omissions and insertions as are necessary
or
permitted hereunder and shall be dated as of the date of issue for
such
Additional Securities;
(4) all
Additional Securities shall constitute Pari Passu
Indebtedness of the Company and shall rank pari passu with all
other
outstanding Securities;
(5) no
Additional Securities shall be issued hereunder
if, at the time of issuance thereof and after giving effect to
the
application of the proceeds thereof, any Default or Event of
Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(6) the
Company and each Guarantor shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel,
each dated the date of issue of such series of Additional
Securities
stating that the issuance of such Additional Securities is
authorized
under this Indenture (as supplemented by one or more
supplemental
indentures) and that no Default or Event of Default under the
Indenture
or the Securities exists (which may be limited, in the case of
such
Opinion of Counsel, to counsel's knowledge), or will occur as a
result
of such issuance. Such Officer's Certificate shall set forth
the
information and computations (in sufficient detail) required in
order
to establish whether the Company is in compliance with the
requirements
of Section 4.08 on such date, including on a pro forma basis;
and
(7) the
Company and each Guarantor shall execute and
deliver a Supplemental Indenture, in form reasonably satisfactory
to
the Trustee.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 NOTICES TO THE TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to Section
3.07
hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at
least 45 days, but not more than 75
days, before a Redemption Date, an
Officers' Certificate, setting forth: (1) the
clause of this Indenture pursuant to which
the redemption shall occur; (2) the
Redemption Date; (3) the principal amount
of Securities to be redeemed; and (4)
the Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.02 SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE
REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
particular
Securities or portions thereof to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee
from the outstanding Securities not
previously called for redemption (1) in such
manner as complies with the requirements of
the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which the Securities
being redeemed are listed, or (2) if
the Securities are not then listed on a
national securities exchange, then pro
rata or by lot.
In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular
Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected, unless
otherwise provided herein, not less than
45 nor more than 75 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee (unless a
shorter time period shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee) from the outstanding
Securities not previously called for
redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in
the case of any Security selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Securities and
portions of Securities selected shall be in
amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples
of $1,000; except that if all of the
Securities of a Holder are to be redeemed,
the entire outstanding amount of Securities
held by such Holder, e