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Title: INDENTURE Dated as of March 27, 2009
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/27/2009
Law Firm: Palmer Dodge;Edwards Angell    

INDENTURE Dated as of March 27, 2009, Parties: lamar advertising co/new , bank of new york mellon trust company  n.a. , lamar media corp
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Exhibit 4.1

LAMAR MEDIA CORP.,

THE GUARANTORS

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 27, 2009

9 3 / 4 % Senior Notes due 2014


 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

 

 

 

 

TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

310

(a)(1)

 

7.10

 

(a)(2)

 

7.10

 

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

(a)(5)

 

7.10

 

(b)

 

7.10; 11.02

 

(b)(1)

 

7.10

 

(b)(9)

 

7.10

 

(c)

 

N.A.

311

(a)

 

7.11

 

(b)

 

7.11

 

(c)

 

N.A.

312

(a)

 

2.05

 

(b)

 

11.03

 

(c)

 

11.03

313

(a)

 

7.06

 

(b)(1)

 

7.06

 

(b)(2)

 

7.06

 

(c)

 

7.06; 11.02

 

(d)

 

7.06

314

(a)

 

4.02; 4.04; 11.02

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

(c)(1)

 

11.04; 11.05

 

(c)(2)

 

11.04; 11.05

 

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

 

(d)

 

N.A.

 

(e)

 

11.05

 

(f)

 

N.A.

315

(a)

 

7.01

 

(b)

 

7.05; 11.02

 

(c)

 

7.01

 

(d)

 

7.01; 7.02

 

(e)

 

6.11

316

(a)(last sentence)

 

11.06

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.04

 

(a)(2)

 

8.02

 

(b)

 

6.07

 

(c)

 

8.04

317

(a)(1)

 

6.08

 

(a)(2)

 

6.09

 

(b)

 

2.04; 7.12

318

(a)

 

11.01

 

N.A.

 

means Not Applicable

 

NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE 1

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01. Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02. Other Definitions

 

 

18

 

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

19

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

 

 

 

 

THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating

 

 

20

 

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication

 

 

21

 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

22

 

Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust

 

 

23

 

Section 2.05. Noteholder Lists

 

 

23

 

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange

 

 

23

 

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes

 

 

24

 

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes

 

 

24

 

Section 2.09. Temporary Notes

 

 

25

 

Section 2.10. Cancellation

 

 

25

 

Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest

 

 

25

 

Section 2.12. Deposit of Moneys

 

 

25

 

Section 2.13. CUSIP Number

 

 

25

 

Section 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

 

 

26

 

Section 2.15. Special Transfer Provisions

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee

 

 

29

 

Section 3.02. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed

 

 

29

 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption

 

 

29

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

30

 

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

30

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part

 

 

31

 

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Page

 

ARTICLE 4

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes

 

 

31

 

Section 4.02. Reports to Holders

 

 

31

 

Section 4.03. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

32

 

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate

 

 

32

 

Section 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

32

 

Section 4.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance

 

 

33

 

Section 4.07. Compliance with Laws

 

 

33

 

Section 4.08. Corporate Existence

 

 

33

 

Section 4.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

34

 

Section 4.10. Limitation on Additional Indebtedness and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

34

 

Section 4.11. Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

 

34

 

Section 4.12. Limitation on Layering

 

 

37

 

Section 4.13. Limitation on Certain Asset Sales

 

 

37

 

Section 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

40

 

Section 4.15. Limitation on Liens

 

 

41

 

Section 4.16. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

 

 

41

 

Section 4.17. Limitation on Guarantees of Certain Indebtedness

 

 

42

 

Section 4.18. Payments for Consent

 

 

42

 

Section 4.19. Change of Control

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

 

 

 

 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01. Limitation on Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

 

 

44

 

Section 5.02. Successor Person Substituted

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

 

 

 

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default

 

 

45

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration

 

 

46

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies

 

 

46

 

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default

 

 

46

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority

 

 

47

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits

 

 

47

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment

 

 

47

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

47

 

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

48

 

Section 6.10. Priorities

 

 

48

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

48

 

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Page

 

ARTICLE 7

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee

 

 

49

 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee

 

 

50

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

51

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

51

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Default

 

 

51

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders

 

 

51

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

51

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

 

 

52

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger or Conversion

 

 

53

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

53

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

53

 

Section 7.12. Paying Agents

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01. Without Consent of Holders

 

 

53

 

Section 8.02. With Consent of Holders

 

 

54

 

Section 8.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

55

 

Section 8.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

55

 

Section 8.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

55

 

Section 8.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

 

 

 

 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01. Discharge of Indenture

 

 

56

 

Section 9.02. Legal Defeasance

 

 

57

 

Section 9.03. Covenant Defeasance

 

 

57

 

Section 9.04. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

58

 

Section 9.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

59

 

Section 9.06. Reinstatement

 

 

59

 

Section 9.07. Moneys Held by Paying Agent

 

 

60

 

Section 9.08. Moneys Held by Trustee

 

 

60

 

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Page

 

ARTICLE 10

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE OF NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01. Guarantee

 

 

60

 

Section 10.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees

 

 

61

 

Section 10.03. Limitation of Guarantee

 

 

61

 

Section 10.04. Additional Guarantors

 

 

62

 

Section 10.05. Release of Guarantor

 

 

62

 

Section 10.06. Contribution

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

62

 

Section 11.02. Notices

 

 

63

 

Section 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders

 

 

63

 

Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

64

 

Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion

 

 

64

 

Section 11.06. When Treasury Notes Disregarded

 

 

64

 

Section 11.07. Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

 

64

 

Section 11.08. Business Days; Legal Holidays

 

 

65

 

Section 11.09. Governing Law

 

 

65

 

Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

 

65

 

Section 11.11. No Recourse Against Others

 

 

65

 

Section 11.12. Successors

 

 

65

 

Section 11.13. Multiple Counterparts

 

 

65

 

Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

 

65

 

Section 11.15. Separability

 

 

66

 

Section 11.16. Rights as Set Forth Herein

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A - Form of Face and Reverse of Initial Note

 

 

A-1

 

Exhibit B - Form of Face and Reverse of Exchange Note

 

 

B-1

 

Exhibit C - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors

 

 

C-1

 

Exhibit D - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Rule 144A

 

 

D-1

 

Exhibit E - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S

 

 

E-1

 

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          INDENTURE, dated as of March 27, 2009, among LAMAR MEDIA CORP., a Delaware corporation, as Issuer (the “ Company ”), the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 9 3 / 4 % Senior Notes due 2014, issued on the date hereof (the “ Initial Notes ”), (ii) when and if issued, an unlimited principal amount of Additional Notes, and (iii) when and if issued pursuant to a registered exchange for Notes, the Company’s 9 3 / 4 % Senior Notes due 2014 (the “ Exchange Notes ”):

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions.

          “ Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person.

          “ Additional Notes ” means an unlimited principal amount of Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.10 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

          “ Adjusted Net Assets ” of a Guarantor at any date means the lesser of (x) the amount by which the fair value of the property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities), but excluding liabilities under the Guarantee of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the amount by which the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities and after giving effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Guarantee), excluding Indebtedness in respect of the Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.

          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

          “ Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for service of notices and demands.

          “ Asset Acquisition ” means (i) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary or shall be consolidated or merged with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets of any Person.

          “ Asset Sale ” means the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of related transactions having a fair market value


 

 

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in excess of $10 million of (a) any Capital Stock of or other equity interest in any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) all or substantially all of the assets of any business owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or a division, line of business or comparable business segment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (c) any other assets or property of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether real or personal property). For purposes of this definition, the term Asset Sale shall not include any sale, transfer or other disposition that is (i) governed by and made in accordance with Section 5.01, (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or (iii) involving obsolete, worn-out, excess or redundant equipment.

          “ Asset Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, (i) cash received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale (including cash received as consideration for the assumption of liabilities incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Asset Sale), after (a) provision for all income or other taxes measured by or resulting from such Asset Sale, (b) payment of all brokerage commissions, underwriting and other fees and expenses related to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), and (c) deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the assets sold or disposed of in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with the assets sold or disposed of in such Asset Sale, and (ii) promissory notes and other noncash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale or other disposition upon the liquidation or conversion of such notes or noncash consideration into cash.

          “ Available Asset Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the aggregate Asset Sale Proceeds from such Asset Sale that have not been applied in accordance with clauses (iii)(a) or (iii)(b) of Section 4.13(a), and which have not been the basis for an Excess Proceeds Offer in accordance with clause (iii)(c) of such Section 4.13(a).

          “ Average Life to Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, as at any date of determination, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) 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 Indebtedness multiplied by (b) the amount of each such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.

          “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a Guarantor, as appropriate, or any committee authorized to act therefor.

          “ Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Guarantor, as appropriate, and to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “ Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, partnership interests or any other participation, right or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person or any option, warrant or other security convertible into any of the foregoing.

          “ Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP.


 

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          “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, upon the happening of an event or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of all Voting Stock of Parent; provided , however , that the Permitted Holders (i) “beneficially own” (as so defined) a lower percentage of such total voting power with respect to the Voting Stock than such other “person” or “group” and (ii) do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent; (b) the Company or Parent 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 or Parent, as the case may be, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (i) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, is converted into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the surviving or transferee corporation or (2) cash, securities and other property in an amount which could then be paid by the Company or Parent, as the case may be, as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture, or a combination thereof, and (ii) 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 or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, upon the happening of an event or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of all Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation; (c) at any time during any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Parent (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Parent was approved by a vote of at least 66-2/3% 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 Parent then in office; (d) the Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation; or (e) at any time, the Company ceases to be a directly or indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

          “ Common Stock ” of any Person means all Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such Person or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management and policies of such Person.

          “ Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor and any other primary obligor on the Notes.

          “ Company Request ” means any written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer or its Treasurer and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

          “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of interest which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the caption “interest expense” or any like caption on an income statement for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (including, but not limited to, imputed interest included in Capitalized Lease Obligations, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, the net costs associated


 

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with hedging obligations, the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, amortization of discount or premium, if any, and all other non-cash interest expense (other than interest amortized to cost of sales) but excluding interest in respect of Mirror Loan Indebtedness) plus, without duplication, all net capitalized interest for such period and all interest incurred or paid under any guarantee of Indebtedness (including a guarantee of principal, interest or any combination thereof) of any Person, plus an amount equal to the product of (a) the aggregate dividends paid on Disqualified Capital Stock during such period and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the Company’s then effective combined tax rate, to the extent paid; provided , however , that “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall exclude the amortization of deferred financing fees and exclude any and all interest accrued or paid or payable with respect thereto.

          “ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that (a) the Net Income of any Person (the “ other Person ”) in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has less than a 100% interest (which interest does not cause the Net Income of such other Person to be consolidated into the Net Income of the Company in accordance with GAAP) shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, (b) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) that is subject to any restriction or limitation (assuming no waiver or satisfaction thereof shall have occurred) on the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions (other than pursuant to the Notes or this Indenture or under the Senior Credit Facility) shall be excluded to the extent of such restriction or limitation, except that to the extent that any such restriction or limitation results solely from covenant limitations under any SBA Indebtedness, there shall not be deducted that portion of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Net Income which exceeds the outstanding aggregate principal amount of such SBA Indebtedness, (c) any net gain (but not loss) resulting from an Asset Sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded, and (d) extraordinary gains and losses shall be excluded.

          “ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means the book value of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, copyrights, licenses, permits, goodwill and other intangible assets classified as such in accordance with GAAP) after all applicable deductions in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, reserves for doubtful receivables, obsolescence, depreciation and amortization) less all liabilities (excluding liabilities in respect of Mirror Loan Indebtedness) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Convertible Notes ” means the $291,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 7 / 8 % Convertible Notes due 2010 issued by Parent on June 16, 2003 and the $287,209,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 7 / 8 % Convertible Notes due 2010—Series B issued by Parent on July 3, 2007.

          “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 10161 Centurion Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256.

          “ Cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company from the Existing Notes Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended full fiscal quarter prior to such date, taken as a single accounting period.

          “ Cumulative EBITDA ” means, as of any date of determination, EBITDA of the Company from the Existing Notes Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended full fiscal quarter prior to such date, taken as a single accounting period.


 

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

          “ Depository ” means, with respect to Global Notes, the Person designated as Depository until a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depository” shall mean each Person who is then a Depository hereunder, and, if at any time there is more than one such Person, such Persons.

          “ Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes, for cash or securities constituting Indebtedness.

          “ EBITDA ” means, for any Person, for any period, an amount determined in accordance with GAAP equal to (a) the sum of, without duplication, (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (ii) the provision for taxes for such period based on income or profits to the extent such income or profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income and any provision for taxes utilized in computing net loss under clause (i) hereof, plus (iii) to the extent it reduces Consolidated Net Income during such period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, plus (iv) depreciation for such period on a consolidated basis, plus (v) amortization of intangibles for such period on a consolidated basis, plus (vi) any other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (vii) any reasonable fees and expenses in connection with any actual or proposed acquisition, Investment or financing to the extent such fees reduced Consolidated Net Income during such period (including as a result of the application of FASB 141R); minus (b) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period.

          “ Equity Offerings ” means an offering by Parent or the Company of shares of its Capital Stock (however designated and whether voting or non-voting but excluding Disqualified Capital Stock) and any and all rights, warrants or options to acquire such Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement registered pursuant to the Securities Act, in the case of such offerings by the Parent the proceeds of which are contributed to the Company as common equity, other than (i) public offerings with respect to Capital Stock of the Parent registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or (ii) an issuance to any Subsidiary of the Parent or the Company.

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

          “ Exchange Offer ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Existing Notes Issue Date ” means December 23, 2002.

          “ fair market value ” means, unless otherwise specified, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company delivered to the Trustee.

          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in effect in the United States from time to time.

          “ Guarantee ” means the guarantee of the Obligations of the Company with respect to the Notes by each Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Article 10 hereof.


 

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          “ Guaranteed Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Investments.”

          “ Guarantor ” means each domestic Subsidiary of the Company listed on the signature pages of this Indenture and each Subsidiary which guarantees, after the Issue Date, payment of the Notes and the Exchange Notes pursuant to the covenant described under Section 4.17.

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

          “ incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to directly or indirectly create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to (including as a result of an Asset Acquisition), or otherwise become responsible for, contingently or otherwise any Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and “incurrence,” “incurred,” “incurrable” and “incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided , however , that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness.

          “ Indebtedness ” means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness at any time outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding any balances that constitute accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise included:

     (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;

     (ii) obligations secured by a lien to which the property or assets owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed (the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or asset or the amount of the obligations so secured);

     (iii) guarantees of obligations of other Persons which would be included within this definition for such other Persons (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the guarantor);

     (iv) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any banker’s acceptance or for reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit with respect to drawings made thereunder and not yet reimbursed;

     (v) in the case of the Company, Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (vi) obligations of any such Person under any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to any of the foregoing (if and to the extent such Interest Rate Agreement obligations would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP); and


 

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     (vii) the outstanding amount of any Guaranteed Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations; provided , however that obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and in respect of reimbursement obligations for undrawn letters of credit (whether or not secured by a lien) supporting insurance arrangements and performance and surety bonds, each incurred in the ordinary course of business and not as a part of a financing transaction, for the benefit of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall not be considered Indebtedness for purposes of this Indenture.

The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above; provided , however , (a) that the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP and (b) that Indebtedness shall not include any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes.

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

          “ Initial Purchasers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.

          “ Interest Rate Agreement ” means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement designed to protect the party indicated therein against fluctuations in interest rates.

          “ Investments ” means:

     (x) directly or indirectly, any advance (other than a deposit of funds in connection with an acquisition provided that either such acquisition is consummated by or through a Restricted Subsidiary or such deposit is returned to the Person that made it), account receivable (other than an account receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), loan or capital contribution to (by means of transfers of property to others, payments for property or services for the account or use of others or otherwise), the purchase of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or other securities of, or the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person; and

     (y) any Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligation to the extent it is guaranteed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof (“ Guaranteed Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations ”).

Investments shall exclude extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices.

          “ Issue Date ” means March 27, 2009.

          “ Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio of:

     (i) the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of (x) Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Mirror Loan Indebtedness) and (y) except to the extent included


 

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in the previous clause (x), the aggregate liquidation preference of any Preferred Stock of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of determination on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to

     (ii) the Company’s EBITDA for the four full fiscal quarters (the “ Four Quarter Period ”) ending on or prior to the date of determination for which financial statements are available.

For purposes of this definition, the Company’s “EBITDA” shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to 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 the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise becoming liable for Indebtedness and the application of Asset Sale Proceeds) at any time on or subsequent to the first day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the date of determination, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including any EBITDA associated with such Asset Acquisition and including any pro forma expense and cost reductions determined in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X relating to such Asset Acquisition) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

          “ Lien ” means, with respect to any property or assets of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including, without limitation, any Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sales, or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

          “ Make Whole Amount ” means, with respect to any Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) an amount equal to the present value of (1) the principal amount of such Note at April 1, 2014 plus (2) the remaining scheduled interest payments on the Notes to be redeemed (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) to April 1, 2014 (other than interest accrued to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

          “ Maturity Date ” means April 1, 2014.

          “ Mirror Loan Indebtedness ” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Company to the Parent in respect of the Subordinated Note dated September 30, 2005 as such Subordinated Note may be refinanced, replaced or amended and restated.

          “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

          “ Net Income ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Net Proceeds ” means:

     (a) in the case of any sale of Capital Stock of or Indebtedness by the Parent or the Company, the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company, after payment of expenses, commissions and the like incurred in connection therewith, and


 

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     (b) in the case of any exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender of outstanding securities of any kind for or into shares of Capital Stock of the Company which is not Disqualified Capital Stock, the net book value of such outstanding securities on the date of such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender (plus any additional amount required to be paid by the holder to the Company upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender, less any and all payments made to the holders, e.g., on account of fractional shares and less all expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith).

          “ Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

          “ Notes ” means the securities that are issued under this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to this Indenture, including the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes.

          “ Obligations ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, including any Guarantee, any principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other expenses payable under the documentation governing such Indebtedness or Guarantee.

          “ Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.

          “ Officers’ Certificate ” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, and the Chief Financial Officer or any Treasurer of such Person that shall comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.

          “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

          “ Parent ” means Lamar Advertising Company.

           “Permitted Business” means any business in which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Indenture and any other business related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, and any unrelated business to the extent that it is not material in size as compared with the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ business as a whole.

          “ Permitted Dividend Encumbrances ” means encumbrances or restrictions:

     (a) existing on the Issue Date,

     (b) arising by reason of Acquired Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such encumbrances or restrictions were not created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and are not applicable to the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries,

     (c) arising under Indebtedness incurred under the Senior Credit Facility,

     (d) arising under Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , however , that the terms and conditions of any such restrictions are no less favorable to the Holders of Notes than those under the Indebtedness being refinanced,


 

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     (e) customary provisions restricting the assignment of any contract or interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,

     (f) existing under an agreement relating to SBA Indebtedness,

     (g) existing under an agreement relating to any Permitted Lien referred to in clause (iv) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided, however , that such encumbrance or restriction only relates to the assets or property subject to such Permitted Lien,

     (h) imposed by applicable law,

     (i) imposed pursuant to a binding agreement which has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or of any assets of a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , such encumbrances and restrictions apply solely to such Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary which are the subject of such binding agreement,

     (j) on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed pursuant to customer contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business,

     (k) arising under Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clause (b), (c), (d) or (f) above) permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however, that the terms and conditions of any such encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive than the terms and conditions of any encumbrances or restrictions arising under the Notes, or

     (l) imposed with respect to the distribution or disposition of assets or property in joint venture agreements or other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.

          “ Permitted Holders ” means (x) any of Charles Switzer, Charles W. Lamar, III, Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., members of their immediate families or any lineal descendant of any of the foregoing and the immediate families of any such lineal descendant, (y) any trust or partnership, to the extent it is for the benefit of any of the foregoing or (z) any Person or group of Persons controlled by any of the foregoing.

          “ Permitted Indebtedness ” means:

     (i) Indebtedness of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries which are Guarantors pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.4 billion, less the aggregate amount of all permanent repayments thereunder made in accordance with Section 4.13 and guarantees of such Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors;

     (ii) Indebtedness under the Notes, the Guarantees and the Exchange Notes;

     (iii) Indebtedness not covered by any other clause of this definition which is outstanding on the date of this Indenture;

     (iv) Indebtedness of the Company to any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

     (v) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to acquire or lease property in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that (a) the aggregate amount of such Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized


 

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Lease Obligations outstanding at any time shall not exceed the greater of (x) 5% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, at the time of the incurrence of any such Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations or (y) $50 million, and (b) in each case, such Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation, as the case may be, would not constitute more than 100% of the cost (determined in accordance with GAAP) of the property so purchased or leased plus reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith;

     (vi) Interest Rate Agreements and any guarantees thereof;

     (vii) Refinancing Indebtedness;

     (viii) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor not to exceed $50 million in principal amount outstanding at any time; and

     (ix) Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors that is contractually subordinated to the Notes and the Guarantees so long as after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the issuance and the receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, the Company’s Leverage Ratio is less than 6.50 to 1.

          “ Permitted Investments ” means, for any Person, Investments made on or after the date of this Indenture consisting of:

     (i) Investments by the Company or by a Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Guarantor;

     (ii) Temporary Cash Investments;

     (iii) Investments by the Company or by a Restricted Subsidiary in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Guarantor or (B) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Guarantor;

     (iv) an Investment that is made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the form of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or other securities that are issued by a third party to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial consideration for the consummation of an Asset Sale that is otherwise permitted under Section 4.13 hereof; and

     (v) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million.

           “Permitted Joint Ventures” means a corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a Subsidiary) engaged in one or more Permitted Businesses in respect of which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (a) beneficially owns at least 5% of the shares of Capital Stock of such entity and (b) either is a party to an agreement empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which may or may not be the Company or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a group that, pursuant to the constituent documents of the applicable corporation, partnership or other entity, has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such entity.

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          (i) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

          (ii) Liens on property or assets of, or any shares of stock of, or interests in, or secured debt of, any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such Person is merged into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that such Liens are not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or merging into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

          (iii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

          (iv) Liens to secure Purchase Money Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture; provided, however , that any such Lien is created solely for the purpose of securing such Purchase Money Indebtedness and does not extend to or cover any Property other than such item of Property and any improvements on such item;

          (v) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

          (vi) Liens securing Indebtedness (x) permitted to be incurred by clause (i) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and (y) in excess of the amount permitted to be incurred by the foregoing subclause (x) so long as, in the case of this subclause (y), such Indebtedness (assuming any commitment therefor was fully drawn), when aggregated with the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors which is secured by a Lien, does not cause the Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.25 to 1.0 as of the last day of the most recent quarter for which internal financial statements are available on the date such Indebtedness is incurred (or commitments therefor are obtained);

          (vii) Permitted Dividend Encumbrances;

          (viii) Liens securing the Notes and Liens securing any Guarantee;

          (ix) Liens on property of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that it is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; provided that such Liens were not incurred in connection with, or contemplation of, such designation;

          (x) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or performance bonds, or landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens, in any case incurred in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate process of law, if a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as is required by GAAP is made therefor;

          (xi) Liens (other than Liens created or imposed under ERISA) incurred or deposits made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

          (xii) easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not, in any material respect, impairing the use of the encumbered property for its intended purposes;


 

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          (xiii) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

          (xiv) 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 and Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements that constitute Temporary Cash Investments;

          (xv) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;

          (xvi) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;

          (xvii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which solely encumber goods and/or documents of title and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

          (xviii) extensions, renewals or refundings of any Liens referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (ix) above; provided that any such extension, renewal or refunding does not extend to any assets or secure any Indebtedness not securing or secured by the Liens being extended, renewed or refinanced; and

          (xix) Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1 million outstanding at any time.

          “ Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations ” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

          “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government (including any agency or political subdivision thereof).

          “ Preferred Stock ” means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.

          “ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth under such caption in the form of Initial Note in Exhibit A hereto.

          “ Property ” of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Company) under GAAP.

          “ Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement dated March 20, 2009 among the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Guarantors.

          “ Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness incurred by a Person to finance the cost (including the cost of construction or improvement and in the case of any Capitalized Lease Obligation, the lease) of any real or personal property, the principal amount of which Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) 100% of such cost and (ii) reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in connection therewith.


 

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          “ Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.

          “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that refunds, refinances or extends any Indebtedness of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date or other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (other than pursuant to clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”), but only to the extent that:

     (i) the Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent, if at all, as the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended;

     (ii) the Refinancing Indebtedness is scheduled to mature either (a) no earlier than the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, or (b) after the Maturity Date of the Notes,

     (iii) the portion of the Refinancing Indebtedness that is scheduled to mature on or prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred that is equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of the portion of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended that is scheduled to mature on or prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes;

     (iv) such Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount that is equal to or less than the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, (b) the amount of any premium required to be paid in connection with such refunding, refinancing or extension pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness or the amount of any premium reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the Company as necessary to accomplish such refunding, refinancing or extension by means of a tender offer or privately negotiated purchase and (c) the amount of customary fees, expenses and costs related to the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness; and

     (v) such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred by the same Person that initially incurred the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, except that the Company may incur Refinancing Indebtedness to refund, refinance or extend Indebtedness of any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary.

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

          “ Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group 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.


 

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          “ Restricted Payment ” means any of the following:

     (i) the declaration or payment of any dividend or any other distribution or payment on Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any payment made to the direct or indirect holders (in their capacities as such) of Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than (x) dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), and (y) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, dividends or distributions payable to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary);

     (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Capital Stock owned by the Company or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary);

     (iii) the making of any principal payment on, or the purchase, defeasance, repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value, (x) prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Indebtedness which is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes that is outstanding on the Issue Date or any Refinancing Indebtedness that refinances such Indebtedness or (y) of Mirror Loan Indebtedness (at any time including at final maturity) except as permitted by clause (vi) of the second paragraph under Section 4.11;

     (iv) the making of any Investment or guarantee of any Investment in any Person other than a Permitted Investment;

     (v) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent set forth in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

     (vi) forgiveness of any Indebtedness of an Affiliate of the Company (other than a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.

For purposes of determining the amount expended for Restricted Payments, cash distributed or invested shall be valued at the face amount thereof and property other than cash shall be valued at its fair market value.

          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and includes all of the Subsidiaries of the Company existing as of the Issue Date (other than Missouri Logos, a Partnership). The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is to become a Subsidiary of the Company as a Restricted Subsidiary if immediately after giving effect to such action (and treating any Acquired Indebtedness as having been incurred at the time of such action), the Company could have incurred at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.10 and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

          “ SBA Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the United States Small Business Administration Disaster Relief Loan program or any similar loan program; provided, however, that such Indebtedness shall at all times be prepayable without penalty at the option of the obligor.

          “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as constituted from time to time or any successor performing substantially the same functions.


 

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          “ Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

          “ Secured Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the Total Secured Debt as of such date of determination to (2) the Company’s EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period ending on or prior to the date of determination for which financial statements are available, with such pro forma and other adjustments to each of Total Secured Debt and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma and other adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Leverage Ratio.

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

          “ Senior Credit Facility ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2005, as amended to date, among the Company, the guarantors parties thereto, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other agents party thereto, and one or more other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, credit facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, together with the documents related thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing, consolidating or otherwise restructuring (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder pursuant to incremental facilities or otherwise or adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under any such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders and whether or not increasing the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred thereunder.

          “ Senior Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) all Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as of such date of determination, determined on a consolidated basis to (2) the Company’s EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period ending on or prior to the date of determination for which financial statements are available, with such pro forma and other adjustments to clauses (1) and (2) above as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma and other adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Leverage Ratio.

          “ Stated Maturity ” means, when used with respect to any Note or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note 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.

          “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person:

     (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

     (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).


 

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          “ Temporary Cash Investments ” or “ cash equivalents ” means:

     (i) United States dollars;

     (ii) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

     (iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and a Thomson BankWatch Rating of “B” or better;

     (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than ten days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above;

     (v) commercial paper or marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and

     (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute cash equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i) through (v) of this definition.

          “ Total Secured Debt ” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Secured Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors (other than cash management obligations and Interest Rate Agreements to the extent permitted by this Indenture) outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis.

          “ Treasury Rate ” means, at the time of computation, the yield to maturity of United States Treasury Securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) which has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the Redemption Date or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to April 1, 2014; provided , however , that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 1, 2014 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury Security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury Securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to April 1, 2014 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

          “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof).

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

          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) any Subsidiary of the Company which is classified after the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, but only so long as:

     (i) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and in respect of reimbursement obligations for undrawn letters of credit supporting insurance arrangements and performance and surety bonds, each incurred in the ordinary course of business and not as part of a financing transaction (collectively, “ Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations ”)) (A) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to satisfaction thereof,

     (ii) such Unrestricted Subsidiary has no Indebtedness or any other obligation (other than Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Obligations) that, if in default in any respect (including a payment default), would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity, and

     (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed a Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) and any such designation shall be permitted only if it complies with Section 4.11. The Trustee shall be given prompt notice by the Company of each resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence, together with a copy of each such resolution adopted.

          “ U.S. Government Obligations ” means direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.

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

          “ Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class or classes of Capital Stock in such Person entitling the holders thereof to vote under ordinary circumstances in the election of members of the Board of Directors or other similar governing body of such Person.

          “ Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary, all of the outstanding Voting Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

          The definitions of the following terms may be found in the Sections indicated as follows:


 

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Defined

Term

 

in Section

Affiliate Transaction

 

4.14(a)

Agent Members

 

2.14(a)

Bankruptcy Law

 

6.01

Business Day

 

11.08

Change of Control Date

 

4.19(a)

Change of Control Offer

 

4.19(a)

Change of Control Purchase Date

 

4.19(a)

Change of Control Purchase Price

 

4.19(a)

Covenant Defeasance

 

9.03

Custodian

 

6.01

Event of Default

 

6.01

Excess Proceeds Offer

 

4.13(a)(iii)(c)   

Exchange Notes

 

Preamble

Funding Guarantor

 

10.06

Global Note

 

2.01(c)

IAI

 

2.01(c)

IAI Global Notes

 

2.01(c)

Initial Notes

 

Preamble

Legal Defeasance

 

9.02

Legal Holiday

 

11.08

Offer Period

 

4.13(b)(1)

Pari Passu Excess Proceeds Offer

 

4.13(a)(iii)(c)

Paying Agent

 

2.03

Purchase Date

 

4.13(b)(3)

QIB

 

2.01(c)

QIB Global Note

 

2.01(c)

Registrar

 

2.03

Regulation S

 

2.01(c)

Regulation S Global Notes

 

2.01(c)

Reinvestment Date

 

4.13(a)(iii)(b)

Replacement Assets

 

4.13(a)(iii)(b)

Resale Restriction Termination Date

 

2.15(a)(i)

Rule 144A

 

2.01(c)

Surviving Entity

 

5.01(a)(i)

Tax Payments

 

4.14(b)(v)

U.S. Global Notes

 

2.01(c)

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA 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 Notes or the Guarantees, as appropriate.


 

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          “ indenture securityholder ” means a Noteholder.

          “ indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

          “ indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

          “ obligor on the indenture securities ” means the Company, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes or the Guarantees.

          All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC Rule have the meanings therein assigned to them.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

          Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by reference;

     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

     (4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and

     (5) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to every gender.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

          (a) The Initial Notes (including Global Notes) and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. Any Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B, which is incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company may use “CUSIP” numbers in issuing the Notes. The Company shall approve the form of the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

          (b) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

          (c) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Initial Purchasers only (i) to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”)) (“ QIBs ”)


 

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and (ii) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”). After such initial offers and sales, Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes may be transferred to, among others, QIBS in reliance on Regulation S and to institutional “Accredited Investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) (“ IAIs ”) in accordance with certain transfer restrictions. Initial Notes that are offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (collectively, the “ QIB Global Note ”) deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Initial Notes that are offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Regulation S Global Note ”) duly executed by the Company (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided, shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository. Initial Notes resold or otherwise transferred to IAIs shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (collectively, the “ IAI Global Note ” and, together with the QIB Global Note, the “ U.S. Global Notes ”). The QIB Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the IAI Global Note (each a “ Global Note ”) shall each be issued with separate CUSIP numbers. The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee. Transfers of Initial Notes between QIBs and IAIs and to or by purchasers pursuant to Regulation S shall be represented by appropriate increases and decreases to the respective amounts of the appropriate Global Notes, as more fully provided in Section 2.14.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

          The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one Officer of the Company and the Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantors by one Officer of each of the Guarantors.

          Such signature may be either manual or facsimile. The Company’s seal may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Notes and may be in facsimile form.

          If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

          A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication pertaining to the Note. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

          The Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000, (ii) Additional Notes in an unlimited principal amount (so long as permitted by the terms of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.10) and (iii) Exchange Notes (x) in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or (y) in exchange for a like principal amount of Additional Notes, in each case upon a Company Request. With respect to a Company Request for authentication pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, the first such written order from the Company shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel of the Company in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.

          The Company Request directing the authentication and delivery of Notes shall specify whether such Notes shall be issued in the form of Notes or Global Notes. Such Company Request shall specify the amount, series and CUSIP of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of the Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. If the Company Request specifies that the Notes are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute


 

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(and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and such Company Request, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes that:

          (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of such Depository,

          (b) shall, at the instruction of the Initial Purchasers, be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository, and

          (c) shall include and bear a legend substantially to the effect that unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes, such Global Notes may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

          The Depository must, at the time of its designation and at all times when it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Any appointment shall be evidenced by instrument signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same right as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.

          The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”), an office or agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Guarantor in respect of the Notes, Guarantees and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder.

          The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or agent for service of notices and demands, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and the office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan for purposes of this Section 2.03 and 4.09 shall initially be:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
101 Barclay St.
New York, NY 10286


 

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Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.

          The Trustee as Paying Agent shall, and the Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that, subject to Article 10, each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default with respect to the Notes, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.

Section 2.05. Noteholder 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 Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee as of each record date and on or before each related 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 Noteholders.

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

          Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.06, when a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register the transfer thereof, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of applicable law are met and, when Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested. To permit transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.06, the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.06, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes, a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

          If (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depository or ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing or becomes aware of the same or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company promptly will execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and deliver to the Trustee Notes, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of such Notes (which the Company will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee), will authenticate and deliver Notes, without charge, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes, in exchange for and upon surrender of all such Global Notes.


 

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          In any exchange provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Company will execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon) and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Notes in the authorized denominations provided by Section 2.01.

          Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Notes, such Global Note shall be canceled by the Trustee. Definitive Notes issued in exchange for Global Notes pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.

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

          Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar or a co-Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or a co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

          Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.09, 3.06, 4.13, 4.19 or 8.05 hereof. The Trustee shall not be required to register transfers of Notes or to exchange Notes for a period of 15 days before selection of any Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register transfers of any Notes called or being called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.

          If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Note presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond or other security or indemnity may be required by the Company and/or the Trustee that is sufficient in the judgment of the Company and/or the Trustee to protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss (however remote) which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.

          Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.

          If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding until the Company and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each of them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.

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such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

          Subject to Section 11.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding solely because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Note.

Section 2.09. Temporary Notes.

          Until Global Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes in exchange for temporary Notes presented to it.

Section 2.10. Cancellation.

          The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. At the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and at the written request of the Company, shall dispose of all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. If the Company or any Guarantor shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10.

Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.

          If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted amounts, plus any interest payable on defaulted amounts pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, to the persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Noteholder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the special record date, the payment date, and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.

Section 2.12. Deposit of Moneys.

          Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or on the Maturity Date, as the case may be.

Section 2.13. CUSIP Number.

          The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s) 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 or accuracy of the CUSIP number(s) printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.


 

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Section 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.

          (a) Each Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Note or the nominee of such Depository and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository.

          Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under such Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee or the Company from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or shall impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

          (b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.15. If required to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, beneficial owners may obtain Notes in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note upon written request in accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures.

          (c) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 2.14 to beneficial owners identified by the Depository who are required to hold Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

          (d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 2.14, such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of authorized denominations.

          (e) Any definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to subsection (c) or subsection (d) of this Section 2.14 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d) of Section 2.15, bear the Private Placement Legend.

          (f) The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

Section 2.15. Special Transfer Provisions.

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     (a)  Transfers to Non-QIB IAIs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note to any IAI which is not a QIB (other than pursuant to Regulation S):

     (i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note if (x) the requested transfer is after the date that is one year (or such longer period as is required to comply with the Securities Act) in the case of Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A, and 40 days in the case of Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S after the later of the date of issuance of such Transfer Restricted Note and the last date on which the Company or any of its Affiliates was the owner of such Transfer Restricted Note (such later date, the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”) or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C.

     (ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Transfer Restricted Note to be transferred consists of a definitive Note or an interest in the QIB Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the document, if any, required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the transfer date and an increase in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of the Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the definitive Note so transferred or (y) the amount of the beneficial interest in the QIB Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note to be so transferred (in which case the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an appropriate decrease in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note or Regulation S Global Note).

     (iii) If the proposed transferee is entitled to receive a definitive Note as provided in Section 2.14 and the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (iv) If the Initial Note to be transferred consists of Notes and the proposed transferee is entitled to receive a definitive Note as provided in Section 2.14, upon receipt by the Registrar of the document, if any, required by paragraph (i), the Registrar shall register such transfer and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (b)  Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note to a QIB (other than pursuant to Regulation S):

     (i) If the Note to be transferred consists of Notes or an interest in the IAI Global Note or a Regulation S Global Note, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has provided the Registrar with a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto.

     (ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Initial Note to be transferred consists of Notes or an interest in the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the document, if any, required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance


 

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with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of the Notes, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the definitive Note so transferred or (y) the amount of the beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note to be so transferred (in which case the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an appropriate decrease in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note).

     (iii) If the proposed transferee is entitled to receive a definitive Note as provided in Section 2.14 and the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (iv) If the Initial Note to be transferred consists of Notes and the proposed transferee is entitled to receive a definitive Note as provided in Section 2.14, upon receipt by the Registrar of the document, if any, required by paragraph (i), the Registrar shall register such transfer and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (c)  Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of an Initial Note pursuant to Regulation S:

     (i) The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of an Initial Note to a Non-U.S. Person upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E from the proposed transferor and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Notes.

     (ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the document required by paragraph (i), and (y) instructions in accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred and the Company shall execute (and the Guarantors will execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Notes of like tenor and amount.

     (d)  Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless either (i) such transfer, exchange or replacement of such Notes occurs after the Resale Restriction Termination Date (which date shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee) or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory 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.


 

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     (e)  General . By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture.

          The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.14 or this Section 2.15. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

          If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed at least 30 days (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date. Any such notice may be canceled in writing at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

Section 3.02. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed.

          If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata , or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and equitable and, if such Notes are listed on any securities exchange, by a method that complies with the requirements of such exchange; provided , however , that if a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, selection of Notes for redemption shall be made on a pro rata basis, unless such method is otherwise prohibited.

          The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes in denominations of $2,000 or less may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) of the principal amount of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

          At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.

          The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number(s) thereof, if any) and shall state:

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     (2) the redemption price;

     (3) if any Note is being redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon cancellation of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the Holder of such Note;

     (4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

     (5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

     (6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on the Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the redemption price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;

     (7) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

     (8) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption.

          At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s sole expense.

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

          Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price, plus interest, if any, accrued to (but not including) the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date, provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular interest payment record date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date.

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

          On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

          On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the preceding paragraph and the Company and the Paying Agent are not prohibited from paying such moneys to Holders, the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the proviso in Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid, interest


 

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will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the Notes.

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

          Upon cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for a Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note canceled.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

          The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture.

          An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay such installment and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or otherwise.

          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Notes.

Section 4.02. Reports to Holders.

          Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish the Holders and the Trustee:

     (a) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

     (b) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, in each case within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations.

          In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company will file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Company will furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.


 

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Section 4.03. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

          The Company and each Guarantor covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they will not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) the Company and each Guarantor hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

          (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009) and on or before 45 days after the end of the first, second and third quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate which complies with TIA Section 314(a)(4) stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

          (b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.02 above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements nothing has come to their attention which would lead them to believe that the Company has violated any provisions of this Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

          (c) (i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or the Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within five Business Days of its becoming aware of such occurrence.

Section 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

          The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or properties of it or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law


 

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become a Lien upon the property of it or any of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim if the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve has been established therefor to the extent required by GAAP.

Section 4.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.

          (a) The Company shall cause all properties used in, or useful to the conduct of, its business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times unless the failure to so maintain such properties (together with all other such failures) would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 4.06 shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

          (b) The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of the Company are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers or with the government of the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such methods as shall be customary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, for corporations similarly situated in the industry, unless the failure to provide such insurance (together with all other such failures) would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.07. Compliance with Laws.

          The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of the United States of America, all states and municipalities thereof, and of any governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau, agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of its businesses and the ownership of its properties, except for such noncompliances as would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.08. Corporate Existence.

          Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company and of each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.


 

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Section 4.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

          The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.02.

          The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

          The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee set forth in Section 11.02 as such office of the Company.

Section 4.10. Limitation on Additional Indebtedness and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.

          The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) other than Permitted Indebtedness and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any Preferred Stock, unless (a) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the issuance of any such Preferred Stock and the receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, the Company’s Senior Leverage Ratio is less than 3.25 to 1 and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or as a consequence of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or the issuance of such Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Preferred Stock may only be issued by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor.

Section 4.11. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

          The Company will not make, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, any Restricted Payment, unless:

          (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at


 
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